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[[Collectors]] is the name given by [[Roy Walton]] to a now-classic plot in card magic wherein three selected cards are lost in the deck, then reappear interlaced (and face down) between the cards in a face-up four-of-a-kind (e.g., Aces, Kings, Queens). It's an outgrowth of the [[Sandwich]] plot, and was in print prior to the publication of Walton's Collectors as
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'''Collectors''' is the name given by [[Roy Walton]] to a now-classic plot in card magic wherein three selected cards are lost in the deck, then reappear interlaced (and face down) between the cards in a face-up four-of-a-kind (e.g., Aces, Kings, Queens).  
"Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace," by [[Jay Ose]], in [[Close-Up Card Magic]] ([[Harry Lorayne|Lorayne]], 1962).
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An outgrowth of the [[Sandwich]] plot, it was in print prior to the publication of Walton's Collectors including "Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace," by [[Jay Ose]], in [[Close-Up Card Magic]] ([[Harry Lorayne|Lorayne]], 1962).
  
 
== Published Versions and variations ==
 
== Published Versions and variations ==
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* [[O.W. Meyer|MEYER, O.W.]] - ''The Burglars'' in [[More Card Manipulations Series 1]] by  Jean Hugard (1938),  except that the kings are face down
 
* [[Jay Ose|OSE, Jay]] - ''Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace,'' [[Close-Up Card Magic]] by [[Harry Lorayne]] (1962)
 
* [[Jay Ose|OSE, Jay]] - ''Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace,'' [[Close-Up Card Magic]] by [[Harry Lorayne]] (1962)
* [[Roy Walton|WALTON, Roy]] - ''The Collectors'', [[Abracadabra]] 15th February, 1969. Volume 47, Number 1203, page 99.
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* [[Roy Walton|WALTON, Roy]] - ''The Collectors'', [[Abracadabra]] 15th February, 1969. Volume 47, Number 1203, page 99.  Expanded the routine with the four Aces catching three selections.
 
* [[Ed Marlo|MARLO, Ed]] - Versions by Marlo in [[Hierophant]] #2 (Winter 1969).
 
* [[Ed Marlo|MARLO, Ed]] - Versions by Marlo in [[Hierophant]] #2 (Winter 1969).
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* [[Alex Elmsley|ELMSLEY, Alex]] - ''One at a Time Collectors'' in [[Pabular]], Vol. 1 No. 3, Nov. (1974, p. 28)
 
* [[Father Cyprian|CYPRIAN, Fr.]] - [[The Bottom Collectors]] (1975)
 
* [[Father Cyprian|CYPRIAN, Fr.]] - [[The Bottom Collectors]] (1975)
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* [[Paul Harris|HARRIS, Paul]] - ''[[Interlaced Vanish]]'' in [[Apocalypse]] Vol 1 No 1 (January, 1978) - a reverse of the plot (cards start out interlaced).
 
* [[Marc DeSouza|DESOUZA, Marc]] - ''Collection Agency'', [[DeSouza's DeCeptions]] ([[David Acer|Acer]], 2001). A method devised by DeSouza to eliminate "fiddling and fumbling" while setting up for the climax.
 
* [[Marc DeSouza|DESOUZA, Marc]] - ''Collection Agency'', [[DeSouza's DeCeptions]] ([[David Acer|Acer]], 2001). A method devised by DeSouza to eliminate "fiddling and fumbling" while setting up for the climax.
 
* [[Doc Docherty|DOCHERTY, Doc]] - ''Super Collectors'', [[Genii 2009 August]]. A handling wherein the face-up four-of-a-kind (e.g., Kings) is visibly pulled up through the deck, then spread, showing all three face-down selections now interlaced between them.
 
* [[Doc Docherty|DOCHERTY, Doc]] - ''Super Collectors'', [[Genii 2009 August]]. A handling wherein the face-up four-of-a-kind (e.g., Kings) is visibly pulled up through the deck, then spread, showing all three face-down selections now interlaced between them.
  
 
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* [[Paul Harris|HARRIS, Paul]] - ''[[Interlaced Vanish]]'' in [[Apocalypse]] Vol 1 No 1 (January, 1978) - a reverse of the plot (cards start out interlaced).
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[http://www.conjuringarchive.com/show.php?cat=812 Collectors category in Denis Behr's "Conjuring Archive"]
  
  
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Latest revision as of 11:36, 16 August 2014

Collectors is the name given by Roy Walton to a now-classic plot in card magic wherein three selected cards are lost in the deck, then reappear interlaced (and face down) between the cards in a face-up four-of-a-kind (e.g., Aces, Kings, Queens).

An outgrowth of the Sandwich plot, it was in print prior to the publication of Walton's Collectors including "Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace," by Jay Ose, in Close-Up Card Magic (Lorayne, 1962).

Published Versions and variations

References

Conjuring Credits' article on cards:collectors Collectors category in Denis Behr's "Conjuring Archive"