Rising Cards by Val Evans

This amazing prop was created by Val Evans and this is why I love tracking down these old props 🙂

What a clever, clever item that really defies explanation.  Look at these test conditions:

• The tray has huge slats in it so you can see through the whole trick.
• You can cleanly show the tray on both sides.
• Then you take a normal hanky (which can be borrowed if desired) and cover the slats.
• Then you hand the deck of cards to the spectators and have 3 cards chosen.
• The cards are normal and they can choose any cards (no forcing).
• The houlette can be examined to.
• The cards are inserted into the houlette and slotted into the tray over the hanky.
• Everything is self-contained with nothing added or taken away.

There is no way these cards are going to rise.  But rise they do 🙂

I love this clever prop and you’ll never find the same joy in any of the modern electronic items available today.  This is how real magic should look.  A very clever method that magicians will love and a very perplexing effect that the audience will love 🙂

Effect: A rising card effect that is spectacular and sensational! Several cards are freely selected and returned to pack-same is placed into a small wooden houlette and the lid closed tight. A tray composed of slats with cross pieces is shown. A handkerchief is placed over tray and the houlette placed in center . The tray is held in one hand and the cards rise one after the other.

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