Peek forms

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
T. Nelson Downs	Spectator's Peek	as done by Downs	Variations Spectator's Peek (New Magical Conceptions, 1919)	1909	The Art of Magic	143	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
T. Nelson Downs	Second Method	deck crimp/bridge at peeked at card		1909	The Art of Magic	150	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
	Spectator's Peek	with second finger	Inspired by Spectator's Peek (T. Nelson Downs, The Art of Magic, 1909)	1919	New Magical Conceptions	18	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Jack Merlin	Side Slide Palm and Flesh Frip	side palm after a peek		1927/28	Merlin's Master Manipulations	5	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
	Peek	first finger, then transferred to fourth finger "as usual"		1933	Page Wright's Notebook	26	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Franklin M. Chapman	Just Peek	card peeked at behind performer's back, deck immediately shuffled, performer locates card		1937	Six Bits More	7	Cards / Principles / Daub Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
	The Peek	two methods		1938	Greater Magic	32	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Sam Leo Horowitz	Holding the Break After a Spectator Peeks at a Card			1938	Greater Magic	205	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Oscar Weigle	Nu-Locato	key card placement after peek		1939	Do That Again!	39	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	The Peek Crimp			1940	Expert Card Technique	91	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
	The Specator Peek Improved			1940	Expert Card Technique	93	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	After the Spectator Peek			1940	Expert Card Technique	94	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	The Spectator Peek - The Last Word	third finger break		1940	Expert Card Technique	94	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	The Spectator Peek	in context of "missed" peek		1940	Expert Card Technique	411	Cards / Principles / Outs for lost cards Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Rosini	card glimpsed, no break, deck cut and card spelled to, deck crimp during spectator's peek		1940	Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)	10	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
	Peek Handling	old fashioned		1941	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1	253	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Jean Irving	Peek			Sep. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 70)	286	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Improved Peek			1946	Card Control	33	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Warren Wiersbe	Peek!	delayed control with step fan	Variations Peek & Cut Control (Neal Elias, Gambling Notes, 2000)	1946	Mental Cases With Cards	15	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	U Peek, I Peek	card in center is glimpsed at back end as spectator is looking at it from opening in front		1947	Watch This One!	25	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	The Peek	spectator peeks, detailed description		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	30	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	The Step	securing control after peek, overhand shuffle		1948	The Fine Art of Magic	33	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Arthur H. Buckley	The Peek Location	spectator peeks		1948	Principles and Deceptions	169	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Arthur H. Buckley	The Flesh Grip	peek with first-finger break		1948	The Card Expert Entertains	116	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Paul LePaul	Peek	with fingertip grip for initial demo		1949	The Card Magic of Le Paul	46	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Joseph	Can you see your Card?	spectator peeks at a card, performer ribbon spreads the cards face-up and names selection, performed with one hand	Related to Borrowed Sight (Eddie Joseph, The Art of Eddie Joseph, 1969)	1950	Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Paul Rosini	The Peek Trick	spectator peeks a card, performer asks whether she really saw one as misdirection to control it, another is peeked, second found, changes in first		1950	Magical Gems	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	Technique of the Peek	basic peek handling with riffling		1952	Control Systems	5	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	Marlo's Step Control	multiple cuts to table sequences to control peeked-at cards A. To Control One Or More Cards To The Top B. To Control One Or More Cards To Bottom C. Double Peek Control - Top and Bottom D. Double Peek to Bottom E. Double Peek To Top F. Triple Peek to Bottom G. Triple Peek To The Top		1952	Control Systems	12	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	The Shuffle Control	sequences to control peeked at cards with overhand shuffles, one by one or more at once A. Shuffle Control for One or More Cards to the Top B. Shuffle Control to Bottom C. Double Peek Shuffle Control to Bottom D. Double Peek Shuffle Control with Repeat E. Double Peek Shuffle Control to Top and Bottom F. Double Peek Shuffle Control to Bottom by Pull Out Method G. Triple Peek Shuffle Control to the Bottom		1952	Control Systems	32	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Edward Marlo	Cut Control	sequences to control peeked at cards with in the hands cuts A. Cut Control to the Top B. Bottom or Top Cut Control C. Double Peek Cut Control to Top D. Double Peek Cut Control to Bottom E. Alternate Cut Control F. Triple Peek Cut Control G. Triple Peek Cut Control No. 2		1952	Control Systems	48	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	Delayed Crimp Control	crimping peeked card, complete edge bent		1952	Control Systems	91	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Using a Short in Combination with Peeks	or any type of key card		1952	Control Systems	108	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End
	Spectator's Peek	spectator opens deck		1953	Card Man Stuff	14	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Spectator's Peek	spectator pushed deck open		1953	The Future Classic	6	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Cy Endfield	The Spectator's Glimpse	Fingertip-Grip for Demo		1955	Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II	21	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	Peek Handling			1957	Side Steal	2	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Elmer Biddle	Elmer's Spell	running cut to place peeked-at card at certain position from top		June 1957	Ibidem (Issue 10)	10	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
	Peek Technique			1959	Cardmanship	3	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dai Vernon	Riffled Thought	break		1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Cliff Green	Topping the Peek	to top after peek, passive		1961	Professional Card Magic	74	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Cliff Green	The Peek Crimp	in context of card to pocket/wallet/...		1961	Professional Card Magic	75	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
Nate Leipzig	Peek Control	spectator opens the deck		1963	Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig	26	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dai Vernon	Peek Handling	either spectator peeks, or performer riffles		1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	127	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dai Vernon	Methods of Handling - 2	short card starts on bottom, card peeked, overhand shuffle and cut to bring selection next to key	Related to Vernon's Key Card Contrive (Dai Vernon, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972)	1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	150	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End
	Peek Key Card Placement	key placed next to peeked at card	Related to Placing the Key Cards (Edward Marlo, Control Systems, 1952)	1967	Deck-Sterity	23	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Joseph	My Card Peek	spectator peeks himself		1969	The Art of Eddie Joseph	21	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	Fingertip Spectator's Peek	spectator pushed deck open, yet it appears to be a fingertip peek		1970	Advanced Fingertip Control	5	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	Key Card Throw-Offs	peek control with key card		1970	Advanced Fingertip Control	37	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Edward Marlo	An Important Tip	using secret incomplete faro condition to facilitate side steal		1970	Advanced Fingertip Control	76	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Edward Marlo	The Tight Peek	using second finger break		1970	Advanced Fingertip Control	82	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dr. Jacob Daley	Peek Key Control	setting key next to peeked card		1972	Million Dollar Card Secrets	107	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Key Card Contrive	No. 51, two placements of key card, probably No. 2 & 3 from references	Related to Methods of Handling - 2 (Dai Vernon, Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic, 1967) Methods of Handling - 3 (Dai Vernon, Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic, 1967)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	17	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End
Dai Vernon, Max Malini	Vernon - Malini Card Break Transfer	No. 69, to right little finger after peek	Also published here Vernon-Malini Card Break Transfer (Dai Vernon, Max Malini, Genii, 1999)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	21	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Peek - One Hand Shuffle Control	No. 113, overhand shuffle to break, break kept with right thumb while deck is turned		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	33	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Dr. Jacob Daley	Daley's Peek "Open and Shut" Reverse Fan Location	No. 122, peek, then step fan as delay, then cut	Related to Daley's Reverse Fan Location Placement For Card Control (Dr. Jacob Daley, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	36	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dr. Jacob Daley	Daley's Note - 3)	No. 247-3, riffle shuffle control after peek, cryptic		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	62	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Dr. Jacob Daley	Daley's New Peek Control	No. 260, procedure not clear		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	65	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Articles / Undecipherable Note
	5) Peek 1/2 Drop Push Location	No. 427-5, delayed location, not enough detail		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	118	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Articles / Undecipherable Note
Dr. Jacob Daley	Peek - Half Drop - Jog Location	No. 548, jog to delay control after peek		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	154	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Eddie Fechter, Edward Marlo	The Estimation Peek		Also published here Estimation Peek (Eddie Fechter, Fechter, 1993) Related to First Method (Edward Marlo, Fingertip Control, 1956)	1974	Card Cavalcade II	169	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Natural Estimation Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Jerry Mentzer	Introduction to "Peeks"		Also published here Introduction to "Peeks" (Jerry Mentzer, Fechter, 1993)	1974	Magician Nitely	67	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Tiniest Peek I've Ever Seen	verbal convincer for spectator's peek	Also published here Tiniest Peek I've Ever Seen (Eddie Fechter, Fechter, 1993)	1974	Magician Nitely	74	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Peek And Key Combination	slip cut of top card next to selection	Also published here Peek and Key Combination (Eddie Fechter, Fechter, 1993)	1974	Magician Nitely	76	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Peek Subtlety	using a step after the peek	Also published here Peek Subtlety (Eddie Fechter, Fechter, 1993)	1974	Magician Nitely	81	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Turn Around Peek Control	deck is turned 180° between the hands, inner ends to front and vice versa, with step	Also published here Turn Around Peek Control (Eddie Fechter, Fechter, 1993)	1974	Magician Nitely	83	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Cover For Peek Control	deck is flexed while holding a break, after peek	Also published here Cover For Peek Control (Eddie Fechter, Fechter, 1993)	1974	Magician Nitely	89	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Martin A. Nash	Milking the Peek	from the break		1975	Ever So Sleightly	62	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Multiple Peek Control Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Harry Lorayne	The Peek Lap	directly after spectator's peek	Also published here The Peek Lap (Harry Lorayne, Genii, 2007)	1975	Afterthoughts	37	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Ken Krenzel	The Peek Corner Crimp			1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	77	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
Ken Krenzel	"Breakless" Peek	handling with immediate table spread		1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	137	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Side Steal	after peek Transferring the Break		1978	The second now you see it, now you don't!	55	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Edward Marlo	Out of Control Control "How It Appears"	one handed peek, instantly given out for shuffling, using one handed center crimp		1979	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3	50	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
Edward Marlo	Control Throw-Offs	in foreword, magician thinks he follows control of card First Approach Second Approach Third Approach (with riffle shuffle)	Also published here Throw-Off Riffle Shuffle Control (Edward Marlo, Output, 2019) Variations Double-Undercut Throw-Off (Justin Higham, Collected Card Notes*, 1999)	1980	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4		Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Magicians Only Gags Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Paul LePaul	Peek Finesse	fingertip convincer		1980	Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler"	18	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Basic Peek Technique			1980	Exclusive Card Secrets	38	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Spectator Peek			1980	The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees	23	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Michael Ammar	Peek Justification			1980	The Command Performance — Premier Issue	9	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Karl Fulves*	Peek Technique			1981	Side Steal	20	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Karl Fulves*	Other Peek Techniques	letting a spectator peek at a card		1981	Side Steal	23	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Fred Lowe	The Ghost Break	alternative for pinky break		1982	Card Finesse	48	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Steven Kuske	Location	card peeked at in case is found		1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 6)	1053	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Pascal Monmoine	Peek Crimp	crimping peeked card		Dec. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 32)	619	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Ben Harris	Peek Finesse	featuring a break display		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	491	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Arthur Gross, Frederick Braue	The Peek Card Knowledge	book break glimpse after peek		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)	14	Cards / Sleights / Break / Basic Break Handlings Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Another Peek	glimpse after spectator's peek behind back		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)	15	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
T. Nelson Downs	Downs Sidesteal	first finger break		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	15	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
	Peek and Sidesteal			1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)	17	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Roger Crosthwaite	Think-a-Card		Related to Erdnase Method A (Roger Crosthwaite, Roger's Thesaurus, 1994)	1985	Tribute to Ed Marlo	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Riffling or Springing through Cards
Eric Mason	The Peek	post-peek book break glimpse from right thumb break		1985 ca.	Stuff	26	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Peek Key Card Placement			Oct. 1987	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1)	40	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	A Marlo Control	using step handling, with tapping on table		1988	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6	265	Cards / Sleights / All Around Square Ups Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	The "Peek" Location			1988	My Latest Book	65	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Justin Higham*	One-Hand Peek		Variations One Hand Peek Control (Justin Higham, Inside Out*, 1989)	1988	Utility Card Sleights	13	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Justin Higham*	One-Hand Svengali Peek	cards in secret incomplete faro condition	Inspired by For the Fingertip Peek (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1, 1976) Variations Step Peek (Justin Higham, Tech-Notes*, 1992)	1988	Utility Card Sleights	13	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dr. Jacob Daley	The Hair's-Breadth Stall	delaying a control		1989	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3	39	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Justin Higham*	One Hand Peek Control		Inspired by One-Hand Peek (Justin Higham, Utility Card Sleights*, 1988)	May 1989	Inside Out (Issue 6)	11	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Justin Higham*	Spectator Peek Location	with pre-set break and distance from break is counted	Related to The Danbury Deviler (Charlie Miller, Expert Card Technique, 1940)	May 1989	Inside Out (Issue 6)	11	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Roger Crosthwaite, Harry Lorayne	Side Swipe	simplified handling for Crosthwaite's Longitudinal Peek Steal/Control		1990	Trend Setters	165	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Ken Krenzel	Free-Form Peek Control	refinements to standard peek control		1990	Close-up Impact!	177	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Ken Krenzel	Slide Steal	inspired by Crosthwaite's "LTP Peek", fingertip side steal after peek		1990	Close-up Impact!	180	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Edward Marlo	Fingertip Side Steals	four methods		1990	That's It	1	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Other Positions Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Roger Klause	The Breakout Display	bending deck and displaying it resting on fingers of one hand	Variations The "Real" Immaculate Insertion (Ken Simmons, Onyx, 1998)	1991	Roger Klause: In Concert	117	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Edward Marlo	Drop Cut Control	placing key next to peeked at card during running cut		Apr. 1992	The Olram File (Issue 11)	3	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Gary Kurtz*	The Spectator Peek And Glimpse	spectator peeks himself, then three handlings for the glimpse Der Peek des Zuschauers 1. Ihre Instruktionen an den Zuschauer 2. Über Blickwinkelprobleme 3. Offenheit in der Handhabung 4. Verbale Manipulation Der Glimpse 1. Die klassische Technik 2. Die Gary Kurtz Technik 3. Eine weitere Technik (Gary Kurtz)	Also published here The Spectator Peek And Glimpse (Gary Kurtz, Lecture Notes 1995*, 1995)	1992	Prinzipien in der Praxis	35	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Harry Riser	Peek Handling			1993	Workers Number 3	53	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Imperfection Peek			1993	Fechter	35	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Peculiarities of certain Cards Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Scratch-Marked Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Jerry Mentzer	Introduction to "Peeks"		Also published here Introduction to "Peeks" (Jerry Mentzer, Magician Nitely, 1974)	1993	Fechter	173	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Tiniest Peek I've Ever Seen	verbal convincer for spectator's peek	Also published here Tiniest Peek I've Ever Seen (Eddie Fechter, Magician Nitely, 1974)	1993	Fechter	177	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Peek and Key Combination	slip cut of top card next to selection	Also published here Peek And Key Combination (Eddie Fechter, Magician Nitely, 1974)	1993	Fechter	178	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Peek Subtlety	using a step after the peek	Also published here Peek Subtlety (Eddie Fechter, Magician Nitely, 1974)	1993	Fechter	181	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Turn Around Peek Control	deck is turned 180° between the hands, inner ends to front and vice versa, with step	Also published here Turn Around Peek Control (Eddie Fechter, Magician Nitely, 1974)	1993	Fechter	183	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Cover For Peek Control	deck is flexed while holding a break, after peek	Also published here Cover For Peek Control (Eddie Fechter, Magician Nitely, 1974)	1993	Fechter	186	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Estimation Peek		Also published here The Estimation Peek (Eddie Fechter, Edward Marlo, Card Cavalcade II, 1974) Related to First Method (Edward Marlo, Fingertip Control, 1956)	1993	Fechter	255	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Natural Estimation Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Vicente Canuto	Control por Vistazo del Espectador: El "Peek"	spectator peek		1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	224	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Roger Crosthwaite	Erdnase Method A	"Technical Roots"	Inspired by A. By the Riffle (S. W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, 1902) research in "The Man Who Was Erdnase" Related to Kinetoscopic Force (L'Homme Masqué, Der Zauberspiegel, 1897) also in: Kinetoscopic Force (The Art of Magic, 1909) L'Illusionniste, Vol. 8 No. 95, 1909, p. 240 … and 2 more Think-a-Card (Roger Crosthwaite, Tribute to Ed Marlo, 1985)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Riffling or Springing through Cards
Roger Crosthwaite	Variation One: Verbal Stop Technique	peek-type selection, dressed as think-a-card		1994	Roger's Thesaurus	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Gene Maze	After The Peek	card angle-jogged out and deck spread diagonally		1994	Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum	127	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Ribbon-Spread
Martin Lewis	The Sinister Glimpse	left-handed peek & glimpse		July 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 11)	55	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Peter Duffie	Peek Break Technique	for getting break above selection		1995	Duffie's Card Compulsions	258	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	The Peek Control	including a method for letting the spectator peek		1995	Card College — Volume 1	72	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Roberto Giobbi	Peek Check Points	selling peeked card as thought-of card	Related to Peeked Card as Thought-of Card (Benjamin Earl, Psychologica, 2016)	1995	Card College — Volume 1	74	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Gary Kurtz*	The Spectator Peek And Glimpse	spectator peeks himself, then three handlings for the glimpse Der Peek des Zuschauers 1. Ihre Instruktionen an den Zuschauer 2. Über Blickwinkelprobleme 3. Offenheit in der Handhabung 4. Verbale Manipulation Der Glimpse 1. Die klassische Technik 2. Die Gary Kurtz Technik 3. Eine weitere Technik (Gary Kurtz)	Also published here The Spectator Peek And Glimpse (Gary Kurtz, Prinzipien in der Praxis*, 1992)	1995	Lecture Notes 1995	26	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Doug Edwards	Sneaky Peek	interesting peek procedure		Aug. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 8)	2686	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Jeff Busby	Bottom Key Placement	peek and running cut, key starts on bottom	Inspired by Placing the Key Cards (Edward Marlo, Control Systems, 1952)	1998	The Secret of the Palmettos	66	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Jeff Busby	Top Key Placement	peek and running cut, key starts on top		1998	The Secret of the Palmettos	68	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Roger Crosthwaite	LTP Peek Steal	directly into LTP		1999	Arcardia	147	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Ellis Stanyon	The "Ruffle" Force with an Ordinary Pack	No. 11, stopping shortly at middle of riffle and holding break, spectator hopefully remembers the only card he sees		1999	Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks	275	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Riffling or Springing through Cards
Dai Vernon, Max Malini	Vernon-Malini Card Break Transfer	to right little finger after peek	Also published here Vernon - Malini Card Break Transfer (Dai Vernon, Max Malini, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	32	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Justin Higham*	Fine Step Control	post-peek step control		1999	Collected Card Notes	17	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Justin Higham*	Note on the Riffle Peek	on picking up the break		1999	Collected Card Notes	31	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Don May	Flummoxing Find	peek challenge location, fourth finger nail makes mark on face at break		May 1999	MAGIC (Vol. 8 No. 9)	71	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
	The Peek			2001	New Card Controls	51	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Basic Peek Selection			2004	Dear Mr. Fantasy	48	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Eddie Fechter	Peek Gambit	"did you get one?"		2004	Enchantments	78	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Roger Crosthwaite	Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) Add-On Finesse	steal from peek, add-on onto tabled packet	Also published here Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) Add-On Finesse (Roger Crosthwaite, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Mar. 2006	MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 7)	78	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) Cards / Sleights / Palming / Replacements (all positions except Classic Palm) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Bruce Cervon	Cut Control	after peek with charlier cut		2007	Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1	7	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Bruce Cervon	Trap Door Control	Peek Control with One Handed Cut		2007	Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1	10	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Benjamin Earl	Refined Peek Technique	peek and glimpse		2007	Seeing with Photo-Electric Eyes	16	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / For single Card or small Packet Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Harry Lorayne	The Peek Lap	directly after spectator's peek	Also published here The Peek Lap (Harry Lorayne, Afterthoughts, 1975)	Jan. 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)	22	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Ryan Schlutz	Pivotal Peek	after spectator's peek	Also published here Pivotal Peek (Ryan Schlutz, Making the Cut, 2011) also in: Pivotal Peek (Ryan Schlutz, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Feb. 2007	MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 6)	90	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	Spectator's Peek	spectator pushes deck open		2008	Approaching Magic	273	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Chad Nelson	Peep Control	card peeked at and then cut into center, spectator pushes it in	Inspired by The Double Cut (Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi, Card College — Volume 1, 1995)	2010	Strolling Controls	5	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Joachim Solberg	Expertalk: Joachim Solberg on the J.S Control	handling for peek and Mahatma style control after peek	Also published here Expertalk: Joachim Solberg on the J.S Control (Joachim Solberg, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Apr. 2010	MAGIC (Vol. 19 No. 8)	71	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Ryan Schlutz	Pivotal Peek	after spectator's peek	Also published here Pivotal Peek (Ryan Schlutz, MAGIC, 2007) also in: Pivotal Peek (Ryan Schlutz, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2011	Making the Cut	7	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Dave Buck	Peeping Palm	Diagonal Palm Shift from peek	Inspired by The Diagonal Palm-Shift (S. W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, 1902) also in: The Diagonal Palm Shift (The Multiple Shift, 1989) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Genii, 2009)	2011	If An Octopus Could Palm	34	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Shane Cobalt	Peek Handling	deck higher in hand as usual		2012	CTRL	11	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Alexander de Cova	Peek-Techniken	peek and book turnover glimpse		2015	Burners — Vol. 3	189	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Benjamin Earl	Peeked Card as Thought-of Card		Related to Peek Check Points (Roberto Giobbi, Card College — Volume 1, 1995)	2016	Psychologica	9	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Johnny Thompson	Spectator's Peek			2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	265	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Shane Cobalt	From The Peek	DPS from peek, with original peek handling	Inspired by The Diagonal Palm-Shift (S. W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, 1902) also in: The Diagonal Palm Shift (The Multiple Shift, 1989) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Genii, 2009)	2019	The Acorn Notes	38	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Larry Jennings	New Peek Control	end-for-end turnover with step		2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	398	Cards / Sleights / All Around Square Ups Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Roberto Giobbi	The Peek Control	reframing example		2021	Sharing Secrets	93	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Roger Crosthwaite	Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) Add-On Finesse	steal from peek, add-on onto tabled packet	Also published here Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) Add-On Finesse (Roger Crosthwaite, MAGIC, 2006)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	481	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) Cards / Sleights / Palming / Replacements (all positions except Classic Palm) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Ryan Schlutz	Pivotal Peek	after spectator's peek	Also published here Pivotal Peek (Ryan Schlutz, MAGIC, 2007) also in: Pivotal Peek (Ryan Schlutz, Making the Cut, 2011)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	593	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Joachim Solberg	Expertalk: Joachim Solberg on the J.S Control	handling for peek and Mahatma style control after peek	Also published here Expertalk: Joachim Solberg on the J.S Control (Joachim Solberg, MAGIC, 2010)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	942	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ... Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Gary Plants	Card Control 8: GP's Hindu Shuffle Control with Key Card	after peek		2024	Michael Skinner's Thoughts on Card Controls	22	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
	The Peek	controlling a selection while retaining order of deck		2025	Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks	88	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms