144 entries in Cards / Principles / Hold Out
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Professor Hoffmann Deck Pull
1889 199
Professor Hoffmann Card-Vanisher pull with clip
1890 133
French Card-Vanisher pull with clip
1890 137
Erklärung zum Vertauschen eines Kartenspiels
  • a. Mit Servante (deck switch with chair servante)
  • b. Ohne Servante (using holder under vest)
Sep. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Vertauschen eines Kartenspieles vermittelst Klammer deck switch using holder at body
1896 177
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die thatsächlich verschwindende Karte card pull into sleeve
1896 183
Carl Willmann Karten-Servante servante on table or behind chair
Jan. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1)
10
Carl Willmann Willmann's Kartenklammer card holder at table edge or behind prop, for switching deck
Related to Feb. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2)
25
Carl Willmann Willmann's Kartenklammer further designs for deck holders that can be attached to a table or chair, and a holder for body loading, deck vanish via pull
Related to Mar. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3)
42
Dr. Arnfeld Die verschwindende Karte card vanishes from deck, spectator pushes card into clip in deck which is pulled out
Dec. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 12)
181
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Ueber Vertauschung von Kartenspielen part two on deck switches
Related to July 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 7)
99
Kartenspiele zu vertauschen
  • deck switch by pushing one in vest and the other comes threaded out of sleeve
  • card clip
  • deck vanish with pull
  • deck switch by getting rid of deck in left hand and taking new deck with right hand while back is turned
Related to 1899 151
Kartenklammer card pull into sleeve, cards attached to clip
1900 93
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ein Hülfsmittel zum Vertauschen kleiner Gegenstände holder for inside of jacket, deck switch application
Oct. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 10)
155
Hamley Brothers A New Form of Portable Servante bag attached to table, also with card deck holder
1903 19
Kartenklammer, zum Vertauschen von Kartenspielen "by C. K., Hannover", card clip at pull to hold a deck for a deck switch
Variations May 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 5)
70
Zur Kartenklammer, zum Vertauschen von Kartenspielen variation of the card clip
Inspired by June 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 6)
83
Carl Willmann Willmann's Tuchhalter holder for silks at back of chair or table with applications, also for cards that travel under a plate
June 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 6)
85
John Hamley A Smart Production and Vanish of Cards hands empty, cards produced and vanished again, attached to outside of sleeve and stolen when sleeve is pulled up
1904 52
Felt Strip Holdout to slide cards secretly underneath
1909 215
Donald Holmes Card on Glass card on top of glass is invisible for audience when they look on edge
1937 70
Belt Holdout
1937 126
Holdout underneath Envelope
1937 345
A Card Holder clip type
1937 79
L. Vosburgh Lyons Addition from Jacket Edge packet under jacket in paper clip, palmed off and added
Apr. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 55)
393
Card Case for Pocket Switch
1939 85
Paul Curry Switch under Coat behind back
1941 16
Eddie Joseph Two Old Horses in New Harness "Cards to Pocket", using rubber band around wrist to hold cards
1942 90
Knee Hold Out
1946 112
Arthur H. Buckley My Original Billiard Ball and Card Harness
1948 174
John Scarne Aces from the Pocket No. 2, Shuffled deck placed in pocket, performer able to pull out four Aces
Variations 1950 11
J. B. Bobo Sez You Giant Card Trick three cards placed behind back, monte type, text appears on cards, holdout on back
1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
29
Max Katz That Torn Corner where to store torn corner
1957 20
Matt Schulien Matt's Hideaway hold-out under belly or in knee, deck vanish story
1959 21
Dr. William Weyeneth Die Kniekehle als Servante holdout with bent knee
1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 3)
950
Aces in Belt
Dec. 1965 12
Ken De Courcy Wallet Card (business) card or prediction produced from borrowed wallet, stuck with wax under table
1967 12
Table Edge Holdout with sticky substance
1968 69
Eddie Fay Capping the Deck sleeve hold-out for adding a small packet to tabled cards
1969 23
Eddie Joseph Tacit Command chosen card completely vanishes from a packet, using mirage holdout
1969 328
Eddie Joseph Silky Smooth Card Vanish with handkerchief, using mirage holdout
1969 331
Eddie Joseph The Mystery of the Autographed Card clean card to pocket, using mirage holdout
1969 332
Eddie Joseph My Favourite Queen four Queens held in hand, named Queen vanishes and reappears in some location, using mirage holdout
1969 335
Edward Marlo Laser Card to Pocket no palm, Bean Shooter type pull
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
300
11) Knee Hold-Out No. 427-11, brief
1972 118
Dr. Jacob Daley Jacob's Manual Bug within No. 558, holdout at table edge, Hung Card
Related to 1972 156
Karl Fulves Sticky Sleeve Steal double-sided tape on sleeve, arm comes to rest over deck
Dec. 1973 690
Russell T. Barnhart Knee Shuffle Steal No. 6, bottom card into crotch of knee during riffle shuffle on knee, from there into right-hand Master Palm
Variations 1975 21
Russell T. Barnhart Knee Shuffle Steal (Several Cards) No. 7, same with several cards
Inspired by 1975 26
Russell T. Barnhart Fatal Fingerprint No. 4, fingerprint trick without deck, card stored under leg als holdout
1975 53
Jerry Andrus Watch It on watch
1976 56
Al Mann The Psychic Poker Player handcuffed, gaffed table
1976 20
Under-Belt Holdout or paper clip
1976 56
Patrick Page The Body Steal with a card holder
1976 73
Patrick Page The Jacket Clip
1976 76
Karl Fulves The Impromptu Holdout wristwatch, two methods
1977 25
Karl Fulves Other Applications of sleeving
  • Hofzinser Ace Problem with Aces in spectator's pocket
  • Rising Card Hook-up
  • Sticky Tape at outside of Sleeve
  • Sleeving into Envelopes
1977 47
Looy Simonoff Looy's Addition from thumb clip palm at table edge
Also published here 1978 104
Danny Korem Korem Card to Pocket single card visually vanishes, removed from pants pocket, pendulum holdout
1978 12
Danny Korem Single Card Vanish free-handed, pendulum holdout
1978 12
Danny Korem Preferred Vanish of the Card free-handed, pendulum holdout
1978 15
Danny Korem Scary Deck Switch pendulum holdout
1978 17
Table Edge Holdout held with thumb at edge of table
1978 63
Edward Marlo Table Edge Holdout thumb clip position
1980 69
Danny Korem Seven Signed Cards to the Pocket to pockets, teeth, wallet, pendulum holdout
Related to 1980 4
Danny Korem The UDT Card to Wallet pendulum holdout
1980 13
Danny Korem One Deck Premonition pendulum holdout
1980 20
Rovi Table Steal and Control card is secretly held out clipped to table top
1980 36
Table Edge Heel Holdout
1981 137
Dr. James Nuzzo Dr. James Nuzzo's Bonus Idea sticky tape on body for cards
1982 18
Edward Marlo Marlo's Combinations cards from under arm and pocket, sticky tape as holdout
1982 20
Edward Marlo Marlo's Holdout sticky tape on body or table
1982 22
Christian Scherer Scherer Thumb Hold Out
1982 113
Under-Belt Holdout
1984 122
Edward Marlo Poor Man's Card to Balloon
Also published here
  • MUM, Jan. 1982
1984 124
Danny Korem The Korem Deck Switch as deck is put in case, pendulum holdout
1985 170
Frederick Braue FB Palmaid gimmick on leg height with sticky substance to leave card there during spectator's shuffling (1936)
1985 11
Ben Harris Hanging Palm holding card at table edge below table
1985 6
Edward Marlo Eidetic Change Choroagraphy routine with selection, table edge work, "choreography"
Related to 1986 21
Bruce Cervon Chair Holdout sitting on cards
1990 69
Charles Aste Jr., Undercover Cop cop position and transition at table edge
Related to 1992 88
Edward Wase Production of Three Cards production of cards that come from sleeve with thread pull
1992 8
Card under Knee
1992 36
Karl Fulves Bug Holdout Load bug holdout below table
1994 23
Tony Bartolotta Tony's Wallet temporary placement of card on sticky tape on shirt before later wallet load
1994 113
Edward Marlo The Marlo Shelf shelf at table edge
  • Construction of the Shelf
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1974
1995 163
Edward Marlo Loading from the Lap imp pass to thumb of other hand at table edge
1995 182
Edward Marlo Without Shelf or Clips thumbs alternately press card to table edge, switch
1995 184
Edward Marlo Some Observations lapping several cards and noice, holding card to table edge, credit information
1995 189
Edward Marlo Throw-Offs and Replacements table edge hold-out, imp pass
Also published here 1995 260
Alexander de Cova Tips zum "Universalhalter" multi-purpose holder
Also published here Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
47
Edward Marlo Paper Clip Hold-Out for four individual cards, under coat
Dec. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
76
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Undercover Work cards chosen under the table while performer holds deck, cards then named, three methods:
  • Karl Fulves
  • John Scarne & Karl Fulves
  • Karl Fulves (two spectators take a card under the table, a match is predicted, both come up and have half a torn card)
Inspired byVariations 1997 133
John Derris One in Three finding matching cards of selection behind back
1998 33
Joshua Jay Watch Out using watch as a holdout for a packet of cards
Also published here 1999 129
David Regal Jacket Edge Clip
1999 100
Ellis Stanyon Two Cards, Placed in the Centre of the Pack, Found on Top No. 7, pair of pseudo duplicates
  • Improvement (one pair starts clipped behind coat)
1999 34
Karl Fulves Machine Secrets on the beanshooter holdout, different handlings
1999
Charlatan (Issue 1)
7
Joshua Jay Watch Out using watch as a holdout for a packet of cards
Also published here Jan. 1999
Onyx (Issue 6)
13
The Trousers-fold Holdout
2000 966
The Knee Holdout
2000 967
Al Koran Überall und Nirgends three cards chosen, performer turns over three cards behind back, all wrong, spectators chose all the same card which is found in pocket, weight hold-ou
  • Effekt Nr. 1 (grifflose Methode)
  • Effekt Nr. 2 (die Griff-Methode)
2000
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 2)
76
John Cornelius The Card Clip to fix a deck behind a case or table edge
2001 160
George Murray Card Clip Holder
2002 304
Alexander de Cova Tips zum "Universalhalter" multi-purpose holder
Also published here 2002 9
David Williamson Envelope Holdout stealing cards away to under an envelope
2003 11
David Williamson Envelope Holdout stealing cards away to under an envelope
2003 21
Ross Bertram Knee Hold-out
Mar. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 3)
47
Tony Giorgio Lapel Holdout for Folded Card
May 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 5)
58
Wallet as Holdout card stuck underneath
2004 14
Card under Knee
2006 124
Edward Marlo Throw-Offs and Replacements table edge hold-out, imp pass
Also published here 2007 144
Karl Fulves Shirting as finger ring is pulled off finger
2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
313
Fred Robinson, Dr. Jacob Daley Table-Edge Hold-Out held by thumb, steal via riffle shuffle
Related to 2009 187
Ken Krenzel Beneath Table Switch with knee holdout
2009 213
Karl Fulves Holdout Secrets - Part Three on vest hold-out, see also following items
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
358
John Scarne Scarne's Vest Holdout deck switch
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
358
Karl Fulves Sleeve Unlock cards held in sleeve by watch band or rubber band, two methods to get them loose
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
360
Tyler Wilson Armpit Holdout
2010 65
Patrik Kuffs Step-By-Step Brainwave
  • Mind Stunts
card chosen from face-up mess on floor with feet, it is the only odd-backed card, deck switch with holder
Inspired by Aug. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 8)
74
Roberto Giobbi Body Hold-outs
  • Chair Hold-out
  • Crook of the Knee Hold-out
  • Sock Hold-out
  • Trousers Fold Hold-out
2013 16
Axel Hecklau Der Spezialhalter magnet holder for playing cards etc., in conjunction with Die Universalweste
2013 20
Steve Reynolds Stealing Cards 2 from vest pocket
  • Into Palm Positions
  • First Application
  • Second Application
  • Other Palm Positions
2014 17
Steve Reynolds Stealing Multiple Cards from vest pocket into palm
  • First Technique (Squeeze Steal)
  • Second Technique (Squeeze Add)
  • Adjusting Packets
2014 20
Steve Reynolds Packet Switch using vest pocket holdout
2014 24
Steve Reynolds Half-Deck Switch using vest pocket holdout
2014 25
Steve Reynolds Full Deck Switch using vest pocket holdout, two methods
2014 26
Daniel Madison Holdout Deal Doing a 'Bottom Deal' with a card in the left hand sleeve holdout
2014 47
Guy Hollingworth Pendulum Holdout paper clip
2015 20
Edo Huang Pitpocket temporarily loading a card unter armpit, card-to-pocket application
2015 94
Joseph Barry Impromptu Bug constructing bug/table-holdout for a card from card case
Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
8
John Cottle Portable Bug hiding bug/table-holdout for a card at card case
Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
8
The Scoot as chair is adjusted, deck under thigh
2018 131
Bruce Cervon Chair Holdout sitting on cards
2018 57
Using the Knee as a Holdout
2018 21
Ryan Plunkett The Bug holdout under table and addition from there
2020 25
Steve Forte going south holding out the palmed card or storing it under table
2020 541
Steve Forte holdout devices
2020 541
Knee Holdout
2020 59
Jim Steinmeyer Hold-Out behind Paper Bag
Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
44
Chris Randall Expertalk: Chris Randall on the Deck Switch hold-out in trouser fold or shoe
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2007
2022 620
Robert Gardner Watch Palm card to pocket with watch as hold-out
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2012
2022 1092
Looy Simonoff Looy's Addition from thumb clip palm at table edge
Also published here 2022 13
Looy Simonoff Looy's Addition from thumb clip palm at table edge
Also published here 2023 25