2,790 entries in Cards / Sleights / Palming
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Enlever la carte Classic top palm
1786 109
Poser la carte two palm replacements
  • in the hands
  • as deck is picked up from table, with open fingers
1786 110
To "Palm" a Card
1876 27
Palm Replacement
1876 27
To Palm a Card with replacement to remove "curl"
1889 16
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin To Palm the Bottom Card of the Pack
1889 17
W. J. Collins To Palm the Top Card with One Hand only actually bottom palm as deck is held face up in left hand
1889 17
A Perpendicular Palm kind of perpendicular lateral palm
1890 136
Das Escamotieren einer Karte
Nov. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3)
37
Das Auflegen der Karten
Related to Nov. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3)
37
Das Auflegen der Karten continuation of explanation
Related to Dec. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 4)
51
Das Escamotieren einer Karte
1896 12
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Maskiertes Escamotieren selection palmed into right hand from top of left-hand packet as right-hand packet is replaced
Related to 1896 13
Auflegen der Karten
1896 13
Moisture Palm card clings to hand when pressed on top of tabled deck
Aug. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 8)
115
Das Kartenstehlen - I. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
single and multiple top palm, cover actions
Dec. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 12)
179
The Regular Palm
1897 29
Palm Replacement
1897 30
Buatier de Kolta The Buatier Palm
Related to 1897 31
The Back Hand Palm
1897 32
Top Palm Replacement as deck is pushed forward
1897 50
Das Kartenstehlen - II. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
top palm into kind of clip palm with thumb against first finger
Jan. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1)
3
Das Kartenstehlen - III. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
Jan. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1)
3
Das Kartenstehlen - IV. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
Jan. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1)
4
Das Kartenstehlen - V. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
one-handed multiple top palm, crude positioning
Feb. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 2)
20
Card to Center top card travels to center, replacing palmed packet
Feb. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 2)
20
Das Kartenstehlen - VI. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
cards slightly outjogged, right fingers press on them
Mar. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 3)
35
Das Kartenstehlen - VII. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
left first finger pushed cards back which are stolen into right hand thumb palm, also as (repeated) color change
Apr. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 4)
52
Das Kartenstehlen - VIII. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
one-handed spring palm, with count, sometimes credited to L'Homme Masqué
May 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 5)
67
Dem Spiel entnommene und in der Hand bergende Karten wieder auf das Spiel zu bringen "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
palm replacement, taken deck from hand to hand, scooping up tabled deck
July 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 7)
99
La carte tournée card vanishes into back palm
Oct. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 4)
49
Das Erscheinen und Verschwinden einer Karte in freier Hand "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
vanish and production of single card with back palm, with pivot to show both hands empty
Apr. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 4)
51
Das Kartenstehlen "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
elevated dealing position, left first finger pushes bottom card against right fingers into palm, as color change preparation
Related to May 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 5)
68
Palm Replacement springing the deck as cover
Aug. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 8)
115
Top Palm brief, one or multiple cards
1899 144
Top Palm brief
1900 91
Clement de Lion Clement de Lion's Eskamotier-Volte left fingers flip top packet of deck book-wise over towards the right where they are palmed during body turn
Related to Sep. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)
132
Hänsel Kastner Die blitzschnelle Wanderung einer Karte signed card shuffled back by spectator, it travels through knee and appears in other hand
Nov. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 11)
163
Carl Willmann Das Erscheinen mehrer Karten nacheinander an den Fingerspitzen der rechten Hand single card production from stack of cards in back palm
Dec. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 12)
180
S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase System of Palming - Top Palm. First Method
Related toVariations 1902 83
S. W. Erdnase Top Palm. Second Method
Related to 1902 85
S. W. Erdnase Draw Replacement deck drawn to table edge
1902 86
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm. First Method with left little finger option
Related toVariations 1902 86
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm. Second Method
Related toAlso published here 1902 88
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm Replacement
Related to 1902 90
S. W. Erdnase Bottom Palm When Cards Are Riffled almost tabled after riffle shuffle, two methods
Related to 1902 90
S. W. Erdnase Top Palm When Cards Are Riffled after riffle shuffle
1902 92
S. W. Erdnase To Maintain the Bottom Palm While Dealing delaying its use
Related to 1902 93
S. W. Erdnase Small Packet Top Palm
1902 107
S. W. Erdnase Holding Out for the Cut
Related to 1902 110
S. W. Erdnase Replacing Palm When Cutting two for top, one for bottom
Related to 1902 113
S. W. Erdnase The Diagonal Palm-Shift mention of top palm, bottom palm and multiple shift on page 141
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1902 137
S. W. Erdnase Palming two methods
  • without apparently touching the deck with right hand
  • single card à la Vernon's Topping the Deck
Related toVariations 1902 144
The Back Palm
1902 145
Second Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
left first finger pushes out bottom card to the front
Related toVariations 1902 152
S. W. Erdnase Sixth Method "Transformations. Two Hands"
featuring unusual palm
Related toVariations 1902 154
Charles Bertram The Palm - A New and Perfectly Deceptive Method
1902 40
Handing Pack for Shuffling with palmed cards
1902 44
To Palm Cards from Bottom of Pack
1902 45
The Back and Front of Hand Continuous Palm with Cards
1902 46
Paul Valadon Bent in Half Palm from classic palm position
1902 81
Back Palming and Recovery of Four Cards one by one, with upright metal rod, with four clips to display the four cards
1902 97
Henri De Manche Bottom Palm from Small Packet very brief
1902 110
Das Erscheinen mehrerer Karten nacheinander an den Fingerspitzen der rechten Hand "Die Kartenschule"
single card production routine, hand shown empty after temporarily loading back-palmed cards perpendicularly behind fan of already produced cards à la Thurston Five Card Routine
Jan. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 1)
2
Carl Willmann Das Erscheinen einer Karte in freien Händen "Die Kartenschule"
both hands shown empty and a card produced, classic to classic
Feb. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 2)
21
Hänsel Kastner Der Fächer als Kartenmagnet card vanishes in fan (not a card fan) and reappears from fan
July 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 7)
102
Hänsel Kastner La carte tournée und deren Variation back palm applications
  • I. card tossed against door vanishes, is reproduced from other side
  • II. card through table
Sep. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 9)
132
G. Restell Zur Eskamotier-Volte multiple cards
Related to Oct. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10)
148
A. F. Kessler Die Verwandlung einer Karte double card shown, face card brought into back palm, for changing it back the card is replaced again
Dec. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 12)
179
Der Spaziergang einer Karte durch das Knie des Künstlers "by A. M.", card through knee with back palm
Feb. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 2)
20
Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein Die maskierte Eskamotage mehrerer Karten "Dr. Rohnstein, B. A.-V.", "Schule der Magie"
bottom cards palmed into right hand, left first finger starts between the packets
Mar. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 3)
33
Karl Meyer Das Kartengreifen "Schule der Magie"
  • choreography of one-handed palm and fan production from elbow
  • steal of bottom packet into right-hand thumb clip, left first finger pushes packet out (throw cut)
Sep. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9)
137
Charles Bertram The Palm - A New and Perfectly Deceptive Method "immeasurably superior to any other", handing deck to be shuffled with right hand
1904 23
To Palm Cards From Bottom of Pack
1904 29
Paul Valadon The Back and Front of Hand Continuous Palm with Cards illustrated with photographs of Paul Valadon
1904 30
T. Nelson Downs, Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein Die Kartenfächer-Eskamotage a few cards held separate as one-handed fan is made, those cards are palmed into other hand as fan is displayed
Jan. 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 2)
17
Nate Leipzig Side Palm
1909 221
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wegnehmen von unten Hofzinser Bottom Palm, deck is moved from dealing grip to fingertips
1910 8
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Wechselgriff Hofzinser Transfer Palm, classic to classic
1910 9
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Bent Card Subtlety
1910 32
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der Wechselgriff palm to palm transfer, classic to classic
1910 56
Jack Merlin Side Slide Palm and Flesh Frip side palm after a peek
1927/28 5
Jack Merlin Top Turnover side palm and unloading the card while turning top card over
1927/28 6
Jack Merlin Snap Pass Push-In Palm, palming the card while tapping it into the deck, producing it at the fingertips
Related to 1927/28 6
S. W. Erdnase Change a la Erdnase Bottom Palm only description of the palm
Related to 1927/28 16
Jack Merlin Side Palm while tapping the card in the center, transferring on top
1927/28 17
Oswald Rae Stock Addition after Spectator's Shuffle palmed cards added when completing spectator's cut
1928 3
Oswald Rae Card Location card placed in the center and immediately palmed in right hand
Related to 1928 13
Top Palm see also notes on p. 23
1931 22
Graham Adams The Diagonal Palm Shift photo illustrations
Related to 1931 85
Victor Farelli Palming - The Cards to Use
1933 52
Victor Farelli Common Faults
  • Curling the Forefinger
  • Stiffness of the Arm
  • Spreading the Thumb
1933 53
Nate Leipzig The Longitudinal Grip how to hold the deck with card in classic palm
1933 54
Jean Hugard One Hand Top Card Palm
Related toVariations 1933 2
Second-from-Top Steal
1933 35
The Old "Back-Palm" Again shifting cards from back palm to front, while holding card with same hand
1933 5
Charles Eastman No Thumb Back Palm
1933 7
Charles Eastman The Expert Acquitment with Cards choreography to show both sides of hands empty
1933 25
Clip Palm between third and fourth finger
1934 8
Clip Palm Steal herrmann pass type action
1934 11
New Palm of Top Card and a Color Change
Related to 1934 47
Jean Hugard To Palm a Number of Cards from the Top left thumb pushes cards up
Related to 1935 83
The Gambler's Top Palm
1935 83
The Change-Over Palm - A. With Small Packet of Cards Only left classic to right classic
1935 84
The Change-Over Palm - B. With the Pack in Hand left-hand bottom palmed to right hand
1935 86
A New Top Change second card is palmed while top one is displayed, then replaced
1935 86
Replacing Palmed Cards 1. Using a Table
2. Without a Table
3. Replacing Cards on the Bottom of the Deck
4. Adding a Single Card as in the Color Change
5. To Replace a Large Packet of Cards
6. Another Method
7. Placing Cards from Right Palm to the Bottom of the Deck
8. Another Method
Related to 1935 87
Jean Hugard The Hugard Palm
Variations 1936 130
L'Homme Masqué One Hand Palm for a Number of Cards "originated by a French magician", spring palm
1936 130
The Spring Palm top card during spring flourish
1936 131
Back of the Hand Steal top card stolen off tabled deck with sticky/wet back of the hand
1937 257
Spring Palm brief
1937 272
Charles T. Jordan Like Seeks Like Ace assembly with four hats, "A trick which makes use of the back palm as a secret sleight."
1937 344
Palming a Card
1937 380
Replacement brief
1937 381
The Fan "Steal" from packet in hand in preparation for production
1938 21
Modern Methods of Palming Cards - An imperceptible method of palming the top card(s)
1938 199
Judson Cole, Jean Hugard The Top Card, One Hand Only
1938 200
Morris Loewy The Top Card with Left Hand Only
1938 201
Tenkai Ishida Palming One Card. Tankai's Method "Tenkai" misspelled in title
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 202
A Number of Cards left thumb pushes up, possible Horowitz credit on page 1105
Related to 1938 203
Tom Bowyer, S. W. Erdnase Indetectable improvement (?) on DPS
Inspired by Jan. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 40)
264
New Finger Clip Palm
1938 39
Frederick Braue Replacing a Palmed Card on the Top of the Deck one-handed top palm in reverse
1938 41
Replacement of Palmed Cards tabled pack pushed away with open hand and thumb
1939 17
The Vertical Palm
1939 18
Thumb Palm
1939 47
Joseph Cottone Change Over Palm
1939 51
Jean Hugard The Side Slip two methods
Related to 1940 31
Max Malini Malini's Side Slip palm or to top
1940 33
Jean Hugard The Delayed Side Slip
1940 34
Frederick Braue The Braue Diagonal Tip-Up Palm
Variations 1940 49
The Swing Palm
1940 49
The Thumb-Count Palm
1940 50
Face Card Palm, Right Hand two methods
1940 51
The Crosswise Palm
1940 53
New Vertical Palm small packet
Related to 1940 54
Gambler's Squaring Palm
1940 55
The Gamblers' Flat Palm strange position
1940 56
Jean Hugard The Hugard Top Palm
1940 57
Frederick Braue The Flip-Over Palm attributed to Fred Braue in "Vis à Vis"
Related toVariations 1940 58
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Hofzinser Bottom Palm
1940 59
Frederick Braue The Braue Bottom Palm
1940 60
Frederick Braue Delaying the Braue Bottom Palm
1940 61
Louis Zingone The Zingone Bottom Palm two methods (packet and full deck)
Related to 1940 62
The Nature of the Palm position
1940 134
Rear Palming the Top Card including transfer from regular to rear palm
1940 135
The Bottom Rear Palm
Related to 1940 137
The Rear Palm Side Slip
Related to 1940 138
The Little Finger Push-Out side steal to rear palm
1940 139
Replacement Rear Palm
1940 140
Using the Rear Palm tips
Related to 1940 141
Trewey The Correct Method of Stealing the Card for color change
1940 161
Replacement by Laying the Hand Flat on the pack... ... and Drawing it towards you
1940 173
Buckling the Palmed Cards
1940 174
Using the Riffle Flourish
1940 175
Using the Front Finger Palm
1940 175
The Deck Placed Sideways
1940 176
Dropping the Packed
1940 176
In Turning the Top Card
1940 176
Replacing a Card at the Bottom of the Pack
1940 176
Jean Hugard The One. Hand Top Palm footnote
1940 177
Frederick Braue One Hand Replacement One-handed palm in reverse, for credit information see reference
Related to 1940 177
Jean Hugard The Palm in Action holding out, positions, tips for both hands
1940 179
Nate Leipzig The "Slap" Aces holding fan while palming
1940 246
Palm Load under Top Card
Related to 1940 376
Left Hand Bottom Replacement
1940 419
Tenkai Ishida Palming One Card: Tenkai's Method (too) brief
1940
The Jinx (Issue 110)
654
Stanley Collins Bent Palm-Off from Packet cards bent in half
1940
The Jinx (Issue 118)
697
The Thumb Slide with immediate palm-off
Related toVariations 1940 10
Side Slip very brief
1940 36
Eddie Joseph Throw Change Variation to palm top and bottom card from small packet and produce them from pocket
1940 ca. 12
Edward Victor The E. V. Semi-Circular Color Change card stolen from back of deck into gambler’s flat palm type of grip and deposited on face
1940 ca. 9
Edward Victor Multiple Card Palm Behind Handkerchief brief, Palm covered by handkerchief being shaken by both hands
1940 ca. 31
Edward Marlo Backpalm
1941 6
Hank Nowoc Flesh Color Corned Cards for back palming
1941 17
The Bottom Palm Simplified with general comments
Related to 1941 7
Dr. H. Walter Grote The Grote Instantaneous Palm
1941 20
Al Baker Palm Replacement context of cards across
Also published here 1941 2
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Bottom Palm no credit
Also published here 1941 5
Paul Curry Bottom Palm
Related toAlso published here 1941 25
Palming of a Card
1941/27 207
The "Side-Steal" Pass
1941/27 253
Dai Vernon "Topping The Deck"
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941/49 7
Tom Sellers A Card Flourish bent-in-half palm
1942 7
Eddie Joseph Card Palming
1942 8
Eddie Joseph Palming Cards on the Feet
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
1942 8
Eddie Joseph How to Return Palmed Card into the Pack card transferred to other hand behind back while spectator is shuffling and replaced with other hand
1942 11
Eddie Joseph Palming Cards at a Table one-handed as tabled deck is pushed forward
1942 11
Eddie Joseph Replacement Steal top half replaced and bottom card of top half side palmed into right hand
1942 16
Back and Front Hand Palming vanish and production with pivot
1942/27 157
Back Palm
1942/27 158
To Produce Card single card from back palm
1942/27 160
To Produce Cards in a Fan from back palm
1942/27 161
Paul Fox Simplified Back and Front Hand Palm
1942/27 161
The Phantom Pip picking up the pip... and putting it back on
1942/27 172
Paul Fox Adding Cards to Back of Deck while front is exposed
1942/27 174
Paul Fox Back Hand Color Change using back palm
1942/27 174
Open Finger Color Change using clip palm
1942/27 175
Slap Change
1942/27 177
Push Up Color Change
1942/27 178
Thumb Steal Color Change palm off can be used to produce fans (context), thumb palm
1942/27 179
Tom Sellers A Useful Card Flourish palm transfer while holding cards
1943 15
Right Hand Bottom Palm brief
1943 11
Throw Change Palm
1943 12
Frederick Braue Cards to Pocket Palm
1943 31
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A New Top Change
Related to 1943 32
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on a show by the IBM ring NYC, John Scarne, Jimmy Grippo, how to soften a deck for back palming, two newspaper clippings from Dunninger
Related to Mar. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 31)
130
Tom Bowyer Indetectable Shift-Palm improvement (?) on DPS
Related to 1943 78
Jean Hugard The Back Palm as a Secret Sleight on the history and several techniques
a. The vanish
b. The reverse palm
c. Transfer a card from regular palm to the front palm
d. To back palm a card directly from the deck
Tricks using the back palm as a secret sleight
Dec. 1943 29
The Crystal Casket chosen card travels to glass which was shown empty and is wrapped in handkerchief
Dec. 1943 31
A Hat and a Card card penetrates hat
Dec. 1943 31
Impromptu Rising Card
Dec. 1943 32
A Surprise Handshake cards are produced after handshake with spectator
Dec. 1943 32
Warren Wiersbe Multiple Master Palm Steal from top of deck
1944 14
Warren Wiersbe Master Palm Switch
1944 15
Mike Tannen Off the Bottom one handed bottom palm
July 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 64)
261
Jean Hugard Hey! Presto! selection appears in a glass held by performer
Jan. 1944 35
Jean Hugard Back Palm Change Using a Handkerchief
Jan. 1944 35
Phil J. Flad, Jr. A Diminishing Card one card shrinks, back palm handling
Aug. 1944 64
Adding Palmed Cards while cutting deck
Oct. 1944 75
Clyde Cairy Metamorphoses card rubbed to thigh changes several times, back palm
Oct. 1944 77
Jean Hugard Cards from the Sleeve cards travel from pocket to hand, reverse up the sleeve
Dec. 1944 91
Edward Marlo Marlo's Action Palms - Top Palm Dovetail
1945 1
Edward Marlo Marlo's Action Palms - The Bottom Palm Dovetail
1945 2
Edward Marlo One Hand Palm for a Number of Cards
Inspired by 1945 4
Russell "Rusduck" Duck From the Middle as Rusduck, side palm, card is returned and cards pushed together
Related to Oct. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 94)
382
Audley Walsh Some New Sleights - 1. The Slip Palm while spectator cuts deck from performer's hand to table
Apr. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 11)
115
Tommy Dowd A New Card Change during demonstration on how spectator should put his hand on top
Related to July 1945 132
Tommy Dowd Book or Magazine Load from Flat Palm
July 1945 132
Tommy Dowd Card Addition to Packet with table spread force application
July 1945 132
Jackie Flosso Flopso Reverso peeked selection turns over in deck, featuring reverse technique in which card is pushed out and held in clip palm while deck is turned over it
Dec. 1945 174
A Book and a Card card is put in book and rises from there, using back palm
1945/27 148
T. Nelson Downs The Side Steal Palm
1946 56
Arthur H. Buckley The Side Steal Palm - Buckley´s Method diagonal push-in
1946 57
Arthur H. Buckley Original Methods of Palming Cards from the Bottom of the Pack
1946 58
Palming from the Bottom after a Riffle Shuffle
1946 60
Arthur H. Buckley The Perfect Card Palm left thumb swings under top card(s)
1946 61
The Replacement cards are buckled away from palm
1946 62
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Multiple Card Palm Steal
1946 63
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Double Peek Location Shuffle and Palm
1946 65
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Top Palm Slide Off
1946 67
Joe Berg Berg's Top Palm
Related toVariations 1946 68
Bert Allerton The Allerton Top Palm featuring the thumb count
1946 69
Judson Cole One Hand Top Palm - Judson Cole
1946 69
Palm off the Second Top Card while top Card is visibly drawn onto the Pack similar to Adrian Plate's Palm Change with pack in hand
1946 70
To Palm from off the Top of the Pack an exact Number of Cards up to Ten
1946 70
Arthur H. Buckley Top Palm one or Several Cards also as a replacement as mentioned at the end
1946 71
Arthur H. Buckley A Novel Palm
Related to 1946 74
The Pass kind of side steal cover pass
1946 82
Side Steal side steal to weird palm
1946 82
Arthur H. Buckley The Palm Unsurpassed card almost bent in half
1946 91
Arthur H. Buckley Bottom Palm of a Single Card
1946 92
Morris Loewy The Top Palm
1946 93
Arthur H. Buckley Back Palm with the Open Fingers deep back palm, applications for manipulations follow
1946 127
Arthur H. Buckley The Bent Fingers, Back Palm and Recovery recovery from deep back palm ending in fan production
1946 128
Arthur H. Buckley The Thumb Palm Move (An original piece of manipulative deception) transfer to show hands emtpy utilizing back thumb palm
1946 131
Arthur H. Buckley The Slide Up Vanish fake transfer using back palm
1946 134
Arthur H. Buckley A Card is Vanished and Reappears at the very Tips of the first and second Fingers basic back palming with fingertip production
1946 136
Arthur H. Buckley A Fan of Cards Disappears fake transfer using Clip Palm
1946 140
Arthur H. Buckley The Change Over - A very pretty and deceptive Piece of Card Manipulation hand washing with back and front palming
1946 143
Arthur H. Buckley The Steal recover from deep back palm
1946 146
Arthur H. Buckley Split Fans "Back Palming a Pack of Fifty-Two Cards and Reproducing them in a Series of Fans"
1946 147
Al Valenti A Top Palm one handed top palm, with ring finger action
June 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 107)
432
Victor Farelli The Farelli Replacement adding palmed cards while cutting cards from hands to table, pass
Apr. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 11)
207
Victor Farelli Side-Steal and "Cut" Combination palming bottom card in right hand while cutting deck from hands to table
Variations Aug. 1946 239
Victor Farelli With the Fred Braue Invisible Pass side-steal and cut after pass
Inspired by Nov. 1946 267
Russell T. Barnhart Barnhardt's Fan Steal right hand classic palm
Related toVariations 1947 3
Bruce Elliott One Hand Cop with whispering queens and reversing card to illustrate the move
Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 123)
493
J. B. Bobo Color Change with gambler's flat palm steal from back & presentation
1947 27
J. B. Bobo Center Rear Palm Steal
1947 47
Howard Schwarzman An Invisible Top Card Palm deck bevelled, left fingers squaring cards under card to be palmed
Related toVariations Sep. 1947 350
Jean Hugard The Spring Palm
Sep. 1947 354
Jean Hugard The Riffle Palm multiple cards
Sep. 1947 354
Top Palm, I (Single Card)
1948 83
Top Palm, II (Several Cards)
1948 86
Replacing Palmed Cards two methods
1948 88
Flying Palm card is thumbed off and palmed... context
1948 91
Jack (?) Larkin Larkin's Throw Palm
Mar. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 146)
586
Lee Noble Click card vanishes and appears in cigarette case
Dec. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 167)
670
Milton Tropp Rear Palm of the Bottom Card
Feb. 1948 397
S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase Bottom Palm brief
1948 77
To Return Palmed Cards to Bottom
1948 78
Dariel Fitzkee Palming
1948 80
The Side Steal Color Change
1948 128
The Color Change face-card of small packet small packet
1948 134
The Push-Up Steal as for a color change
1948 139
Six-Card Palm from packet
1948 142
Dai Vernon The Gambler's Palm
1949
Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
83
Paul LePaul The Color-Change (Side Steal Method) side-steal method
Variations 1949 39
Paul LePaul The Side-Steal
1949 45
Paul LePaul The Right Hand Top-Palm group method
1949 52
Paul LePaul Right Hand Top-Palm Single Card Method
Variations 1949 54
Paul LePaul The Erdnase Bottom-Palm (improved)
Related to 1949 55
Paul LePaul A Bottom-Card Steal
1949 58
Paul LePaul The Diagonal Left Hand Palm (Improved Method)
Related to 1949 61
Paul LePaul Left Hand Center-Card Steal from spectator peek
1949 64
Paul LePaul A Useful Acquitment spreading the deck with palmed card
VariationsAlso published here 1949 67
Paul LePaul, Dr. Jacob Daley Bottom Card Steal as a Switch gambler's cop as a switch using a double
1949 156
Bill Simon Back Palm Steal cards are stolen into back palm with fan cover
1949 15
Jean Hugard Hugard Top Palm
1949 21
Audley Walsh Brush It
Oct. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 187)
748
Dai Vernon Packet Palm multiple, small packet
Also published here 1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
94
Dai Vernon Modified Hofzinser Palm
1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
98
Dai Vernon Hugard Top Palm
1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 6 No. 3)
99
Dr. Jacob Daley Left Pivot Palm
1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
102
Dr. Jacob Daley One-Hand Spring Palm multiple palm from small packet
Related toAlso published here 1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
104
Dr. Jacob Daley Left One-Hand Bottom Palm small packet handling
Related to 1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
105
Dr. Jacob Daley Side Slip with Pressure Fan Cover
1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
110
Dr. Jacob Daley Riffle-Shuffle Palm
1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
114
Dai Vernon Hand-to-Hand Card Transfer classic to classic
Related to 1950 455
Dr. Jacob Daley The Side Steal and some of its Finer Points
  • Introductory Remarks
1950 466
Dr. Jacob Daley Right Hand Side Steal
1950 467
Dr. Jacob Daley Left Hand Side Steal
1950 468
Dr. Jacob Daley Double Peek and Bilateral Side Steal two breaks
1950 470
Dr. Jacob Daley Longitudinal Side Steal and Transfer
1950 471
Dr. Jacob Daley Applied Misdirection for the side steal
1950 473
Vern Schoneck Sic Transit selected cards visibly appear in beer glass
June 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 205)
818
Milbourne Christopher The Bend Away card out-jogged from deck is apparently squared and palmed in that process, with applications
  • On Top
  • Card in Coin Purse
  • Card in Pocket
  • Card in Cracker
  • Further Tips
  • Through the Cup
  • Pocket Pass
Sep. 1950 701
Lewis Ganson "Card Production Supreme"
  • Method for Holding the Cards
  • To Change the Cards from One Hand to Another
  • To Interlock the Fingers
  • To Bring the Cards into the Back Palm Position
  • To End a "Back and Front Palm" Card Routine
1950 83
Arthur H. Buckley The Palm
1950 64
Laurie Ireland Peek a Boo hand inside plastic bag, selection appears
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
35
Nate Leipzig Turnover Addition
1952
Stars of Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
143
Max Malini Malini's own Color Change Erdnase second method
Related to 1952
Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)
154
Dr. James William Elliott Doctor Elliott's Aquitment hand washing
Mar. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 250)
999
Bill Simon The Simon Fan Steal perpendicular position
Related to 1952 102
Bottom Steal Color Change classic
1953 11
Edward Marlo Misdirection Palm
Variations 1953 55
Tenkai Ishida Small-Packet Bottom Palm palming bottom two cards during display sequence
Also published here 1953 17
Edward Marlo Miracle Change No. 1
  • Method No. 1 (seated)
  • Method No. 2 (seated or standing)
  • Method No. 3 (unload on deck)
  • Method No. 4 (stand-up)
Related toVariations 1954 3
Edward Marlo Side Steal Replacement
1954 10
Edward Marlo Miracle Change No. 3 into "Master Palm"
Related toAlso published here 1954 14
Edward Marlo Sleeving from Master Palm
1954 15
Al Leech The Palm general comments
1954 6
The Top Palm
1954 7
The One Hand Palm
1954 8
The Multiple Palm
1954 8
Jean Hugard, Morris Loewy The Diagonal Palm Loewy/Hugard Top Palm
1954 8
S. W. Erdnase The Bottom Palm Erdnase Bottom Palm
1954 9
Al Leech, Edward Marlo The Replacement general comments with method by Ed Marlo
1954 10
Al Leech From The Center side steal from center for a color change
1954 24
Bottom Steal
1954 24
Sam Leo Horowitz Tilt Dr. Daley story, small packet palm with injog
Related to
  • "A Palm" in "The Sphinx" May 1947, p. 79
June 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 310)
37
Lewis Ganson The "Back and Front" Palm
  • (A) Cover for the Pivot
  • (B) Acquitments
  • (C) Stealing Extra Stocks of Cards
  • (D) Hiding the Corners of the Cards
1954 227
Cy Endfield The Side Steal somewhat delayed
1955 27
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Hofzinser Bottom Palm
1955 17
Cy Endfield Center Steal
Related toVariations 1955 20
Cy Endfield The Endfield Bottom Palm
1955 48
Paul LePaul A Transfer Palm reverse from reference
Related to Nov. 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 332)
137
Tony Kardyro "Hot Weather Handy" card through table, card sticks to back of wet hand
1955 23
Edward Marlo The Shuffle Palm overhand shuffle, originally top Cards
Related toVariations 1956 1
Edward Marlo Delayed Action Palm originally top Card are shuffled to bottom
1956 3
Edward Marlo The Count Cop Cards are counted into right hand, returned to left, different handlings
Variations 1956 6
Edward Marlo Count Cop for a Number of Cards
1956 8
Edward Marlo Count Cop and Transfer from packet to packet, sometimes called "Spontaneous Add"
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 10
Edward Marlo Count Cop for Left Hand
1956 14
Edward Marlo Action Palm - One Hand Control & Palm Sequence
Related to 1956 16
Edward Marlo The Clip Steal l.h. Steal during Overhand Shuffle
Related to 1956 18
Edward Marlo Turn Down Palm
1956 19
Edward Marlo Misdirection Palm another Card is pushed into Pack while top card is palmed
1956 21
Edward Marlo The Cull Palm spread culled cards are palmed right away, or directly from peek
Related to 1956 25
Edward Marlo Cull Palm Replacement r.h. cop
1956 26
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico's Peeked Card from Pocket Cull Palm application from break
1956 26
Edward Marlo Pressure Fan Palm and application as a color change
1956 27
Edward Marlo One Hand Palm as Action Palm during an Overhand Shuffle or Dovetail Shuffle
Related to 1956 29
Edward Marlo Take Techniques for Action Palm Overhand Shuffle Cover, two Methods
1956 31
Edward Marlo Square Up Drop Palm two Cards to Pocket
1956 33
Edward Marlo Double Action Palms both hands
Also published here 1956 34
Edward Marlo Drop Cut Palm Triple Cut Cover
1956 34
Edward Marlo The Table Edge Palm special small packet handling
1956 35
Edward Marlo Pivot Bottom Steal small packet handling
1956 36
Edward Marlo Brush Palm small packet palm handling
1956 38
Edward Marlo Bits of Misdirection for a variety of different Palming Techniques
1956 39
Edward Marlo Bits of Misdirection - For Bottom Palm
1956 40
Edward Marlo Bits of Misdirection various bits
1956 40
Edward Marlo The Drop Cover
1956 41
Edward Marlo The Wrist Turn
1956 42
Edward Marlo Delayed One Hand Palm
Related to 1956 43
Edward Marlo Palm Replacements Basic Replacement Move
1956 44
Edward Marlo The Rise and Riffle
1956 45
Edward Marlo The Turn Over
1956 45
Edward Marlo The Square Up
1956 46
Edward Marlo The Top Card Return
1956 46
Edward Marlo The Turn and Gesture
1956 46
Edward Marlo After the Cut
1956 47
Edward Marlo The Delayed Replacement
1956 48
Edward Marlo The Shuffle Replacement
1956 48
Edward Marlo Revolving Replacement
1956 49
Edward Marlo Holding Out tips
1956 50
Edward Marlo Easy Palm Transfer right Classic to left Cop Position
1956 51
Card Palm
1956 162
Jerry Andrus Delayed Center Steal
Variations 1956 51
Jerry Andrus Center Steal Palm directly when pushing card in
Also published here 1956 62
Jerry Andrus A Side Steal Palm also with multiple cards, to full palm
Also published here 1956 65
Jerry Andrus Ribbon Palm spread is pushed together and a card palmed, perpendicular
Also published here 1956 68
Jerry Andrus Another Ribbon Palm perpendicular card under spread palmed
1956 70
Edward Marlo The Technical Steal see Note 4 on p. 58
Variations 1957 2
Edward Marlo Standard Side Steal
1957 14
Edward Marlo Multiple Holdout palming multiple cards from different positions
1957 15
Edward Marlo On the Left Side covering the bad angles
1957 15
Edward Marlo, Tenkai Ishida Left Hand Side Steal see Note 4 on p.58
Related toVariations 1957 16
Edward Marlo Color Steal
1957 18
Edward Marlo Almost Standard variation on "Color Steal"
1957 19
Edward Marlo The Finger Flutter four methods for avoiding the left hand finger flutter
1957 21
Edward Marlo The Clip Steal
Related to
  • "An Old Card Effect" (The Magic Wand, Vol. 22 No. 159, Oct/Nov 1933, p. 140)
  • Hatton & Plate
Variations
1957 22
Arthur H. Buckley Bottom Clip Steal clip steal to bottom from "Triple Climax" ("Thirty Card Effect", written by Fitzkee), brief
1957 22
Edward Marlo Clip Steal to Bottom
Related to 1957 24
Edward Marlo Clip Steal Color Change
Variations 1957 25
Edward Marlo Palm Positions introducing four palming positions
1957 27
Edward Marlo Fourth Palm Position called "Marlo Palm", see Note 5 on p. 58
Related to 1957 28
Edward Marlo Side Steal to the Bottom - Fifth Method Tenkai Palm replacement
1957 33
Edward Marlo Side Steal to Bottom - Fifth Method
1957 33
Edward Marlo Side Steal to Bottom - Sixth Method
Variations 1957 33
Edward Marlo Multiple Rear Palm Steal bringing bottom block into palm position
Related to 1957 36
Edward Marlo To the Top Tenkai Steals to top, two methods
1957 37
Edward Marlo The Insertion Steals from center
Variations 1957 40
Edward Marlo Full Left Hand Steal as an Insertion Steal
1957 41
Edward Marlo Right Hand Steal as a direct Insertion Steal
1957 43
Edward Marlo The Diagonal Steal as a direct Insertion Steal
Related to 1957 45
Edward Marlo Dribble Stop Effect card in clip palm during dribbling
Related toVariations 1957 53
Edward Marlo Note 4 from center
1957 58
Edward Marlo Note 8 - The Dribble Replacement
1957 59
Edward Marlo Note note on approachment of right hand
1957 60
Tenkai Ishida The Tenkai Palm position and some applications in the next pages
Variations 1957 73
Dai Vernon Card Against Body Subtlety
1957 75
Dai Vernon Stealing a Card from the Pack into the Tenkai Palm Position
1957 77
Dai Vernon To Exchange a Card Tenkai Palm Switch
Related toVariations 1957 77
Dai Vernon Tips for Experts - Card Palming
1957 193
Edward Marlo One Hand Table Palm
1957 2
Edward Marlo Tabled Riffle Palm during square up after tabled riffle shuffle, either hand
Also published here 1957 3
Edward Marlo Flat Palm Steal from tabled deck
1957 5
Edward Marlo Angle Palm Steal from tabled deck
VariationsAlso published here 1957 6
Edward Marlo Adjustment Misdirection from tabled deck as a card in front of deck is adjusted
Variations 1957 8
Edward Marlo Table Riffle Angle Palm for a certain number of cards
1957 9
Edward Marlo Longitudinal Angle Palm from tabled deck after riffle shuffle
1957 10
Edward Marlo Ribbon Spread Palm as the spread is adjusted with both hands
1957 11
Edward Marlo As a Control to apparently cut top card into center yet retain it under control, using tabled Tenkai Palm
1957 17
Edward Marlo Angle Palm Replacement to tabled deck
1957 18
Edward Marlo Rise-Rise-Rise card from center rises to top visible, tabled, two methods (Tenkai and Flat Palm)
Variations 1957 23
Edward Marlo Angle Palm Transfer from right Tenkai Palm to left Rear Palm
1957 26
Edward Marlo Flat Palm to Tenkai Palm one-handed adjustment
1957 26
Edward Marlo Tip Up Angle Palm multiple cards, in the hands, to right hand
Variations 1957 26
Edward Marlo Full Buckle Palm one-handed bottom palm of a single card
Related to 1957 28
Edward Marlo Center Block Palm cards are spreaded face-up, right hand
Related to 1957 29
Bob Nelson Full Buckle Palm - Toss Cover one-handed bottom palm of a single card
1957 29
Edward Marlo Direct Rear Palm as top card is placed openly to bottom
Related to 1957 31
Edward Marlo Direct Rear Palm - Multiple Cards
1957 32
Edward Marlo Direct Full Palm as card is placed openly to bottom
Related to 1957 33
Edward Marlo Classic Palm Replacement to Tabled Deck
1957 35
Herb Zarrow Spring Riffle Top Palm while springing the cards after in-the-hands riffle shuffle
July 1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 346)
209
Jerry Andrus Back Palm in-jogged card clipped between knuckles of right hand from back
1957 5
Jerry Andrus A Mystery with Rubber Bands center steal from cross-wise rubber-banded deck into left hand
1957 5
Gambler's Cop of double card
1958 14
Jean Hugard Hugard Top Palm
1958 45
Russell "Rusduck" Duck From the Middle side palm, card is returned and cards pushed together
Related to May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
10
Dai Vernon Time to Change Gambler's Palm to Gambler's Palm, wrist watch motivation
1959 40
Cliff Green Visual Change
1959 55
Edward Marlo On "Holding Out" tips
1959 117
Matt Schulien The Palm one or multiple cards, standard methods with tips
1959 18
Matt Schulien Cut Palm Replacement replacing bottom half after tabled cut
1959 21
Thumb Clip alternative palm position
1959 21
Dai Vernon Loewy Palm Cover
1960 66
Dai Vernon Square-Up Palm as small packet is squared, all but one are stolen into palm
1960 67
James Steranko Chapter Four - The Lateral Palm chapter intro, "Certainly, I do not contend to have invented this method of holding a card."
1960 18
James Steranko Top Palm with Lateral Palm details
1960 18
James Steranko Bottom Palm
VariationsAlso published here 1960 20
James Steranko Replacements to top or bottom
1960 21
James Steranko Steranko's Shadow Steal
  • card into right hand Lateral Palm as top half is replaced
  • as direct control to top
  • as color change from center to top
Related toVariations 1960 22
James Steranko Center Jog Palm insertion steal into right hand lateral palm
1960 25
James Steranko Diagonal Jog Shift Palm to right hand lateral palm from injog
Related to 1960 26
James Steranko Side Steal Lateral Palm to right hand lateral palm from break
Variations 1960 27
James Steranko Steranko's Center Steal Change card from injog position into right hand clip between right second and third finger and on top of deck
Inspired byRelated to 1960 28
James Steranko The Push Off Spread holding out a lateral palmed card during in-the-hands spread
1960 30
James Steranko Spread Replacement placing lateral palmed card at wanted position during in-the-hands spread
1960 31
James Steranko Packet Replacement Variation addition to packet, or card-at-a-number
1960 31
James Steranko, Jerry Andrus Riffling the Deck two-handed riffling while holding out lateral palmed card
1960 32
James Steranko Lateral Afterthoughts
  • crimping
  • transfer to Tenkai or Rear Palm
  • different anchor fingers
1960 34
Tony Slydini Fan Steal & Switch with variations
1960 164
Charles Aste Jr. Coffin Cop hand with copped card is brought to mouth for coughing as cover
Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
18
Dai Vernon Top Palm single card, Topping the Deck
Also published here 1961 35
Dai Vernon Tips for Palming
1961 37
Dai Vernon Right Hand Palm Replacement two methods
1961 38
Dai Vernon Other Methods of Palming Gambler's palm and unconventional clip palm with third, fourth and fifth finger
1961 39
Dai Vernon To Palm a Card from the Pack with the Gambler's Palm
Variations 1961 40
Dai Vernon One Handed Palm unusual right clip position, multiple or single
Variations 1961 41
Dai Vernon Second Gambler's Palm described for single card, with new replacement
1961 42
Dai Vernon Springing a Card into the Gambler's Palm Position from small packet
1961 44
Dai Vernon Some Useful Notes on Palming (a) motivation
1961 45
Dai Vernon Some Useful Notes on Palming (b)
1961 45
Dai Vernon Some Useful Notes on Palming (g) from small packet, bottom card into right hand
1961 46
Dai Vernon Some Useful Notes on Palming (c), (f) Rear Palm Replacements (one on top, one in the center)
1961 46
Dai Vernon One-handed Card Change to gambler's palm
Variations 1961 66
Edward Marlo, Arthur H. Buckley Shuffle Shift and Palm Off overhand shuffle multiple shift with palm off
Variations 1961 27
Rear Flat Palm gambler's flat palm, palm position is explained
1961 2
Rear Angle Palm Tenkai type forward in the hand, palm position is explained
1961 2
Thumb Clip Palm palm position is explained
1961 3
Latest Thumb Clip Palm palm position is explained
1961 3
Edward Marlo Changing Palm Positions one-handed transitions mainly between Gambler's Flat Palm and Tenkai type palm:
  • Rear Angle Palm to Flat Rear Palm
  • Flat Rear Palm to Rear Angle Palm
1961 3
Edward Marlo Flat Card Pickup palming a single card off a flat table
1961 4
Edward Marlo, Getting into the Palm Positions from deck, ten methods: Rear Angle Palm (Tenkai type) & Rear Flat Palm (Gambler's Flat Palm)
Variations 1961 6