Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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cards:two-card_monte [2024/03/19 20:18] – Clarified the early DeLand actions. stephenminchcards:two-card_monte [2024/03/19 20:30] (current) – link to instruction sheet added denisbehr
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 ===== Gaffed Guessing Game ===== ===== Gaffed Guessing Game =====
  
-The most common use of the term refers to Theodore DeLand's marketed "Two Card Monte", 1913 (see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38453/The+Sphinx/15|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 12 No. 6, Aug. 15 1913, p. 119).+The most common use of the term refers to Theodore DeLand's marketed [[http://www.conjuringcredits.com/lib/tpl/credits/files/1913-Two-Card-Monte.jpg|"Two Card Monte"]], 1913 (see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38453/The+Sphinx/15|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 12 No. 6, Aug. 15 1913, p. 119).
  
 The original trick used a rudimentary application of the principle embodied in the sliding display move associated today with the Two-Card Monte effect. The original effect was more of a gag. The performer would show both cards, place one on the table face up, and the other face down. After covering the face-up card with his hand, the performer would bet that the spectator couldn't guess what the face-down card was. The card was then turned over to reveal that it was a [[cards:double-backed_card|double-backed card]]. The original trick used a rudimentary application of the principle embodied in the sliding display move associated today with the Two-Card Monte effect. The original effect was more of a gag. The performer would show both cards, place one on the table face up, and the other face down. After covering the face-up card with his hand, the performer would bet that the spectator couldn't guess what the face-down card was. The card was then turned over to reveal that it was a [[cards:double-backed_card|double-backed card]].