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== Questions ==
 
== Questions ==
 
First ever published torn and restored card?
 
First ever published torn and restored card?
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According to Potter's Index, it seems to be :
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* ''The Torn Card Restored'', page 196 in [[Chemical, Natural and Physical Magic]] by [[G.W. Septimus Piesse]] (1858)
  
 
First published routine to use a signed card?
 
First published routine to use a signed card?
  
First published routine to use only one card?
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In The [[Magic Wand]], Vol. 22, N° 160, dec. 1933, page 191, ''A Marked Torn and Restored Card Effect'' by [[Leonard Saunders]].
  
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It's not really a sign card but the spectator writes a number on one of the index corner.
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In [[The Cardician]] by [[Edward Marlo]] (1953), page 187, ''The Second Method'', the magician puts his initials on the back of the card and the spectator does the same on the face.
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See also ''Signature Card Restoration'', page 6 of [[New Applause Winning Tricks]] by [[Samuel Berland]] (1956)
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First published routine to use only one card?
  
 
== Variations ==
 
== Variations ==

Revision as of 20:15, 15 July 2008

Torn and Restored Card is a card routine where a playing card torn into pieces and then restored. There are many variations and many techniques.

Copperfield performed it with a baseball card on one of his television specials. He used a version by Chris Kenner called Torn Asunder, which was advertised but not considered to ever have been actually released.

Questions

First ever published torn and restored card?

According to Potter's Index, it seems to be :

First published routine to use a signed card?

In The Magic Wand, Vol. 22, N° 160, dec. 1933, page 191, A Marked Torn and Restored Card Effect by Leonard Saunders.

It's not really a sign card but the spectator writes a number on one of the index corner.

In The Cardician by Edward Marlo (1953), page 187, The Second Method, the magician puts his initials on the back of the card and the spectator does the same on the face.

See also Signature Card Restoration, page 6 of New Applause Winning Tricks by Samuel Berland (1956)

First published routine to use only one card?

Variations