Steals

84 entries in Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Steals
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Change-Over Steal
1941 Our Mysteries 20
Eddie Joseph The Pulsation Vanish left hand closes, coin secretly at end of fingers, dragged out with right hand towards wrist
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 8
Eddie Joseph A Smart Move stack of coin on palm, spectator takes all coins, one is left behind automatically
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 41
Eddie Joseph The Single Steal one of a stack stolen as stack is placed on table
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 48
Eddie Joseph The Passing Steal as stack of coins is handed to spectator
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 48
Ross Bertram Back Clip Steal as coins are counted into left hand, first one is stolen back
Also published here 1951 Stars of Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1) 132
Paul Morris The Bottom Steal bottom coin of a pile is stolen in classic palm of other hand
Variations 1952 Modern Coin Magic 18
Bill Simon Gone steal to other hand, with reference to produce a coin from spectator's ear
Variations 1952 Modern Coin Magic 32
Jerry Andrus Coin Steal from heel clip, two handlings
 		1964 Nameless Notes 2
Ross Bertram Coin Steal
1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 139
Unknown Coin Steal stealing coin back while putting three coins in open hand
 		1969 Monedas, monedas... (y monedas) 68
Juan Tamariz, Arturo de Ascanio Coin Steal three coins are transferred to other hand, both hands closed to fists
 		1969 Monedas, monedas... (y monedas) 70
Roger Klause Fist Steal in Tenkai Pinch
Related to 1971 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4) 26
David Roth Drop Steal from stack of coins into fingers
 		1973 New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3) 2
Unknown Heel Clip Transfer pointing
 		1973 Five Dollar Trix 28
Ross Bertram Coin Steal in back clip
 		1975 Coins 6
Ross Bertram Counting Clip Steal as coins are counted into other hand
 		1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 43
Woody Landers One To Go backfire handling for a coins-across routine
 		Oct. 1979 Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 10) 261
Slydini Coin Stack Steal from hand to hand
 		1979 The Magical World of Slydini 47
Unknown Heel Transfer from hand to hand
 		1981 Arcane (Issue 4) 40
David Roth Deep Back Clip Steal
1981 CoinMagic 22
Unknown Thumb Palm Steal
1981 CoinMagic 62
Geoffrey Latta, Scott Weiser Heel Clip Steal
1981 CoinMagic 219
Roger Klause Fist Steal in Tenkai Pinch
1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 26
John M. Bauman Display-Flip Steal a steal out of the fist
 		Nov. 1982 Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 11) 705
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 Heel Clip Steal
Dec. 1983 Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 12) 862
Ross Bertram B.U.D. Bertram Utility Drop, coin dropped Wand Spin type
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 36
Ross Bertram B.U.D. Bertram Utility Drop, ring dropped Wand Spin type
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 196
Larry Jennings Sleeve Pull Steal
1985 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 25, 26 & 27) 257
John Benzais Benzais Friction Palm
1985 Expert Coin Magic 19
David Roth The Deep Backclip Steal
1985 Expert Coin Magic 117
David Roth The Double Steal
Related to 1985 Expert Coin Magic 123
Unknown Retaining Coin in Classic Palm throwing coins from one hand to another
 		1985 Magic By Gosh 60
Larry Jennings The Heel Steal
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 89
John Benzais Benzais Friction Palm
1986 The Coin Connection 10
Ross Bertram Counting Clip Steal as coins are counted into other hand
 		1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 230
Jay Sankey, Richard Sanders Gesture Drop Transfer as sleeve is pushed up a bit
 		1987 When Creators Collide... 69
Unknown Pop-up Steal
1988 Continuations ... Departures 1 8
Gary Kurtz Pop-up Steal
1988 Continuations ... Departures 1 & 2 13
Gary Kurtz Flurious Steal tucked in belt, with jumbo coin
 		1988 Flurious 1
Unknown Heel Steal
1989 Without 12
Unknown Heel Clip Steal
1989 Continuations and Departures 7
Harvey Rosenthal Misdirection Coin Steal from left fist into right hand
 		1990 Impossibilia 74
Larry Jennings Heel Steal
1990 Impossibilia 101
David Roth Back-Clip Steal
1990 Impossibilia 102
John Carney Stack Steal
1991 Carneycopia 61
David Roth Double Steal
Related to 1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 95
David Harkey Flyby Principle coin secretly dropped into other hand during gesture
 		1991 Simply Harkey 239
Unknown Coin Steal
1992 Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 6) 10
Gary Kurtz Fingertip Steal
1992 Prinzipien in der Praxis 48
Frank Thompson Box Bounce bouncing coins back
Related to 1993 Verbatim (Issue 5) 42
Unknown Push Steal coin is pushed in fist and stolen back
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 284
Gary Kurtz Fingertip Steal
1995 Lecture Notes 1995 4
Unknown Fist Steal from closed fist
 		1996 Workers Number 5 42
Bob King Heel Steal
Sep. 1997 Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 9) 2837
Unknown De Manche Palm Steal
1998 The Looking Glass (Issue 4) 143
Thomas Fraps Deep BackClip Heel Steal
Aug. 2000 Genii (Vol. 63 No. 8) 67
Unknown Heel Clip Steal
2002 Penumbra (Issue 1) 12
Reed McClintock Coin Steal four coins straightened out in left hand, one stolen into right hand edge grip, shell
 		2002 Knuckle Busters Vol. 2 13
Curtis Kam The In Closing Steal coin in left hand tapped with coin in right hand and left hand closes, coin stolen out, edge grip
 		2004 Dangerous Notions 8
Curtis Kam The In Closing Steal coin in left hand tapped with coin in right hand and left hand closes, coin stolen out, edge grip
 		2006 Mr. Eclectic 5
Gary Kurtz Elder Frickel Grip Steal from Trio
 		2006 Earning Interest 6
Tyler Wilson Transfer secret transfer while recapping a pen
 		2010 Reinventing the Real 117
Al Schneider French Drop Steal four coins are shown in french drop position and taken by the other hand
 		2011 Al Schneider Magic 333
John Benzais Benzais Friction Pass
2012 Chasing Dovetails 14
Kainoa Harbottle The Push-Through Steal coins placed in left hand, stolen to right hand into curl palm
Inspired by Nov. 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 11) 27
Bill Simon, Benjamin Earl Gone Steal Handling
Inspired by 2016 This is not a Box 23
Kainoa Harbottle Stacked Coins Palm Transfer Transferring stack of coins from finger clip to clipped by thumb
Related to
  • "Pendulum Hanging Coins" (Kainoa Harbottle, New York Coin Magic Seminar Vol. 5, DVD)
 2017 Coinlang. 59
Geoffrey Latta The T.P. Bottom Steal "Tenkai Pinch", stack of coins held at fingertips, bottom coin stolen away, with shell handling
Inspired by 2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 39
Chong Huang Display Steal coin at right-hand fingertip drops into hand and is replaced with double coin at back of left-hand fist
 		Feb. 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 2) 68
Unknown Hand-to-hand transfer coins from left heel grip to right thumb palm
 		2018 Pure Imagination 113
Unknown Heel clip and transfer coin transferred from hand to hand
 		2018 Pure Imagination 171
Unknown Heel clip steal from left heel clip to right finger palm, different technique than on p. 171
 		2018 Pure Imagination 175
Danny Goldsmith The Click Steal
July 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7) 75
Michael Rubinstein Discrepancy Steal
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 58
Michael Rubinstein The Click Steal Back fan of three coins placed in other hand, one coin stolen back
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 60
Michael Rubinstein The Clip Steal Back fan of three coins placed in other hand, one coin stolen back
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 61
Geoffrey Latta, Scott Weiser Heel Clip Steal
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 313
John Carney, John Ramsay Stack Steal
2021 Suite for Coins & Handkerchief 18
Paul Morris The Bottom Steal Bottom coin of a pile is stolen in classic palm of other hand
Inspired by 2021 The Monster of the Secret Art 138
Ross Bertram Back Clip Steal as ring is removed from thumb, a coin from the fingers is stolen back
Also published here Oct. 2021 The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 7) 190
Unknown Wrist Transfer Steal
Feb. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2) 68
Unknown Deep Back Clip Steal
Apr. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4) 184