# How did David Copperfield reassemble this Honus Wagner card? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 9, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504 "2013-03-09T21:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504/41 "2013-03-16T11:45:35Z")
> [@Frumpy\_Jones](#): > > EDIT: Oh. I see some jackhole just put it all out there, not thinking about how it could possibly SPOIL it for some… > > Mental note folks: Puting {spoiler} text here {/spoiler} around your text put’s a spoiler bar on it (Replace { with [ ) Yeah, who would have thought a thread about how Copperfield did certain tricks would ever have anyone explaining them. Good for you, you put it in a spoiler. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504/42 "2013-03-18T16:56:02Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > In one trick where Teller is run over by the tires of a truck they had Victoria Jackson stand across the street to witness the backside of the trick and to look for any fakery. And so, after he was run over and came out unharmed, they asked Victoria, “Did you see any fakery?” and she said, “No.” Then, when they revealed the trick, they showed the tire was fake foam. And so they went back to Victoria, “I thought you said you saw no fakery?” and she said, “I lied!” I have seen them do it and I must say that it was so obvious how it was done that I think one should use some other word than trick. ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504/43 "2013-03-18T19:54:13Z")
> [@razncain](#): > > Yeah, who would have thought a thread about how Copperfield did certain tricks would ever have anyone explaining them. Good for you, you put it in a spoiler. :rolleyes: Also, Copperfield did the trick in 1983. At some point, there’s gotta be a statute of limitations on spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504/44 "2016-02-22T14:51:13Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Here’s the closest video I’ve seen to how Copperfield did the card trick. > [card trick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqegObghPU) A somewhat better explanation. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-_p69Fwjn4U/maxresdefault.jpg "Torn and Restored Card Revealed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_p69Fwjn4U) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504/45 "2016-02-22T15:33:14Z")
FTR, the third guy with Gretzky and Copperfield is Bruce McNall. He was the one time owner of the LA Kings (when Gretzky got there) and he was the owner of the Honus Wagner card. ETA: As such, the trick had to have been performed well after 1983. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504/46 "2016-02-22T17:39:56Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > ETA: As such, the trick had to have been performed well after 1983. The trick performed in '83 was the Statue of Liberty disappearance. We now return you to your zombified thread, already in progress… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504.md?page=2)