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[[Collectors]] is a classic plot in card magic [[Sandwich]] effect where three selected cards are caught between four-of-a-kind. It was given the name by [[Roy Walton]].
[[Collectors]] is the name given by [[Roy Walton]] to a now-classic plot in card magic wherein three selected cards are lost in the deck, then reappear interlaced (and face down) between the cards in a face-up four-of-a-kind (e.g., Aces, Kings, Queens).


This plot was also published previously with "Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace" in the Close-Up Card Magic (1962).
The plot was in print prior to the publication of Walton's Collectors as
"Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace," by [[Jay Ose]], in [[Close-Up Card Magic]] ([[Harry Lorayne|Lorayne]], 1962).
 
== Published Versions ==
 
* [[Father Cyprian|CYPRIAN, Fr.]] - [[The Bottom Collectors]] (1975)
* [[Marc DeSouza|DESOUZA, Marc]] - ''Collection Agency'', [[DeSouza's DeCeptions]] ([[David Acer|Acer]], 2001). A method devised by DeSouza to eliminate "fiddling and fumbling" while setting up for the climax.
* [[Doc Docherty|DOCHERTY, Doc]] - ''Super Collectors'', Genii, August 2009. A handling wherein the face-up four-of-a-kind (e.g., Kings) is visibly pulled up through the deck, then spread, showing all three face-down selections now interlaced between them.
* [[Ed Marlo|MARLO, Ed]] - Versions by Marlo in [[Hierophant]] #2 (Winter 1969).
* [[Jay Ose|OSE, Jay]] - ''Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace,'' [[Close-Up Card Magic]] by [[Harry Lorayne]] (1962)
* [[Roy Walton|WALTON, Roy]] - ''The Collectors'', [[Abracadabra]] 15th February, 1969. Volume 47, Number 1203, page 99.


== Published versions ==
* ''Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace'' by Jay Ose in [[Close-Up Card Magic]] by [[Harry Lorayne]] (1962)
* ''The Collectors'' by [[Roy Walton]] in [[Abracadabra]] 15th February, 1969. Volume 47, Number 1203. Page 99
* Versions by Ed Marlo in [[Hierophant]] #2 (Winter 1969).
* [[The Bottom Collectors]] by [[Father Cyprian]] (1975)


[[Category:Card Plots]]
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Revision as of 12:22, 18 July 2009

Collectors is the name given by Roy Walton to a now-classic plot in card magic wherein three selected cards are lost in the deck, then reappear interlaced (and face down) between the cards in a face-up four-of-a-kind (e.g., Aces, Kings, Queens).

The plot was in print prior to the publication of Walton's Collectors as "Ose's Addition to The Apex Ace," by Jay Ose, in Close-Up Card Magic (Lorayne, 1962).

Published Versions