Disappearing Five Cards



This trick has the performer cause five cards to seemingly disappear from their hands, then later reappear.

FIRST METHOD
In this trick the performer takes one card, as in Fig. 108 in the Front And Back Palm, and back-palms it. He then takes another one between the middle finger and thumb, and slides it on to the back of the hand on top of the first one, the first and fourth fingers slightly open­ing to receive it. The other three cards are treated in the same manner.

This sleight will be found somewhat difficult at first, but, being so effective, it will amply repay the performer for any time he may spend on its ac­quirement.

SECOND METHOD
In this method of performing the foregoing trick, after the artiste has back-palmed one card, in the act of placing the second card in position, he palms off with his left hand from the back of the right the first card vanished. (See Fig. 114 which represents the first card being removed).

disappearing cards

Fig 114

This is, of course, repeated with the remainder. Each card vanished is palmed off into the left hand in the act of placing the next one in position between the finger and thumb of the right, thus enabling the performer to show that he only holds one card in his right hand. The remaining four can then, if desired, be produced from the side of the left leg.

This card trick is from the book “Card Tricks” by Howard Thurston.


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