Illusion Library

Effect

Rising Cards Out of a Hat

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926

Time
3 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
None

This experiment is similar in operation to the effect just described, but the effect is somewhat different.

Three cards are selected by spectators, returned to pack, and shuffled in. Pack is then dropped into an empty hat. Mysteriously, one by one, the selected cards rise up out of the hat.

How it is done

The method, 4 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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