This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision | ||
cards:envelope_or_pocket_card [2013/11/09 21:27] – tylerwilson | cards:envelope_or_pocket_card [2020/10/12 01:28] (current) – Corrected typo in "misteres". stephenminch | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
====== Envelope or Pocket Card ====== | ====== Envelope or Pocket Card ====== | ||
- | While U. F. Grant used two cards glued on three sides, forming an open envelope, | + | The pocket card---used to add a double Louis d'or secretly to a bet after it had proven successful---appeared |
+ | |||
+ | J. N. Hofzinser used a pocket card for a different purpose: to receive a borrowed finger ring, after which the open end of the card was sealed with diachylon, and later the ring was produced from inside the card. See "The Insoluble Impromptu" in //J. N. Hofzinser: Non Plus Ultra, Vol. II//, by Magic Christian, 2013, p. 290. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ellis Stanyon described a pocket card to secretly | ||
{{tag> | {{tag> |