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* '''The Fold-Around''': Bruce Elliott, ''The Best in Magic'' (1956, pp. 61-63).
 
* '''The Fold-Around''': Bruce Elliott, ''The Best in Magic'' (1956, pp. 61-63).
 
* '''Bill Steal''' ([[John Mueller]]): ''[[Apocalypse]]'', Vol. 6 No. 8 (August 1983, pp. 807-808).
 
* '''Bill Steal''' ([[John Mueller]]): ''[[Apocalypse]]'', Vol. 6 No. 8 (August 1983, pp. 807-808).
* '''Short Sheeted''' ([[Paul Cummins]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[The New York Magic Symposium, Collection 5]]'' (1986, pp. 131-134).
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* '''Short Sheeted''' ([[Paul Cummins]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[The New York Magic Symposium Collection 5]]'' (1986, pp. 131-134).
 
* '''Folding Money''' Steal ([[Dai Vernon]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[The Vernon Chronicles, Vol. 3: Further Lost Inner Secrets]]'' (1989, pp. 149-153).
 
* '''Folding Money''' Steal ([[Dai Vernon]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[The Vernon Chronicles, Vol. 3: Further Lost Inner Secrets]]'' (1989, pp. 149-153).
  
 
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Revision as of 06:31, 26 January 2015

Shortchange Trick refers to the trick in which the performer apparently demonstrates how a con artist shortchanges unsuspecting marks, by counting the bills and then showing money has disappeared. Popular versions include George Starke's Hornswoggled and Bert Allerton's Bamboozle.

Publications

  • Hornswoggled: The Smash Finish (George Starke): Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 2 No. 11 (April 1945, pp. 111-112).
  • Shorty: A Baffling Short Change Routine: Ray Grismer, 1978; 1981 (with props).
  • The Magician and the Flim-Flam Femme: Larry White, 1999 (with props).

Sleight-of-Hand Bill Steals

References