Card Through Handkerchief

Card Through Handkerchief is a classic plot in card magic in which the deck wrapped in a handkerchief and shaken. One or more cards penetrate through the fabric.

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Tommy Wonder

The first description was in New Era card Tricks (1897) written by August Roterberg and is not attributed.

The second was in Conjuring with Cards (1898) written by Ellis Stanyon who writes : "I am indebted to Mr. Geo. Weston, a very clever amateur conjurer, for this excellent little trick."

Published versions

• The Card and Handkerchief by S.W. Erdnase in The Expert at the Card Table (1902)
• Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks and Secrets of Magic by Walter B. Gibson (1941)
• Tarbell Course in Magic - Vol. 3 (1943)
• Card Through the Handkerchief by Martin Gardner in Tarbell Course in Magic - Vol. 5 (Deck is in case) (1948)
• The Complete Magician by Greer Maréchal (1977)
• The Second Now You See It, Now You Don't! by Bill Tarr (1978)
• Card Through Hanky Handling by Derek Dingle in The Complete Works of Derek Dingle written by Richard Kaufman (1982)
• Shakedown by Alex Elmsley in The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. 2, written by Stephen Minch (1994)
• Card through Handkerchief in Card College, Vol. 2 written by Roberto Giobbi (1996)
• Fabricated by Tommy Wonder in The Books of Wonder, Vol. 1, written by Stephen Minch (1996)