105 entries in Pickpocketing
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Das verlorene und wiedergefundene As No. 14, spectator pushes all Aces in the deck, one vanishes and reappears in his pocket, two methods
1895 105
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Loading Spectator's Pocket during previous trick
1896 82
Dr. Edward G. Ervin A Sucker Production red brick produced from spectator's clothing
1937 45
Loading the Spectator's Jacket Pocket spectator is sitting
1939 15
Eddie Joseph Basic Principle of Pickpocketing
1940 / 1992 9
Eddie Joseph Misdirection Techniques
1940 / 1992 13
Eddie Joseph Your Audiences and Volunteers
  • Choosing Volunteers
  • Working with Volunteers
  • Secret and Full View Steals
  • Getting Caught
1940 / 1992 20
Eddie Joseph Stealing Objects from Pockets chapter intro
1940 / 1992 25
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Handkerchief from Outer Breast Pocket three methods
1940 / 1992 25
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Pen or Pencil from Outer Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 29
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Pen or Pencil from Inside Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 31
Eddie Joseph Stealing Miscellaneous Articles from Inner Breast Pocket
1940 / 1992 32
Eddie Joseph Stealing from Outer Coat Pocket
1940 / 1992 34
Eddie Joseph Stealing from the Hip Pocket
1940 / 1992 36
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Wristwatch
  • Buckle Bands
  • Expandable Metal Band
  • Clasp-Type Bands
1940 / 1992 37
Eddie Joseph Stealing Articles of Clothing chapter intro
1940 / 1992 45
Eddie Joseph Stealing Suspenders
1940 / 1992 45
Eddie Joseph Stealing a Shirt stooge
1940 / 1992 48
Eddie Joseph Stealing Assorted Objects
1940 / 1992 50
Eddie Joseph Tricks of the Trade
1940 / 1992 52
Eddie Joseph Delivering the Goods
1940 / 1992 56
Eddie Joseph Training Techniques
1940 / 1992 60
Laurie Ireland A Pick Pocket Gag pretending to steal stuff
1942
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1942)
6
Eddie Joseph The Repeat Coin Trick marked coin penetrates into left fist, repeated a few times, then coin travels into spectator's pocket which is loaded during routine
1942 71
Eddie Joseph The Sleeve Bogey routine with sleeve as fake explanation for coin vanish, coin ends up in spectator's sleeve
1942 73
Eddie Joseph The Double Bite coin pressed on spectators forehead, he is told to make it fall but it's not there, it really is left there for second spectator, coin reappears under lapel of third spectator
1942 76
Eddie Joseph Hold On, Brother coin vanishes and appears in spectator's breast pocket
1942 94
Jack Blades Gag with a Lady's Purse loading stuff in a lady's purse
1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
18
Tommy Dowd Pick Pocket Idea pretending to steal
Feb. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 53)
219
Bert Easley My Key loading a bag with hotel key or money
Oct. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 114)
459
Francis Carlyle Wrist Watch Steal hanky held by spectator
1947
Stars of Magic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
65
Rabbit Production from Gentleman's Coat discussion and method
1948/27 220
A Chicken Produced from Gentleman's Coat
1948/27 223
Production of Bottle of Milk or Liquor from Gentleman's Hip Pocket
1948/27 224
Sausages from Boy's Coat using spring sausages
1948/27 229
Eddie Joseph Introduction
1950 7
Eddie Joseph Theoretically Speaking
1950 9
Eddie Joseph Articles for Production
1950 12
Eddie Joseph Defining the Technique
1950 16
Eddie Joseph Methods of Concealment
  • Personal Concealment
  • Prop Concealments
1950 20
Eddie Joseph Practicing the Technique intro to different methods to load spectator's pockets, see following items
1950 23
Eddie Joseph Loading Into Outer Coat Pocket
1950 24
Eddie Joseph Loading Under Coat
  • Method A
  • Method B
  • Method C
  • Method D
  • Method E
1950 25
Eddie Joseph Loading Into Outer Breast Pocket
  • Method A
  • Method B
  • Method C
  • Method D
  • Method E
1950 29
Eddie Joseph Loading into Inner Breast Pocket
1950 31
Eddie Joseph Loading Behind Coat Collar
  • Method A
  • Method B
  • Method C
  • Method D
1950 31
Eddie Joseph Loading into Sleeve
1950 33
Eddie Joseph Loading into Hip Pocket
  • Method A
  • Method B
  • Method C
1950 34
Eddie Joseph Loading Inside the Shirt Front
  • Method A
  • Method B
1950 35
Eddie Joseph Loading Under Trouser Cuff
1950 38
Eddie Joseph Body Loading in Operation
1950 39
Eddie Joseph Body Productions for Nite Clubs spoon, knife, forks, whiskey glass produced from spectator's clothing
1950 40
Eddie Joseph Body Productions for Stage or Platform bill to banana, producing women's underwear from spectator during routine
1950 43
Eddie Joseph Glass and Orange glass under newspaper cover, orange vanishes, glass vanishes, both found in spectator's clothing, stand-up without lapping
1950 48
Eddie Joseph The Cotton Mill long cotton thread pulled from spectator's clothing
1950 49
Eddie Joseph Tumbler of Wine from Collar production from spectator, using Abbott's "Dynamic Glass"
1950 50
Eddie Joseph Productions of Rubber Goods from spectator and in general
1950 50
Eddie Joseph Money, Money Everywhere coins and bills produced from spectator
1950 52
Eddie Joseph Umbrella from Coat Collar from spectator's coat
1950 53
Eddie Joseph Stick from Trouser Cuff from spectator's trouser, Walsh production cane
1950 53
Eddie Joseph Eggs from Pocket from spectator's pocket, rubber eggs
Also published here 1950 53
Eddie Joseph Playing Cards from Sleeve from spectator's sleeve
1950 54
Eddie Joseph Live Banana from Volunteer in Auditorium
1950 54
Eddie Joseph Production from Outside Collar
1950 55
Eddie Joseph The Vanishing Wand wand vanished and reproduced from spectator
1950 55
Eddie Joseph Two Good Reasons to start searching through spectator's clothing
1950 56
Eddie Joseph The Shower of Rice from spectator's clothing
1950 57
Eddie Joseph Livestock Productions from spectator's clothing
1950 57
Eddie Joseph Cinderella's Shoe shoe produced from spectator's clothing
1950 57
Eddie Joseph Cage and Canary Production from spectator's clothing
1950 57
Eddie Joseph A Full Bottle of Beer from Under Coat from spectator's clothing
1950 58
Eddie Joseph Stooges and Subterfuges producing things from a stooges body and clothing, six example effects
1950 59
Tony Slydini Flyaway Coin Routine to spectator's pocket four times
Variations 1951
Stars of Magic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
125
Spectator Jacket Side Pocket Coin Load
May 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 282)
1128
Don Tanner Your Flowers? No. 23, spring flower bouquet produced from spectator's coat
1958 ca. 7
Eddie Joseph A Twin Sucker Episode marked coin rubbed into arm, reappears behind neck, explained, then bottle cap is found behind neck and coin in spectator's pocket
1969 115
Ross Bertram Helpful Hints
  • Where to Obtain Chicks
  • What to Feed Chicks
  • How to Care for Chicks
  • How to Palm a Chick
  • How to Load a Spectator
  • To Prevent the Chick from Kicking
  • Hypnotizing a Chick
  • How to Rehearse
1978 136
Mike Caveney Comedy Load Bag fake and real chicken are produced from spectator's coat
1981 73
Danny Korem Wrist Watch Steal
1985 86
, Bob Read Spot Remover No. 54, pencil through jacket, optional loading/stealing of spectator's pockets
1985 93
"Vester" Adams Flight of Fabric silk to pocket effect
1989 161
The Second Watch Steal by "Keith ???"
1989
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 12)
2006
David Berglas Brieftasche aus Jackeninnentasche stealing spectator's wallet from inner jacket pocket
1992 22
David Berglas Die Brieftasche erscheint aus eines anderen Zuschauers Tasche spectator's wallet appears inside another spectator's jacket
1992 24
Dan Harlan From the Labyrinth a watch steal joke, useless illustrations
Dec. 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 4)
16
Bill "Dusty" Miller The Watch sponge routine cover for watch steal
Inspired by
  • Johnny Paul performance at Blackpool 1991
Oct. 1993
Profile (Issue 16)
4
Chuck Fayne The Underexplored Art of Loading loading cards planned or spontaneously
1994 19
Karl Fulves Little Nothings loading the spectator's wallet during apparent money exchange before performance, force of mate with counting and down-under deal procedure
Variations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
65
Felix Farrell Commando Watch presentation for watch steal, announcing the steal and doing it in form of a competition
1995 75
Borra A Pickpocket Primer
Jan. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 5)
45
Ricki Dunn A Pseudo Tie Steal
July 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 7)
26
Ricki Dunn Card in Wallet, Plus chain escape combined with card to wallet and watch steal
Inspired by July 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 7)
28
Carey Heim E-Z Watch Steal watch steal during sponge ball routine with squeaker
1999 221
Tony Eng Stealing Time watch steal during finger chopper routine
1999 274
David Berglas Pickpocketing: The Watch Finale pickpocketing routine with several people, watches end up in a box linked together
2002 408
David Berglas The Watch Steal while apparently doing a magic trick that fails, watch is stolen twice
2002 481
Eddie Joseph Eggs from Spectator's Pocket from spectator's pocket, rubber eggs
Also published here 2002 60
Gene Turner Expertalk: Gene Turner on the Watch Steal
Also published here Apr. 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 8)
76
Al Bertini Drei Münzen copper silver transposition, then third coin travels into spectators hand, watch is stolen during routine
2004 8
Marc Gettmann Der sichere Armbanduhrenklau during apparent vanish of coin from spectator's hand
2006 19
Román García Cambio Horario watch travels from spectator'r wrist to performer's wrist
2010 153
David Alexander Untitled Effect performer blindfolded, card peeked at, card found in spread while holding spectator's wrist, watch stolen as kicker
Also published here
  • Genii, Dec. 1966
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
106
Max Malini Spectator Pocket Loads
  • Side Pocket Load
  • Breast Pocket Load
2022 122
Gene Turner Expertalk: Gene Turner on the Watch Steal
Also published here 2022 184
Anson Chen The Full Moon spectator places imaginary golden coin in his pocket and silver coin in performer's hand, both become real, chocolate coin
Inspired by
  • Garrett Thomas' "Imagination Coins"
2023 164