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The Origins of Wonder

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-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 did not include the move that now bears its name. In fact, the original 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]].
  
-The routine and handling now commonly referred to as "Two-Card Monte" is actually Frank Land's (stage name of Bill Frankland) marketed [[http://askalexander.org/display/13148/Cards+L+N/16|"The New Two Card Monte"]], 1931. It used the sliding display move now connected with the trick, along with the behind-the-back guessing aspect.+The routine and handling now commonly referred to as "Two-Card Monte" is actually Frank Lane's marketed [[http://askalexander.org/display/13148/Cards+L+N/16|"The New Two Card Monte"]], 1931 (misspelled "Frank Land" in the instruction sheet, but see for example the ad in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/40637/Linking+Ring/111|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 11 No. 5, July 1931, p. 605). It used the sliding display move now connected with the trick, along with the behind-the-back guessing aspect.
  
 The finessed optical deception, called the Optical Monte Move as well as the Two-Card Monte Move, in which the cards are fanned or crossed and the corners lightly flicked as they are displayed and switched, was invented by Neal Elias. It appeared in his //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13811/At+the+Table+Tricks/11|At the Table]]//, 1946, p. 10. The finessed optical deception, called the Optical Monte Move as well as the Two-Card Monte Move, in which the cards are fanned or crossed and the corners lightly flicked as they are displayed and switched, was invented by Neal Elias. It appeared in his //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13811/At+the+Table+Tricks/11|At the Table]]//, 1946, p. 10.

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