236 entries in Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Kartenfang in der Luft catching cards at end of wand
1896 185
Carl L. Curiel Der Kartenfang in der Luft thread attachment into sleeve, also for production of other items
Mar. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3)
41
Fan Productions using one-handed palms
May 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 5)
67
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
Eine vom Spiel abgeschleifte Karte zwischen dem Zeige- und Mittelfinger der rechten Hand erscheinen zu lassen "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
palmed card produced from the air
Nov. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 11)
165
Card Fans from Spectator cards produced from spectator's clothing
1899 145
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
The Back Palm
1902 145
Back Palming and Recovery of Four Cards one by one, with upright metal rod, with four clips to display the four cards
1902 97
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
Clement de Lion Ein neuer Kartenfang idea about having five selections appear from the air
Feb. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 2)
32
Der Kartenfang am Taschentuch deck thrown up by spectator, ungaffed handkerchief shaken into shower and selection appears at end of handkerchief
Mar. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 3)
36
John Hamley Cards from behind Knee clipped behind trouser
1903 55
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
Karl Meyer Production of Single Cards
Sep. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9)
139
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
Vanish and Recovery false transfer with pack, brief
1909 19
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Fan fan done in one hand, other hand shown empty, then second fan produced in this hand
1909 27
Cards from the Mouth
1909 38
Charles T. Jordan A Manipulative Opening No. 9, card, thimble and billiard ball are produced
1920 21
Graham Adams Production of Cards with photo illustrations
1931 98
The Best Front Hand Production from an amateur of Wellington
1933 37
Front Hand Production - No. 2
Variations 1933 38
The Continuous Production of Fans of Cards at the Finger-Tips several methods, including split fans
1933 3
Passing a Fan of Cards from Hand to Hand fan vanishes in one hand and appears in other, apparently penetrating knee
1933 6
Tommy Tucker The Front-Palm Single Card Production multiple cards, odd method
1933 10
The Magical Production of a Pack of Cards from silk
1934 46
An Aerial Production apparent empty hand display
1934 71
Laurie Ireland Continuous Production of Card Fans - Try It not back palm method
1934
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1934)
9
Theodore Annemann The Question for the Month idea for card production from tambourine
Related to Apr. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 7)
26
James G. Thompson Jr. "Surprise!!" deck appears from tambourine, solution
Inspired by July 1935
The Jinx (Issue 10)
51
Laurie Ireland Some Moves for Manipulative Card Routine Production of a Fan of Cards Using a Silk
1935
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1935, "New Card and Coin Manipulation")
12
The Palm and Recovery
1936 162
Vanish and Recovery brief
1938 20
Sam Leo Horowitz The Fan Steal
1938 214
Cardini Cardini Method of Backhand Production of Cards singles
1938 548
Production of the Card in a Fan from the Finger Clip Palm
1938 39
Joseph Cottone The "Cottone" Squeeze Production multiple single cards, two procedures
Related to 1939 47
Joseph Cottone The "Cottone" Snap Production multiple single cards
1939 50
Tommy Tucker Flash Card Production card production from handkerchief
Dec. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 6)
3
Newton Hall Cards from Silk
Inspired by 1939 45
Cliff Green, Tenkai Ishida Interlocked Production here credited to Green but it's not his actual method but presumably Tenkai's which was worked out after seeing Green perform, for credit information see Cliff Green's 1961 write-up
Related toVariations 1940 159
Tommy Tucker Aerial Card Production producing cards singly or in pairs
June 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 12)
3
Edward Marlo The Intruction of Split Fan Production
1941 6
Edward Marlo Two Types of Fans for production
1941 18
Tom Sellers A Card Flourish bent-in-half palm
1942 7
To Produce Card single card from back palm
1942/27 160
To Produce Cards in a Fan from back palm
1942/27 161
Production of Cards one at a time from Back of Hand two methods
1942/27 162
Production of Cards one at a time from Front of Hand
1942/27 163
Flash Card Production card produced from tambourine, using body load
1942/27 167
Producing Fans of Cards split fan productions
1942/27 170
Thumb Steal Color Change palm off can be used to produce fans (context), thumb palm
1942/27 179
Production of Cards from the Mouth
1942/27 195
Cascade Production from Boy's Nose
1942/27 196
Tom Sellers Double Fan for Fan Workers splitting a fan in two
1943 11
Tom Sellers A Useful Card Flourish palm transfer while holding cards
1943 15
A Surprise Handshake cards are produced after handshake with spectator
Dec. 1943 32
Earl Morgan Jumbo Card Production at the Fingertips
1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
33
Audley Walsh Fancy Free making a double fan, with an interesting procedure, different designs
Also published here July 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 65)
264
Audley Walsh, Pop-Up Cards cards either appear at fingertips or shoot in air from classic palm
1945/27 123
Arthur H. Buckley The Bent Fingers, Back Palm and Recovery recovery from deep back palm ending in fan production
1946 128
Howard Thurston Production from the Palm classic type palm
1946 129
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 Split Fans "Back Palming a Pack of Fifty-Two Cards and Reproducing them in a Series of Fans"
1946 147
Audley Walsh Hold Out card vanish and reproduction, needle hold out gimmick
Nov. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 164)
657
Arthur H. Buckley Split Fans and Coin Productions split fan production, then fan of coins produced that have been held out during card productions
1948 110
Paul LePaul An Instantaneous Palm Flourish fan production
1949 115
Paul LePaul A Card Fan Flourish fan production
1949 119
Paul LePaul A Vanish And Reproduction Of A Deck Of Cards
1949 124
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
Harold G. Beaumont Maybe This Is Crazy! giant fan production as finale, gaffed
1952 79
Channing Pollock The Interlocked Production
Also published here Aug. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 313)
54
Roy Benson The Back of Benson's Hand card vanish and production, hands in prayer position are opened twice, illustrations by Dr. Jaks
Nov. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 321)
90
Lewis Ganson The Continuous Production of Fans of Cards
  • The Production of the Fan
  • Variation No. 1
  • Variation No. 2
1954 235
Lewis Ganson The Production of Single Cards - Method No. 1
1954 241
Ken Brooke The Production of Single Cards - Method No. 2 "Ken Brooke's Method"
1954 243
Lewis Ganson Manipulation in Gloves
  • Stealing a Stock of Cards From Inside the Glove
  • Producing Cards After Removing the Gloves
1954 246
Audley Walsh Fancy Free making a double fan, with an interesting procedure, different designs
Also published here 1956 174
Jerry Andrus Back Palm in-jogged card clipped between knuckles of right hand from back
1957 5
Dai Vernon Interlocked Production
1959 57
Bob Hummer Interlocked Production
Also published here 1959 63
Alex Elmsley Multiplying Aces roll-down between the fingers
Also published here 1959 2
Allan Shaw Allen Shaw's Card Production full palm
1960 34
Cardini Cardini's Card Production modified Tenkai Palm
1960 36
Cliff Green The Phoenix Aces Aces lost in deck are produced from empty hands one by one
Related toVariations 1961 39
Cliff Green, Joseph Cottone Squeeze Production
Related to 1961 41
Cliff Green The Aces of Spades as a Sorcerer's Apprentice Ace of Spades is removed, three more Aces of Spades produced from air, transform into four different aces
Related toVariations 1961 82
Clip Palm Production
1961 84
Cliff Green Finale for the Flight of the Blues signed card vanishes from packed and is produced from air (back palm)
1961 111
Cliff Green The Interlocked Card Production credit information
  • The Original Version
  • The Push-Up Method
Related toVariations 1961 122
Joseph Cottone, Vic Sendax The Cottone-Sendax Method for correction see reference
Variations 1961 128
Max Malini Max Malini's Preference comment by Malini
Also published here 1961 67
Ken De Courcy Card on Hand manipulative production of business card with handkerchief
1967 10
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia Manipulaciones de Cartas y Pañuelo card manipulation routine using a handkerchief
  • Aparición
  • Desaparición instantanea
  • Desaparición por hundimiento
  • Abanicos viajeros
  • Desaparición y lluvia
  • Desaparición bajo el pañuelo
  • Abanicos y lluvia final
  • Lluvia automática
1967 25
Danny Dew, Ellison Poland Danny Dew's Split Fans
1969 92
Thumb Palm Steal packet stolen
1969 103
Harry Whitestone Productions of Single Cards - First Method
1969 111
Productions of Single Cards - Second Method bent thumb crotch palm
1969 112
Productions of Single Cards - Third Method card pivoted out of classic palm
Related to
  • Great Carlton method, The Magic of Louis S. Histed, p. 18
1969 114
C. Shaw Smith Productions of Single Cards - Fourth Method cards shoot out of packet in classic palm
1969 115
Val Andrews Can't do it with Cards! No. 9, miming card-from-air production as gag
1970 (ca.) 6
Frank Garcia Million Dollar Card Production hand shown empty while doing single card backpalm productions
Related to 1972 113
Frank Garcia Eclipse Card Production slow motion production from back palm
1972 119
Fred Kaps Thanks to Tenkai Card Production
Also published here 1972 6
Adi Kaufmann Ein neues Kartenerscheinen production of cards, cards attached to wrist with rubberband
Also published here 1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 1)
11
Adi Kaufmann Ein neues Kartenerscheinen production of cards, cards attached to wrist with rubberband
Also published here 1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 2)
25
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence
Also published here 1972 1
Tenkai Ishida Interlocked Card Production
Also published here 1974 42
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Front Hand Production
1974 60
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Squeeze Production similar to production in Phoenix Aces
Related to 1974 62
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Palm production of single cards
1974 62
Karrell Fox Silkard Production Jack Chanin's T.V. Production with cards
1976 151
Back and Front Palm
1976 57
Patrick Page Keeping a Straight Arm tips on the back palm and production of one card
1976 62
The Standard Method of producing card from the back palm
1976 64
Cardini The Cardini Method of producing card from the back palm
1976 65
Producing Fans
1976 66
The Split Fan Production
1976 67
Patrick Page Deceiving the Audience tips on split fans and producing fans
1976 69
Peel Away Fan fan is split in two fans
1976 70
Peel Away Fan in Reverse fan is split in two fans
1976 71
Vic Sendax Interlocked Card Production corrected description
Related to June 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 6)
62
Lewis Ganson Fan, Steal and Production from full palm
1978 20
Fred Kaps Danke für die Tenkai-Karten-Produktion
  • Produktion der Karten
Also published here 1978 9
Split Fans see p. 110 for actual method
1978 106
Try This First practicing split fans with two cards
1978 109
Single Card Production
1978 111
Cardini Cardini's Single Card Production
1978 111
Bill Tarr Basic Split Fan Routine
1978 112
Richard Kaufman, Cliff Green Phoenix Reborn aces lost in deck, aces appear one by one in empty hands
Inspired byVariations 1979 142
Cliff Green, Richard Kaufman Squeeze Production
1979 143
Richard Kaufman A Phoenix of a Different Color version with color changing back finale
Inspired by 1979 147
Richard Kaufman The Production multiple cards as one
1979 147
Richard Kaufman The New Fabulous Catch multiple cards as one
1979 153
Richard Kaufman Between the Palms Catch
1979 154
Bob Hummer Interlocked Card Production method to interlock fingers
Also published here 1980 86
Ken Brooke The Ken Brooke Method for Producing Single Cards
Also published here 1980 31
Karrell Fox Card Production cards from silk
Jan. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 1)
440
Levent Cimkentli Instant Continuous Fan Production
1982 59
Mike Bornstein M.B. Card Production from top of the hand, variation to Cliff Green /Tenkai's method
Inspired by 1982 44
Joseph Cottone Squeeze Production
Related to 1983 120
Ross Bertram Production from Tenkai Palm
1983 184
"Magic" Christian Stelzel My Cardproduction - Original Card-Production
1983 7
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Original Card-Fourish
1983 8
Edward Marlo An Effect from the 40's two selections produced from air, thumb clip steal from deck
1984 293
Barry Stevenson The Leeds Production cards from empty hands production, wrist watch hold-out
1985 222
Barry Stevenson Split Waterfall stealing cards into back palm during waterfall flourish
1985 228
John Carney Poor Mans Card Manipulation
Related toAlso published here May 1985
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 10)
1284
Frederick Braue FB Fan Card-Steal fan in right hand, some cards are stolen in back palm (1936)
1985 11
Bob Fisher, Frederick Braue Fan Steal
Inspired by
  • Sphinx, March 1934, p. 13
1985 13
Fan Manipulation cards from fan stolen into back palm
1985 23
Move from backpalm
1985 24
Dr. James William Elliott Elliott Continuous Backpalm many cards in regular palm, packets produced in fans (1938)
1985 19
Mahka Tendo Card Roll Down one-handed roll-out of cards at fingertips, spelled "Marca Tendo" here
Sep. 1986
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 2)
6
Mahka Tendo Original Card Rolling Production
Oct. 1986
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 3)
8
Karrell Fox "Around-a-Bout" Card Production
1986 58
Karrell Fox "Squeeze-Play" Card Production slow motion
1986 60
Meir Yedid Card Appearance production of four Aces, empty hands only Aces
1986 33
Meir Yedid Royal Deuces four cards are produced, then they change into a Royal Flush
1986 39
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
1986 (ca.) 5
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close)
15
Fan Production
1987
Gimmick (Issue 9)
8
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
Also published here 1987 15
Wladimir Mikek A Card Production spin production from lateral palm
Sep. 1988
Opus (Vol. 2 No. 1)
8
Masatoshi Furota Spinning Card Shots cards spin off stack in back palm
1988 42
Masatoshi Furota Turn Around Production
1988 44
Daryl Martinez Card Production from palm
Also published here 1990 20
Rocco Silano Four Card Routine Thurston type routine with Tenkai palm, four Kings produced from air, then vanished again one by one, hands empty, not sleeving
1990 39
Barry Stevenson Card Production Spin from back palm
Dec. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 12)
2015
Alex Elmsley A Card Fan Production alternative to split-fan production
1991 121
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
Related to 1991 36
John Carney Aerial Production Variation
1991 41
Steven Hamilton Six Card Repeat Climax last cards produced with backhand production
Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
6
Ravi Pazhur Back-Technique on manipulative productions with fingers wide apart
  • Take a Shower (coins)
  • Karten (cards)
1991 98
Ravi Pazhur Saikusa from back of hand, fingers apart
1991 106
Ravi Pazhur Whirl Pool card appears in flash
1991 116
Ravi Pazhur Interlocked Revisited
Inspired by 1991 118
Ken Brooke Einzel-Karten-Produktion
Also published here Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
178
T. Page Wright The Card From The Knee card produced from knee with empty hand, handed over behind leg, as gag location
1991 142
T. Page Wright Production of Cards at the Finger Tips continuous production of single cards with back of hand towards audience
  • First Method
  • Second Method (hand shown both sides after each production, block shown as one card)
Related to 1991 148
T. Page Wright The Production of Card Fans Routine
  • Fan of Cards from Body
  • Cards through Knee Without Palming
  • Cards through Knee by Back Palm
  • Fan from Elbow
  • Fans of Cards from Air
  • A Vanish and Production
1991 152
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence, also as a force
  • Uppercut Force
Also published here 1991 138
Brother John Hamman Rube Goldberg Splits A Fan mechanical fan for production
Nov. 1991
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3)
40
Daryl Martinez Card Production from palm
1992 54
Steve Dusheck Card Catching gaffed
1992 118
Ernest Earick Clap Midair Production
Also published here 1993 13
Ernest Earick Clap Midair Production
Also published here Apr. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 8)
63
Alex Elmsley The Multiplying Aces roll-down between the fingers
Also published here 1994 13
Cardini Cardini's Fans note on split fans from Hilliard's notebook
1994 1087
Sam Leo Horowitz A Fan Effect
1994 1105
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence
Also published here 1995 113
Frederick Braue Etherea
1997 25
Guy Hollingworth, Dan Garrett Card Production lateral palm
Related to 1999 55
Ellis Stanyon Magical Production of a Full Pack of Cards No. 12, manipulative, routine with productions from knee
Variations 1999 244
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note notes on the manipulations and packet vanish
Inspired by 1999 245
Ellis Stanyon Palming and Reproducing Cards After Springing the Pack from Hand to Hand No. 13
1999 246
Ellis Stanyon Palming in Connection with Pulling Up the Sleeves - Production from Left Elbow No. 14
1999 247
Ellis Stanyon Palming when Crossing Hands - Production from Left Knee No. 15
1999 247
Ellis Stanyon Palming Cards when Reversing the Pack in the Same Hand No. 2, production sequence
1999 297
Jeff Sheridan An Original Interlocked Card Production from LTP
Related toAlso published here July 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 7)
51
Jeff Sheridan The Interlocked Production of Cards and Coins from LTP
Related to Sep. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 9)
49
Max Malini Max Malini's Preferences "From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", July 25, 1936
comment by Malini
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
31
Fredric P. Lamazor B. Card Production (Selective Sequence)
1999 17
Lee Asher New Addition to the Thunderbird four Ace production, one Ace appears reversed in this variation
Also published here 2000 3
Gregg Webb The End
  • The WebbMaster
card fan production as end of ball sequence
Sep. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 9)
69
Neal Elias Card Fan Productions
2001 64
John Cornelius Fanning the Flames flash paper to automatic card fan
2001 102
Jeff McBride McBluff with cards consecutive production
2003 3
Jeff McBride, Paul Harris McBluff Card Fand Variation
2003 4
Jeff McBride Cards from the Mouth
2003 6
Shoot Ogawa TV Snap single card production from lateral palm
Also published here June 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 10)
86
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Carnahan Fan deck snaps into fan instantly, quick closing as well
2006 16
Barry Stevenson Left Hand Fan Production cards bent in left hand thumb crotch
Also published here
  • Room 365 column, Abracadabra
2007 58
One Hand Card Production
2007 66
Lee Asher Thunderbird’s Five-Step Formula
  • Step One: The First Ace
  • Step Two: The Transition Between
  • Step Three: Splitting the Second Ace
  • Step Four: Third One's a Charm
  • Step Five: The Final Ace
2007 3
Lee Asher A Small T-bird variation four Ace production, one Ace appears reversed in this variation
Also published here 2007 12
Fred Robinson Card Production cards are handed to performer behind vicitm's ear à la Paperballs over the Head
2009 239
Arie Vilner Card Production from Lateral Palm tabled, reverse of Snap Deal
Related to 2009 46
Joe Cossari The Joe Cossari Original Inter-Lock Production spring flower finale
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1971
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
127
Jeff Sheridan An Original Interlocked Card Production from LTP
Also published here Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
172
Patrick Lehnen Spock-Palm vulcan salute with back palmed card
2013 44
Doug Edwards The Fingertip Card Production variation of back palm production
2013 11
Daryl Martinez Card Production from palm
Also published here 2013 35
Peter McKinnon Dragonfly 3.0 card jumps from deck to fingertips, featuring a palm
Related to 2014 5
Daryl Martinez Card Production from palm
Also published here 2015 120
Giancarlo Scalia Plucking Card from the Air
2016 4
Roberto Mansilla Appearing Cards deck in glass, two selection appear on top of deck, with handkerchief
2017 138
Roberto Mansilla Hi Germain deck in glass with joker on top, two selections appear in front of joker, one by one, with handkerchief
2017 147
Harapan Ong Straight Ace four Aces produced in empty hands at once in straight line
2018 40
Carlos Vaquera The New Phoenix Has Arrived! Aces are produced from empty hands one by one
Inspired by 2019 235
John Carney The Productions black as single card
  • Stealing Back the Block
Inspired by 2020 127
John Carney Variations With A Handkerchief
2020 137
Dai Vernon Interlocked Production from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022 77
Shoot Ogawa TV Snap single card production from lateral palm
Also published here 2022 200