Doug Edwards snaps a playing card into existence
The late, great Roy Benson was a consummate magical artist and a pioneer of magic on television. I had the pleasure of meeting him on several occasions at magic conventions here in New York City in the 1970s. Upon his wife Connye's death, I bought all the props from his act right down to the carrying case. Although I later sold most of it to David Copperfield in 1996, I did manage to work with the props and study his act very closely. Upon viewing rare film footage of Benson's card production act, I developed my own original 'card acquitment' explained here.
Hold a single playing card, that you will cause to vanish, at your right finger tips. Clamp the card against the slightly curled second and third fingers with your first finger and fourth finger.
Now, in an upwards tossing motion, open the right hand bringing the card to the back of the hand and out of sight. To the audience, the card has vanished!
Brush the back of your left hand against the right palm and pause for a beat. Your left hand masks the fingers of your right hand and will continue to mask the actions that follow.
Turn both hands over so the backs are towards the audience. In doing so, bend/curl your right fingers in half to again mask the action. Revolve the hands palm up again ...
... in doing this the left hand continues to mask the hidden card. The hands appear convincingly empty.
To produce the card, turn the left hand over and briskly bring the card into view by closing the right fingers. Performers view: the position of the right hand with the left hand removed.
It's now safe to open your right fingertips, thus sandwiching the card between both open palms. The card has magically re-appeared!
If you prefer, you can use this move to climax a card production routine. Simply produce cards from a hidden stack that you have secretly back palmed. When you have one card remaining, use this Finger Tip Production. It's pretty and convincing.