Apparent Second Sight The artist requests the spectators to select, during their absence, any number of cards from an unprepared deck (preferably borrowed). The selected cards are placed in a separate heap on a table, and covered with a borrowed handkerchief. After returning the performer is blindfolded, and the selected cards shuffled into the pack, which is then given to the performer. Holding the cards behind the back, the conjurer then successively produces all of the chosen cards. Fig 32 The secret of the trick depends upon the use of a clever little contrivance, called the Card Marker, which will be useful in the course of many other card tricks. The Card Marker, Fig 32 consists of the hook (C) and plate (B), to which is soldered a needlepoint (A). To the lower end of the plate (B) is fastened a strong thread of flesh colored silk, to which in turn is attached the elastic cord (E), with a loop at the end. To attach the apparatus to the person, hook C is slipped under a ring worn on the third finger of the right hand, while the thread (D) and elastic (E) are passed inside the sleeve to a button (or similar) where the loop can be hooked around. Fig 33 After the selected cards have been placed on the table and covered by the handkerchief the performer places a hand over them, for only an instant, as if to be convinced of their presence. This moment is enough for the performer to press the fine needlepoint of the Card Marker through the handkerchief into the cards. By the passing of the needlepoint through the cards, there is formed a slight projection, hardly discernible to the eye but readily distinguished by the touch. After the chosen cards have been shuffled into the pack, it is an easy matter for the conjurer to pick out, behind the back, the desired cards by simply feeling for the projections made by the point of the needle. After marking the covered cards, the performer detaches hook C, by pushing it out of the ring with one of the fingers of the right hand. The Card Marker is then instantly pulled inside the sleeve, due to the tightly stretched elastic. A more portable form of the Card Marker is a Finger Ring, which has a needle point brazed to it as shown in Fig. 33. Those who do not wish to incur the expense of purchasing either form of the marker can substitute a short pin, which can easily be concealed between the fingers. The point of the pin is then pressed into the cards in the same manner as the regular markers. Home | Card Tricks | Card Trick Skills | The Pass | The Force | Changes False Shuffling | The Glimpse | Card Palm | Card Sleights Copyright © 2003-2006 HowToDoCardTricks.com. All rights reserved worldwide.   You can quickly get a copy of every trick on this web site in a downloadable PDF book. That's over 40 classic card tricks to amaze and astound your friends, all stored on your computer to refer to at any time! Just click the link below to get your own copy today for just $5.