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The Great Phantom Card Trick

The envelope containing this packet card trick includes the initials L. D., confirming that the trick was from Davenports. The envelope explains what the audience see. Five cards are taken from any pack. A spectator is requested to mentally think of any of the three cards from the five. Placing the cards on the table and covering them with a handkerchief, the performer reaches under it and takes out one by one the two cards not selected. The handkerchief is then lifted up and the selected cards have dissolved into air. Complete with instructions.

Item Details

Date Probably 1920s or 1930s.
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Ref no N3471