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coin:spidergrip_vanish [2016/01/14 19:53] – Refined distinctions between Gibson and Marlo vanishes. stephenminch | coin:spidergrip_vanish [2023/06/18 22:33] (current) – Added Bertram citation. stephenminch | ||
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====== Spider Grip Vanish ====== | ====== Spider Grip Vanish ====== | ||
- | Often misattributed to Ed Marlo, this vanish was first put into print by Walter B. Gibson, under the title The " | + | Often misattributed to Ed Marlo, this vanish was first put into print by Walter B. Gibson, under the title The " |
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+ | Also preceding Marlo' | ||
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+ | And six years before the Spider Vanish appeared, Ross Bertram published a similar style of vanish, using the same psychology of creating suspicion on the empty hand. Instead of feigning a French Drop, Bertram openly deposited the coin on the right palm and pretended to retain it behind the left fingers. See the first vanish in his "Coin Assembly" | ||
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