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| - | ====== Bulldog Switch Clip ====== | ||
| - | This gimmick was invented by Bob Ostin and marketed by Davenports as "Bob Ostin's Dice Prediction," 1953. An ad appeared in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/17886/Abracadabra/352|Abracadabra]]//, Vol. 16 No. 408, 21. Nov. 1953, back cover. Tony Corinda also mentions Ostin's clip in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/10654/13+Steps+to+Mentalism+Step+One+Swami+Gimmick/180|Thirteen Steps to Mentalism]]//, 1958, p. 186. Ostin's clip was made with a rubber band or elastic. The model with a metal spring was developed and marketed in 1959 by Robert Nelson (sharing credit with Syd Bergson) under the name "Nelson's Mental-Gimic; see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/37778/Linking+Ring/11|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 38 No. 12, Feb. 1959, p. 11. | ||
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