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'''The Double Lift''' is a sleight by which two cards are "lifted" and shown as a single card. It is referred to as a '''Double Turnover''' if the cards are immediately placed back on the deck. | |||
The "concept" was first described in ''[[The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious]]'', written by [[Richard Neve]] in [[1716]]. The title was "To Fein to Change the Top Card of the pack to Another" (p. 141). | The "concept" was first described in ''[[The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious]]'', written by [[Richard Neve]] in [[1716]]. The title was "To Fein to Change the Top Card of the pack to Another" (p. 141). Many magicians have published techniques for the Double Lift since. | ||
[[Arthur Finley]] is generally recognized as the first to use a Double Turnover, where the cards are turned over and immediately placed on the pack. | |||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
Revision as of 05:26, 14 January 2015
The Double Lift is a sleight by which two cards are "lifted" and shown as a single card. It is referred to as a Double Turnover if the cards are immediately placed back on the deck.
The "concept" was first described in The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious, written by Richard Neve in 1716. The title was "To Fein to Change the Top Card of the pack to Another" (p. 141). Many magicians have published techniques for the Double Lift since.
Arthur Finley is generally recognized as the first to use a Double Turnover, where the cards are turned over and immediately placed on the pack.
Publications
- The Double Lift: Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, Expert Card Technique (1940, pp. 3-7).
- Two Card Throw (Ed Marlo): Ed Marlo, Marlo in Spades (1947, pp. 5-6).
- The Double Lift (Dai Vernon): Stars of Magic, Vol. 5 No. 2 (1949, pp. 78-79).
- Lewis Ganson, The Dai Vernon Book of Magic (1957, pp. 119-122).
- The Finley-Vernon Double Turnover: Ron Bauer, The Mechanical Deck (Ron Bauer Private Studies Series, No. 11) (1999, pp. 19-30).
- Instantaneous Double Lift (Dr. Jacob Daley): Stars of Magic, Vol. 7 No. 2 (1950, pp. 108-109).
- A Snappy Lift (Larry Jennings): The Gen, Vol. 20 No. 5 (September 1964, p. 130).
- Mike Maxwell, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings (1986, pp. 238-239).
- Mike Maxwell, Larry Jennings' The Cardwright (1988, pp. 148-150).
- The Altman Trap (Art Altman): Ed Marlo, Advanced Fingertip Control (1970, p. 147).
- The Drawback Double Lift (Paul Curry): Paul Curry, Paul Curry Presents (1974, p. 36).
- The Knock-Out Double Lift (Martin Nash): Stephen Minch, Ever So Sleightly (1975, pp. 17-27)
- T. T. T. (Two-card Turnover Technique) (Ron Bauer): Genii, Vol. 46 No. 11 (November 1982, pp. 750-751).
- Ron Bauer, The Ron Bauer 2008 Lecture (2008, pp. 17-22).
- The DD Double Lift (Derek Dingle): Richard Kaufman, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle (1982, pp. 6-8).
- Gordon Double Lift (Stuart Gordon): Mike Maxwell, Larry Jennings' The Cardwright (1988, pp. 114-115).
- Darwin Ortiz, Cardshark (1995, pp. 105-106).
- Richard Kaufman, Jennings '67 (1997, pp. 186-187).
- Instant Double and Triple Turnover Technique (Brother John Hamman): Richard Kaufman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman (1989, pp. 11-14).
- The Push-over Double (Roberto Giobbi): Roberto Giobbi, Card College, Vol. 3 (1998, pp. 573-574).