Retention of Vision Vanish

92 entries in Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Retention of Vision Vanish
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
T.J. Crawford, Harry Stork An Illusive Coin Pass
1909 The Art of Magic 243
Unknown Advanced Sleights three vanishes
1. coin clipped between index and middle finger
2. coin pushed into fist
3. retention vanish
 		1935 Coin Magic 44
Dai Vernon A Coin Vanish
1938 Greater Magic 666
T.J. Crawford The Illusive Coin Pass 1 or several coins
 		1938 Greater Magic 717
Laurie Ireland A Coin Pass "Excellent for sue with a dollar size coin."
 		1942 Bull's-Eye Coin Tricks 29
T.J. Crawford The Illusive Coin Pass retention of vision basic
 		1952 Modern Coin Magic 29
Dai Vernon A Coin Vanish reprint from Greater Magic
Related to 1952 Modern Coin Magic 30
Tenkai Ishida False Transfer a bit like a retention vanish perhaps, unclear
 		1953 Six Tricks by Tenkai 12
Dai Vernon Perfect Coin Vanish
1962 Early Vernon 48
Silent Mora The Waiter's Tip retention vanish underneath corner of handkerchief
 		1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 386
Al Schneider Snap Back Vanish
Variations 1975 Al Schneider On Coins 12
Dai Vernon "Over The Top" Vanish sucker gag for magicians
 		1977 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #8) 1007
Harry Lorayne Persistence-of-Vision Coin Vanish
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method (The Pinch Vanish)
 		1977 The Magic Book 163
Ken Krenzel 4. Persistence Placement unusual
 		Feb. 1978 Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 2) 22
Martin Gardner Two Coin Vanishes
  • The First Vanish (with copper/silver coin application)
  • The Second Vanish (Steve Freeman credit information)
for credit information, see reference
Related to 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 8) 1144
Bill Tarr A Casual Vanish retention style
 		1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 126
Martin Gardner Two Coin Vanishes on the history of the vanishes in the reference, with description of Paul Rosini's Five-Coin Routine
Related to 1979 The Chronicles (Issue 14) 1198
Al Schneider Snap Back Vanish
1980 Al Schneider On Close-Up 32
David Roth Retention Vanish Handling
Jan. 1981 Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 1) 435
Richard Kaufman Retention Clip Vanish
Related to 1981 CoinMagic 5
Geoffrey Latta Half Retention Pass stealing one of two coins
Related to 1981 CoinMagic 130
Slydini Table Tilt Vanish
1981 CoinMagic 172
David Roth David Roth on the Retention Pass
VariationsAlso published here 1981 CoinMagic 260
David Roth IV Four sequential retention vanishes and reappearances
 		1981 CoinMagic 261
Rick Anderson Amazing Coin Vanish angly
VariationsAlso published here 1981 Encore II 5
Michael Ammar Retention Vision Vanish
Also published here 1981 Encore II 7
Horace E. Bennett, Scotty York The Illusive Coin Pass - Revisited retention vanish to back clip
Related to
  • Talisman vol. 1 no. 48
 1981 Bennett's Fourth Book 13
Curtis Kam Snap Back Vanish in Purse
1982 All the World's a Stage 3
Ross Bertram A Note on Optics on retention of vision principle
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 22
Ross Bertram Bertram Edition
1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 22
Ross Bertram The Bertram Addition coin changes to copper with retention vanish handling
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 24
Dai Vernon, David Roth Retention Vanish David Roth's handling of Dai Vernon's Retention Vanish
 		1985 Expert Coin Magic 7
David Roth Fingertip Retention Vanish
Variations 1985 Expert Coin Magic 9
Steve Dusheck Dusheck's Jumbo Coin Retention Vanish
Also published here 1985 The Dusheck Vest 13
Yoshihiko Mutobe The Mutobe Vanish featuring Mutobe Palm
 		1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 97
David Roth Retention of Vision Vanish
Also published here 1986 The Coin Connection 7
Michael Rubinstein Der Retention Pass
Inspired by May 1986 Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2) 74
Dai Vernon The Persistence-of-Vision Coin Vanish
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 185
Dai Vernon Retention Vanish
Oct. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1) 24
Gary Kurtz Vanish and Reproduction
  • Fingertip Take
Also published here 1988 Accumulations 2
David Williamson, Richard Kaufman The Retention Clip Vanish independent invention
Related to 1989 Williamson's Wonders 9
Geoffrey Latta Retention Pass brief
 		1990 Spectacle 79
Harvey Rosenthal Toss Retention Vanish
1990 Impossibilia 77
Gary Kurtz Vanish and Reproduction
  • Fingertip Take
Also published here 1990 Coin Magic 23
Wesley James WJ Snap Retention Pass Fingertip Retention Pass
 		1990 Stop Fooling Us Lecture Notes 28
Gary Ouellet The Amazing Coin Vanish coin is tossed up and caught with other hand
 		1990 Close Up Illusions 321
Michael Ammar Retention-of-Vision Vanish
Also published here 1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 33
Rick Anderson Amazing Coin Vanish angly
Also published here 1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 35
Unknown Underhanded Retention Pass Switch brief
 		1991 Relentless 11
Roger Klause The R.O.V. Spider Vanish
1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 151
John Ramsay, Chris Kenner Ramsay-type Vanish
1992 Totally Out Of Control 32
Michael Rubinstein The Upside-Down Retention Pass
Nov. 1992 Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 11) 2145
Steve Dusheck Jumbo Coin Retention Vanish
Also published here 1992 Dusheck's Coin Magic 61
Scott Robinson Visual Retentive also as a change
Also published here 1993 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47) 847
Dai Vernon, David Roth Retention Vanish
1995 Grundgriffe der Close-Up Zauberei 21
Gary Kurtz Underhanded Retention Pass Switch
1995 ca. Relentless (revised edition) 9
Harry Riser Partial Retention Pass one of three coins, dated to 1950s
Related to 1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 206
Curtis Kam Snap Back Vanish in Purse
1996 Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam 30
Doug Conn Fit to be Tie'd coin folded into bottom of tie vanishes
 		1999 Tricks of my Trade 24
Ken Simmons Duped! angly, coin not under hand as in Anderson's vanish
Inspired by Dec. 1999 Onyx (Issue 9) 17
Al Schneider Snapback Move
  • The Schneider Technique
credit information
 		Jan. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 1) 58
Davide Costi Ultimate Retention Vanish See also Steve Freeman's " The Perfect Coin Vanish" (Magicana 107, Genii, February 1974)
Related to 2004 Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi 135
Curtis Kam Fan Drop Retention Vanish coin fan in right hand, bottom coin is apparently dropped into left hand, mime
 		2004 Dangerous Notions 9
Jay Sankey Palm-Down Retention Vanish
2004 Sankey Unleashed 47
Unknown Retention Vanish
Mar. 2007 Genii (Vol. 70 No. 3) 17
Curtis Kam Retention Pass
2008 The Pocketbook 67
John Ramsay Drop Vanish coin placed into hand similar to a Retention Vanish
 		Nov. 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 11) 73
Al Schneider Snap Back Vanish
2011 Al Schneider Magic 113
Steve Freeman The Perfect Coin Vanish
Also published here
  • Genii, Feb. 1974
 Dec. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12) 132
Tomoya Horiki Toss Vanish (トス・バニッシュ) Toss coin to other hand, seems to see the coin be tossed over
Related to 2017 Coinlang. 12
Geoffrey Latta The Retention of Vision Vanish
2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 5
Geoffrey Latta Latta on... The Retention of Vision Vanish
2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 7
Geoffrey Latta The Fingertip Retention of Vision Vanish
Inspired by 2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 9
Geoffrey Latta Latta on... Acting and Timing with Retention of Vision Vanishes
2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 10
Geoffrey Latta The Two-Minus-One Retention of Vision Vanish apparently two coins placed into left hand, on held back
Variations 2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 10
Kainoa Harbottle The Nowhere Retention Pass coin ends up in Nowhere Palm, can be done with multiple coins consecutively
 		May 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 5) 52
Tomoya Horiki Toss Vanish 2.0 Introduction with credits for Toss Vanish 2.0
 		2018 Progress Principle 5
Tomoya Horiki Toss Vanish (Downward) Toss coin to other hand downwards, seems to see the coin be tossed over, optical illusion
Related to 2018 Progress Principle 10
Tomoya Horiki Toss Vanish (Sideways) Toss coin to other hand sideways, seems to see the coin be tossed over, optical illusion
Related to 2018 Progress Principle 14
Tomoya Horiki Toss Vanish (Upward) Toss coin to other hand upwards, seems to see the coin be tossed over, optical illusion
Related to 2018 Progress Principle 16
Tomoya Horiki Toss Into Breast Pocket Fake toss of coin into shirt pocket
 		2018 Progress Principle 18
Tomoya Horiki Fake Coin Roll Vanish Using coin roll action to mimic a coin, make it "vanish", slight optical illusion
 		2018 Progress Principle 19
Michael Rubinstein The R.O.P.S. Move - Retention Open Palm Steal coin starts out on palm and is stolen with other hand during closing
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 3
Michael Rubinstein The R.O.P.S. New Theory Retention Pass
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 6
Michael Rubinstein Variation Retention Pass credit information
  • Variation One
  • Variation Two
Inspired by 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 9
Michael Rubinstein Roll-Down Retention Pass fan of coins placed in other hand, base of thumb action
Variations 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 16
Michael Rubinstein Roll-Down Retention Pass Variation fan of coins apparently placed into purse
Inspired by 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 88
Al Schneider Snap-back Technique brief
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 132
Michael Rubinstein The Flash Vanish coin held onto palm of other hand, hand closes and opens quickly and coin is gone
Inspired by
  • vanish on Eric Chien's DVD "Coin"
  • Herb Zarrow Vanish on Master Coin Technique videos, 1985
 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 241
David Williamson, Richard Kaufman Retention Clip Vanish credit information
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 419
Ken Krenzel Retention Vanish brief
Also published here
  • Master Coin Technique videos, 1985
 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 422
Joe Rindfleisch Retention of Vision Vanish here into purse frame
 		2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 429