Effect
Producing Fans of Cards
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, vol. 2, 1942
- Time
- 3 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- 2 sleights, in the library
It was Cardini and Frakson who made the American magician conscious of the routines of producing fans of cards from the air, instead of a single card, and tossing the fans aside into a hat, a bowl, an umbrella, or some receptacle. Acts have been built around these beautiful sleights.
Effect
Performer shows his right hand empty front and back. Yet reaching out he suddenly produces a fan of cards in his hand.
These he drops into a hat, or some receptacle.
Again and again he produces fans of cards which he successively tosses away.
How it is done
The method, 6 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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