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The Origins of Wonder

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cards:four_ace_location_by_spectator [2018/06/21 19:05] – stephenminchcards:four_ace_location_by_spectator [2022/11/16 21:42] – Added Maxwell citation. stephenminch
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 The general effect dates back to the 19th century. [[cards:classic_fan_force|Classic forcing]] four of a kind on a single spectator, one card at a time, was described in R. P.'s //Ein Spiel Karten//, 1853, p. 58 of the Pieper translation. Johann Hofzinser was also sowing seeds in similar fields around that time. He would begin his trick, "The Four Eights", by classic forcing the four Eights on four spectators. See //Kartenkünste//, 1910, p. 33 of the Sharpe translation. In "The Power of Faith" (ibid. p. 69), Hofzinser accomplished the same effect by switching three of the selections out with a [[top_change_with_a_packet|packet top change]]. The general effect dates back to the 19th century. [[cards:classic_fan_force|Classic forcing]] four of a kind on a single spectator, one card at a time, was described in R. P.'s //Ein Spiel Karten//, 1853, p. 58 of the Pieper translation. Johann Hofzinser was also sowing seeds in similar fields around that time. He would begin his trick, "The Four Eights", by classic forcing the four Eights on four spectators. See //Kartenkünste//, 1910, p. 33 of the Sharpe translation. In "The Power of Faith" (ibid. p. 69), Hofzinser accomplished the same effect by switching three of the selections out with a [[top_change_with_a_packet|packet top change]].
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 +Perhaps the first approach to the idea of having a spectator cut the deck into four piles, each with an Ace on top, is "An Easy Card Trick" by Victor Maxwell (G. E. Thompson) in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/85655/The+Magic+wand+and+magical+review+:+Vol+7+Issue+78/16|The Magic Wand]]//, Vol. 7 No. 6, Feb. 1917, p. 102. Maxwell started with the Aces on top of the deck. After a false shuffle, he led a spectator into distributing the Aces onto four piles during a series of cuts, apparently a combination of plan and improvisation.
  
 William Larsen, Jr. approached the effect by palming the four Aces, spreading the deck for four selections, and then performing a four-for-four palm change. This was published in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/38500/The+Sphinx/13|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 20 No. 5, July 1921, p. 173. William Larsen, Jr. approached the effect by palming the four Aces, spreading the deck for four selections, and then performing a four-for-four palm change. This was published in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/38500/The+Sphinx/13|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 20 No. 5, July 1921, p. 173.

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