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'''Werry's Matchbox Illusion''' is a pocket trick in which a coin is vanished after placing in on a table inside a triangle composed of three wooden matches then briefly covered by a playing card and the matchbox.[[File:MatchboxIllusion.jpg|thumb|400px|Ad in [[Magigram]] circa 1993]] | '''Werry's Matchbox Illusion''' is a pocket trick in which a coin is vanished after placing in on a table inside a triangle composed of three wooden matches then briefly covered by a playing card and the matchbox.[[File:MatchboxIllusion.jpg|thumb|400px|Ad in [[Magigram]] circa 1993]] | ||
It was first described, as "Meine Streichholzschachtel-Jllusion" in [[Werner Geissler]]'s magic magazine [[Magische Welt]] (Vol 3, No.2, April 1954, page 34). | It was first described, as "Meine Streichholzschachtel-Jllusion" in [[Werner Geissler]]'s magic magazine [[Magische Welt]] (Vol 3, No.2, April [[1954]], page 34). | ||
Rights were granted to [[Supreme Magic]] to sell and was pirated under many different names including '''Nifty Nickel''', '''Ghostly Farthing''', '''Well I Never''' (by [[Tannen]]), '''Astro Coin''', and the '''Bermuda Triangle'''.<ref>George Blake's column in [[Magigram]], April 1973</ref> <ref>http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=282263</ref> | Rights were granted to [[Supreme Magic]] to sell and was pirated under many different names including '''Nifty Nickel''', '''Ghostly Farthing''', '''Well I Never''' (by [[Tannen]]), '''Astro Coin''', and the '''Bermuda Triangle'''.<ref>George Blake's column in [[Magigram]], April 1973</ref> <ref>http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=282263</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 16:02, 23 May 2015
Werry's Matchbox Illusion is a pocket trick in which a coin is vanished after placing in on a table inside a triangle composed of three wooden matches then briefly covered by a playing card and the matchbox.
Ad in Magigram circa 1993
It was first described, as "Meine Streichholzschachtel-Jllusion" in Werner Geissler's magic magazine Magische Welt (Vol 3, No.2, April 1954, page 34).
Rights were granted to Supreme Magic to sell and was pirated under many different names including Nifty Nickel, Ghostly Farthing, Well I Never (by Tannen), Astro Coin, and the Bermuda Triangle.[1] [2]
References
- ↑ George Blake's column in Magigram, April 1973
- ↑ http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=282263