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MacDonald's Aces: Difference between revisions
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== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
* Frank Garcia's "MacDonald's $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick". [[New Stars of Magic]], Vol. 1 No. 2, 1972 | |||
* Stewart Judah's MacDonald's Aces. [[Pallbearers Review]], Autumn 1974 Issue (Volume 9). | |||
* Martin Nash's ''The $10,000 Ace Routine'' in [[Ever So Sleightly]] (1975) | |||
* Jon Racherbaumer's Olram Aces in Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 3 (1979) | |||
* Johnny Thompson's "Automatic Aces" | * Johnny Thompson's "Automatic Aces" | ||
* John Mendoza's ''MacDonald's | * John Mendoza's ''Quick MacDonald'' in [[John: Verse Two]] (1982) | ||
* Dingle's ''Slow Motion MacDonald's Aces'' in [[The Complete Works of Derek Dingle]] (1982) | |||
* Guy Hollingworth's ''An Ace Assembly'' in [[Drawing Room Deceptions]] (1999) | |||
* Jennings' ''MacJennings Aces'' published in [[Genii]], Vol. 62, N° 1, Jan. 1999 | |||
* [[Michel Huot]]'s ''Ultimate Aces'' in [[Seven by Michel Huot]] (2003) | |||
* Guastaferro's ''Vino Aces'' in [[Antinomy]], Vol. 4, N° 1, 1TR, 2008. | |||
* Alexander De Cova's "MacDonald's Aces" | * Alexander De Cova's "MacDonald's Aces" | ||
* John Guastaferro's "Famous Aces" | * John Guastaferro's "Famous Aces" | ||
* [[Gary Ouellet]] [[A Dream of Aces]] | * [[Gary Ouellet]] [[A Dream of Aces]] | ||
* Gilles Couture's "Macoins" (MacDonald's Aces with coins) | * Gilles Couture's "Macoins" (MacDonald's Aces with coins) | ||
Frank Garcia's MacDonald’s $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick: | Frank Garcia's MacDonald’s $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick: | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 16 December 2008
An Ace Assembly effect where four Aces are shown, placed face up on the table, and covered with three other cards. One by one the Aces vanish from three piles, assembling together under the fourth pile held by the spectator.
History
The trick was credited to Mac MacDonald (a one armed magic pitchman) by Dai Vernon and Lewis Ganson around the 1960s which used gaffed cards.
The plot was probably created by Hofzinser between 1857 and 1875 and was the finale of a trick called The Power of Faith. Also, the use of double face cards in a four of a kind routine was in the Hofzinser's Card Conjuring (1931) as "The Four Kings".
There is also a description that predate's MacDonald's version in the book My Best (1945) by J.G. Thompson, Jr. written up by Orville Meyer as Greatest Four Ace Trick.
Versions
- Frank Garcia's "MacDonald's $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick". New Stars of Magic, Vol. 1 No. 2, 1972
- Stewart Judah's MacDonald's Aces. Pallbearers Review, Autumn 1974 Issue (Volume 9).
- Martin Nash's The $10,000 Ace Routine in Ever So Sleightly (1975)
- Jon Racherbaumer's Olram Aces in Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 3 (1979)
- Johnny Thompson's "Automatic Aces"
- John Mendoza's Quick MacDonald in John: Verse Two (1982)
- Dingle's Slow Motion MacDonald's Aces in The Complete Works of Derek Dingle (1982)
- Guy Hollingworth's An Ace Assembly in Drawing Room Deceptions (1999)
- Jennings' MacJennings Aces published in Genii, Vol. 62, N° 1, Jan. 1999
- Michel Huot's Ultimate Aces in Seven by Michel Huot (2003)
- Guastaferro's Vino Aces in Antinomy, Vol. 4, N° 1, 1TR, 2008.
- Alexander De Cova's "MacDonald's Aces"
- John Guastaferro's "Famous Aces"
- Gary Ouellet A Dream of Aces
- Gilles Couture's "Macoins" (MacDonald's Aces with coins)
Frank Garcia's MacDonald’s $100 Dollar Four Ace Trick: