Palm Positions

219 entries in Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
  
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Of conveiance of monie classic palm
Related to 1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXIV) 184
Unknown Feats by conveyance of money classic palm, very brief
Related to 1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 45
Unknown Classic Palming of Coins
1876 Modern Magic 146
Friedrich Wilhelm Frikell Frikell Thumb Palm
1876 Modern Magic 149
Unknown Front Palm Clip
1876 Modern Magic 152
Unknown Mentioning Palm Positions brief, "coin by its edges between tow of the fingers, or between the thumb and the side of the hand" & finger palm
 1876 Modern Magic 153
Unknown Finger Palm brief
 1889 Tricks with Cards 192
Unknown Classic Palm brief
 1889 Tricks with Cards 192
Unknown Pass 10 simple finger palm transfer
 1890 More Magic 140
Unknown Pass 11 (The "finger" palm) clip palm between first and second finger
 1890 More Magic 140
Unknown Classic Palm
Mar. 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 9) 130
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster practicing the classic pass
Apr. 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 10) 146
Unknown Das Changieren false transfer, multiple methods with different props
 1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 139
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Ein Münzenchangement back thumb palm
Related to Dec. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12) 183
T. Nelson Downs I. Wie Downs palmiert classic palm on edge
 Mar. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 3) 40
T. Nelson Downs IV. Eskamotage einer Münze zwischen Daumen und Zeigefinger back thumb palm and recovery
Related to Apr. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 4) 54
Unknown To Palm a Coin classic palm with tips and covers
 1902 The Modern Conjurer 141
Unknown Finger Clip, Thumb Clip
1902 The Modern Conjurer 147
Friedrich Wilhelm Frikell Frikell Thumb Palm
1902 The Modern Conjurer 154
Unknown Classic Palm and Production
1902 Moderne Magie 130
Unknown Finger Palm
Dec. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 1) 11
T. Nelson Downs The Wrist Palm
1909 The Art of Magic 245
T. Nelson Downs Downs Palm
1909 The Art of Magic 250
Unknown Downs Palm
1920 Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks 11
Martin Chapender Chapender's Method of Palming edge palm
 1935 Coin Magic 46
Unknown The Front Finger Clip
1935 Coin Magic 63
Unknown The Back Finger Clip two methods
 1935 Coin Magic 64
Unknown The Back Thumb Palm
1935 Coin Magic 64
Unknown The Front Thumb Palm Downs Palm
 1935 Coin Magic 65
Unknown The Front Edge Palm
1935 Coin Magic 66
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Coins from Nowhere up to five coins produced singly, featuring an edge grip
 1937 The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin 24
Unknown Flat Thumb Palm kind of "Downs Palm"
 1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 60) 431
Unknown 1 - Front Flat Palm classic palm
 1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 64
Unknown 2 - Pressure Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 64
Unknown 3 - Front Edge Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 64
Unknown 4 - Front Thumb Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 65
Unknown 5 - Back Thumb Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 65
Unknown 6 - Invisible Thumb Palm actually so-called Downs Palm
 1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 65
Unknown 7 - Finger Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 65
Unknown 8 - Curled Finger Tip Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 65
Unknown 9 - Front Finger Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 66
Unknown 10 - Back Finger Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 66
Unknown 11 - Front Finger Clip
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 66
Unknown 13 - Closed Finger Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 66
Unknown 1 - Finger Tip Clip
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 67
Unknown 2 - Two Finger Balance
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 67
Laurie Ireland The Thumb Crotch Palm "Information on the pick up of several coins"
 1942 Bull's-Eye Coin Tricks 29
Eddie Joseph Low Finger Palm on using the third and fourth fingers
 1942 Coin and Money Magic 25
Eddie Joseph The Balance Pass coin balanced on thumb, hand turns over and coin goes into back thumb palm
 1942 Coin and Money Magic 31
Eddie Joseph Producing Coins Singly from Finger-Palm low finger palm
 1942 Coin and Money Magic 33
Eddie Joseph The Flat-Palm Pass higher classic palm for a flat hand
 1942 Coin and Money Magic 35
Eddie Joseph The Super-Subtle Secret Introduction secretly loading a coin inside a match box, from clip position
 1942 Coin and Money Magic 49
Harry Bernstein Dollar and Dime dollar changes to dime and back, clean looking, edge work
 1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 147
Unknown Coin Sleight - A Novel Finger Grip purse palm and its use by Charles Morritt
 Mar. 1944 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 10) 43
Charles Morritt Purse Palm
Related to 1946 Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 3) 32
Unknown The Rear of Thumb Palm with back and front sequence
Related to
  • Vol. 1 No. 1 of Ellis Stanyon's "Magic" (Oct. 1900)
 1948 Principles and Deceptions 53
T. Nelson Downs Downs' Palm two methods to produce single coins from stack in Downs palm
 1948 Principles and Deceptions 61
Cardini Wrist Palm coin held at wrist with flesh of arm and hand
 1948 Principles and Deceptions 92
Arthur H. Buckley Front Thumb Palm coin apparently tossed in hat, reproduced
 1948 Principles and Deceptions 109
Ross Bertram Moisture Palm
1951 Stars of Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1) 138
Francis Carlyle Palm to Palm with cigarette, purse palm
 1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 230) 920
Unknown The Classic Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 1
Unknown The Edge Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 2
Unknown The Thumb Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 3
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 3
Unknown The Finger Palm
1952 Modern Coin Magic 4
Unknown The Front Finger Hold
1952 Modern Coin Magic 5
Unknown The Back Palm from back to front
 1952 Modern Coin Magic 5
Unknown The Back finger Clip
1952 Modern Coin Magic 7
J. B. Bobo, T. Nelson Downs The Back Thumb Palm three methods to transfer the coin into the palm (Downs, Bobo, Bobo)
 1952 Modern Coin Magic 8
John Braun Much from Little nickel to penny and half dollar, edge grip
Variations 1952 Modern Coin Magic 80
Stanley Collins Morritt's Purse Trick purse palm
Variations 1952 Modern Coin Magic 334
T. Nelson Downs Downs Palm
1953 Classic Secrets of Magic 86
Charles Morritt Morrit Finger Grip also known as Purse Palm
 1963 Okito Coin Box Routines 46
J. B. Bobo Tools of the Trade tips on (classic) palming
 1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 354
John Benzais Something Extra - The Benzais Grip
1967 The Best of Benzais 13
Unknown Purse Palm
1970 Magic from Holland 7
John Cornelius Gotcha! - Invisible Downs Palm coin position that allows to display hand more freely, as magician's gag
 May 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 7) 735
Patrick Page The Classic Palm
1974 Tricks with Coins 6
Patrick Page The Thumb Palm brief
 1974 Tricks with Coins 8
Patrick Page The Finger Palm
1974 Tricks with Coins 10
Patrick Page The Back Palm brief
 1974 Tricks with Coins 11
Patrick Page The Front Palm brief
 1974 Tricks with Coins 12
Jerry Mentzer Inflation Cent penny grows to dollar-sized penny, edge grip
Inspired by 1975 Super Cents 11
Horace E. Bennett Bennett's Front Pinch Coin Sleight
1975 Bennett's Best 114
Larry Jennings Purse Palm Toss Vanish
1976 The Coin and Beer Can 4
Unknown Edge Grip with rolled bill tube between fingers
 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #1) 880
Harvey Rosenthal Coin sticks to Hand with credit information
 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #1) 887
Jack Miller Jack Miller Palm "Loads/Palms/Steals"
finger palm, Ramsay subtlety
 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #3) 904
Unknown The Classic Palm
1976 The Big Book of Magic 32
Unknown The Finger Palm
1976 The Big Book of Magic 33
Unknown The Front Palm
1976 The Big Book of Magic 33
Unknown The Back Palm
1976 The Big Book of Magic 33
Unknown The Thumb Palm
1976 The Big Book of Magic 34
Unknown The Back Clip
1976 The Big Book of Magic 34
T. Nelson Downs The Nelson Downs Palm
1976 The Big Book of Magic 34
Unknown The Back and Front Palm
1976 The Big Book of Magic 35
Larry Jennings Drobina Palm for small coins
 1977 Larry Jennings on Card & Coin Handling 1
Harry Lorayne The Finger Palm position and simple false transfer
 1977 The Magic Book 158
Unknown Classic Palm brief
 1977 The Magic Book 274
Unknown Edge Grip
June 1978 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 1 No. 6) 69
Unknown Purse Palm
Sep. 1978 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 1 No. 9) 98
Unknown The Finger Palm with five exercises
 1978 Introduction to Coin Magic 23
Shigeo Futagawa Finger clip
1978 Introduction to Coin Magic 39
Unknown The Thumb Palm with four exercises
 1978 Introduction to Coin Magic 67
Unknown The Classic Palm with four exercises
 1978 Introduction to Coin Magic 111
T. Nelson Downs The T. Nelson Downs Palm with four exercises
 1978 Introduction to Coin Magic 142
Ross Bertram Behind Thumb Position back of thumb moistened if necessary
 1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 20
T. Nelson Downs Oblique Palm edge classic palm
 1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 54
Bobby Bernard Palming a Coin
1978 Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic 6
Bobby Bernard Thumb Grip classic palm version
 1978 Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic 8
Bobby Bernard Stretch Palm classic palm version
 1978 Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic 9
Bobby Bernard Crease Palm edge palm, with false transfer
 1978 Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic 10
Martin Gardner First Finger Grip
1978 The Chronicles (Issue 8) 1142
John Ramsay The Ramsay Palm
1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3) 818
Unknown Purse Palm
Feb. 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 2) 450
Harry Riser Rear Thumb Clip
1981 Arcane (Issue 6) 68
Unknown Fingertip Rest Position
1981 CoinMagic 7
David Roth Edge Grip Technique
1981 CoinMagic 12
Unknown Curl Palm
1981 CoinMagic 13
David Roth Edge Grip Recovery
1981 CoinMagic 16
David Roth Curl Palm
1981 CoinMagic 13
Unknown Deep Back Clip
1981 CoinMagic 22
Ross Bertram Thumb Base Slide
1981 CoinMagic 52
Unknown The Classic Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 17
Unknown Finger Palm three different positions
 1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 21
T. Nelson Downs Downs Palm general remarks
 1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 23
Unknown The Upper Downs Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 23
Ron MacMillan Placing a Single Coin in the Upper Downs Palm
1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 23
Unknown The Lower Downs Palm also known as "Oblique Palm"
 1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 29
Unknown The Rear of Thumb Palm back thumb palm
 1981 Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation 63
Unknown Purse Palm
1981 Steve Beam On Coins — Volume I 18
Unknown Edge Grip
1981 Encore II 24
Jimmy Wilson Jimmy Wilson's Coin Vanish and Reproduction using the J.W. grip / Jimmy Wilson Palm
 1981 Bennett's Fourth Book 17
Unknown Purse Palm
1981 Bennett's Fourth Book 44
Geoffrey Latta G.P. Bottom Steal bottom coin of a pile is stolen in Goshman Pinch of other hand
 1982 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 1) 5
Unknown Purse Palm rubbing on spectator's palm subtlety
 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 11
Harvey Rosenthal Harvey Rosenthal Palm same as Jimmy Wilson Palm
 1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 75
A. R. Mousley 12 - 10 = 6? two coins put in hand, one removed then six other coins appear, uses Down's Palm
 1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 12) 226
John Ramsay The Ramsay Palm
1982 The Ramsay Finale 37
Unknown Purse Palm
1983 Epoptica (Issue 4) 232
Charles Morritt Purse Palm brief
 1983 Carney Knowledge 6
Unknown Purse Palm
1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 39
Piet Forton Die Palmagen brief explanation of thumb, classic and finger palm
 1983 Je geschickter desto Zauberer 10
David Williamson Edge Grip Handling
1984 For Your Eyes Only 17
David Williamson Edge Grip Handling
1984 Striking Magic 14
Peter Samelson Mimetic Slo-Mo Show'n Vanish slow-motion coin vanish and reproduction, using back thumb clip
Variations 1984 Theatrical Close-Up 45
Unknown Purse Palm Morritt Palm
 1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 128
Unknown Edge Grip
1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 450
David Roth Curl Palm
1985 Expert Coin Magic 88
Unknown Deep Backclip
1985 Expert Coin Magic 102
Unknown Thumb Palm & Breast Pocket Ditch
1985 Expert Coin Magic 121
Danny Korem Edge Display OK sign, hand looks empty
 1985 Korem without Limits 10
Unknown Edge Classic Palm Position
1985 Korem without Limits 66
Albert Goshman Vanish of 10 Coins credit information, ten coins vanished one at a time in one hand.
 1985 Magic By Gosh 129
Albert Goshman Clink Pass
1985 Magic By Gosh 138
Karl Fulves Phantom Downs sleights with card and coin, involving Downs palm and theory of "phantom moves"
 1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 2) 28
Karl Fulves Zip Clip getting into rear thumb palm, using a playing card
 1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 5) 76
Charles Morritt Purse Palm
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 78
Yoshihiko Mutobe Open Display hiding one coin while displaying another coin
 1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 92
Yoshihiko Mutobe The Mutobe Palm alternative to classic palm
 1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 96
John V. Hope The Rollover Thumb Palm
Aug. 1986 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 9 No. 8) 1246
David Roth Classic Palm Finesse tips
 1986 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 2) 18
Ben Harris Koin Seel Way to conceal coin in hand, variation of Down's Palm
 1986 Killer Klose-Up 49
Fred Kaps, T. Nelson Downs On the Downs Palm using smooth coins
 1986 It's So Simple 5
Fred Kaps Palming Coins on palming and a false transfer (Jack Chanin Drop Vanish)
 1986 It's So Simple 11
Yoshihiko Mutobe Mutobe Palm
1988 New Magic Of Japan 85
Unknown Edge Grip
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 2) 9
Michael Ammar The Natural Lay of the Hand essay on hand position while palming
 1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7&8 Arcane) 16
Dai Vernon Two Techniques with the Purse Palm
1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 135
Unknown Edge Grip Display
1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 2
Bill Wisch Easy as 1, 2, 3 No. 79, learning classic palm and false transfer, rhythm
 1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 109
David Roth Curl Palm
1990 Unexplainable Acts 67
Unknown Front Edge Grip
1990 Spectacle 98
Unknown Egde Grip
1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 106
Ross Bertram Moisture Palm
1991 Carneycopia 159
Roger Klause Heel-Clip Position how to get into it
 1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 150
Charles Morritt Purse Palm how to get into
 June 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 6) 2227
Ken Brooke Finger-Palm Tip
1993 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 4) 14
Friedrich Wilhelm Frikell Frikell-Style Thumb Palm
1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2 284
Charles Morritt Purse Palm "Morritt Grip"
 1994 Steel and Silver 35
Unknown Edge Palm multiple coins
 1994 Steel and Silver 82
Karl Fulves Flying Clipper dime in hands, hands shown empty, a quarter appears along with the dime, then a half dollar, clip palming
 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 6) 64
James G. Thompson Jr., Unknown Clip Joint coin clip in flesh fold at base of hand, hand looks empty
 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 7) 76
Unknown Delayed Downs Palm
1994 Close-Up File 161
T. Nelson Downs Oblique Palm edge classic palm
 1995 Grundgriffe der Close-Up Zauberei 17
Unknown Classic Palm multiple coins, palm and release
 1995 Natural Selections 36
R. Paul Wilson Titian Grip/Palm edge grip variation
 1995 Chaos Theories 17
Jimmy Wilson J. W. Palm without proper credit
 1995 Aus dem Effeff... 82
Harry Riser On the Low Finger Palm
1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 43
Jimmy Wilson J.W. Palm
1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68) 1393
Bobby Bernard The Flat Palm
1998 Come A Little Closer 16
Baltazar Fuentes Baltazar's Edge Grip Vanish
1999 Arempi II 38
Unknown Edge Grip Display
2000 I'm Dancing 18
Apollo Robbins Apollo Palm modified Purse Palm
 2002 Penumbra (Issue 4) 2
Jimmy Wilson Wilson Concealment forefinger grip, see credit discussion in Issue 6, p. 1
 2002 Penumbra (Issue 4) 4
Unknown The Edge Palm with stack
 2002 The Book of Secrets 110
T. Nelson Downs, John Carney Downs Palm and Production
2002 The Book of Secrets 113
Reed McClintock Scotch and Soda for Real Transpositions and vanishes of American half dollar and Mexican centavo.
Inspired byRelated to 2002 Knuckle Busters Vol. 1 1
David Roth, Geoffrey Latta Curl Palm Variation
2002 13 20
R. Paul Wilson Titian Palm
2002 13 22
Al Baker Finger Palming Multiple Coins of different sizes, purse palm
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 609
Curtis Kam Classic Palm discussion, practice techniques
 2008 The Pocketbook 15
Curtis Kam Finger Palm comments, on accessing top and bottom of a stack
 2008 The Pocketbook 37
John Ramsay Ramsay Palm cross between classic and thumb palm
 Nov. 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 11) 61
Luis Piedrahita El Empalme del Aberroncho finger palm variation, similar to edge grip
Also published here 2009 El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 10) 254
Geoffrey Latta Nowhere Palm finger palm to third finger curl palm, multiple coins
 2011 Maelstrom 21
Unknown Finger Palm
  • Position of Coin in Hand
  • Holding the Hand in a Natural Position
 2011 Al Schneider Magic 28
Unknown Classic Palm
2011 Al Schneider Magic 31
Luis Piedrahita El Empalme del Aberroncho finger palm variation, similar to edge grip
Also published here 2011 Monedas Y Otras Historias 26
T. Nelson Downs The T. Nelson Downs Palm production and details
 2011 Magic Page by Page 145
Unknown The Classic Palm brief comments
 2011 Magic Page by Page 146
Unknown The Thumb Palm brief comments
 2011 Magic Page by Page 146
Unknown The Back Clip brief domments
 2011 Magic Page by Page 147
Unknown Purse Palm
2013 Magic of Dr. Sawa (澤浩の奇術) 82
Unknown Purse Palm
2016 This is not a Box 23
Unknown Edge Grip
2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 116
David Neighbors Heel Clip Variant
July 2019 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2)) 153
David Roth Curl Palm brief
 2020 Stand-Up Hung Fu 3