Special Effects

1977
Written by Paul Curry
Work of Paul Curry
92 pages (Paperback), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Paul Curry
Language: English
34 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Paul Curry First - an excuse..
Paul Curry Half Gone half of the deck vanishes from a handkerchief
Also published here 1
Paul Curry Bluff Pass done face up
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Paul Curry Teacher's Pet with sucker presentation
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The Pass as a packet switch
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Paul Curry Out Of Sight eight kings, cards of a suit end up in order after a sequence of shuffling and switching, mind reading presentation
 		7
Charles T. Jordan, Paul Curry Interlocking Chain Principle with a ruse to make the shuffle more convincing
 		9
Hindu Shuffle Force
9
Paul Curry Tops Of The Heaps Ace to Four instead of four aces
 		13
Paul Curry Circle of Fire chosen card appears on piece of paper between two coins, shell
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 16
Paul Curry Random Harvest spectator finds shuffled face down numbered cards in order and fails at your predicted number
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Paul Curry Second Deal with cut out half circle
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Paul Curry Double Lift with cut out circle
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Paul Curry Phantasy Under Glass under glass bowl, ends clean
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Paul Curry Under Wraps performer's hand is wrapped in a clear plastic bag, ends clean
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Paul Curry By Any Other Name the initials of a thought of card appear on a joker (Glorpy)
 		32
Paul Curry Joining The Ladies three cards are torn in halves and the pieces shuffled, then mixed (with help of a chart), finally all pieces are next to their equivalent
Related toVariations 35
Paul Curry Triple Threat first mates in two piles, second every card matches
Inspired by 38
Paul Curry Position Change a card's position is changed while turned over
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Alexander Herrmann Herrmann Turnover Pass
42
Paul Curry Swindle Switch
43
Paul Curry The Open Prediction with gimmick
Variations 44
Hans E. Trixer Compas-sion
Related to 48
Paul Curry The Side Pass with variation where hand is holding the pack at one's side
Related to 55
Paul Curry Out Of Mind
Inspired by 58
Paul Curry That Extra Something 25 cards are dealt into five piles, prediction of the order of a selected one
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Paul Curry Past, Present And Future two decks, three cards match, (apparently original) version of Paul Curry's "Touch"
Related to 68
Two Card Monte Turnover with double facer and backer
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Paul Curry, John Scarne Scarne's Psychic Experiment
71
Paul Curry The Charm Of Luck a talisman influences the outcome
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Paul Curry Concept Of A Classic
Inspired by 77
Paul Curry A Turn In Time four blanks, two rubberbands, signed card reverses in the banded packet
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Buckle Count
84
Paul Curry, Terry Morgan Future Shock two sets of ESP cards match, swindle switch
Related toVariations 90
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, June 2013.