Side Steals (not to palm!)

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
T. Nelson Downs Side Steal directly to top
 		1909 The Art of Magic 144
John Henry Anderson A Link with the Past
(The J.H. Anderson Slip) 		side steal to bottom
 		1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two 63
Jean Hugard The Side Slip two methods
Related to 1940 Expert Card Technique 31
Max Malini Two Covers for the Side Slip
1940 Expert Card Technique 33
Max Malini Malini's Side Slip palm or to top
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 33
Jean Hugard The Bottom Side Slip to the bottom
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 35
Eddie Joseph The Side Steal card not palmed, only held with tips of fourth finger and thumb
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 13
Arthur H. Buckley Side-Bottom Pass side steal to bottom
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 183
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Single Card Shift to bottom after peek
 		1946 Card Control 25
Unknown Side Steal side steal to weird palm
 		1946 Card Control 82
Unknown The Extraordinary Queens using kind of covered side steal for sandwich effect
 		1946 Card Control 86
Arthur H. Buckley Covered Side-Steal precursor
 		1946 Card Control 173
Arthur H. Buckley The Buckley Bottom Shift side steal to bottom after peek
 		1948 The Card Expert Entertains 116
Unknown The Side Steal mention of side steal to top
 		1948 The Card Expert Entertains 117
Bill Simon Cover for the Side Slip covered side steal, to second from the top
Variations 1952 Effective Card Magic 112
Jerry Andrus The Clip Slip card from injog position into right hand clip between right fingers to top or bottom
  • Variation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 Andrus Deals You In 57
Edward Marlo The Side-Steal
1957 Side Steal 1
Edward Marlo The Deliberate Side-Steal see Note 2 on p. 58
Variations 1957 Side Steal 5
Edward Marlo The Curled Forefinger finesse for "The Deliberate Side-Steal"
 		1957 Side Steal 7
Edward Marlo The Bold Steal while showing that selection is not on top or bottom and other handlings, see Note 3 on p. 58
Related to 1957 Side Steal 9
Edward Marlo A Slight Difference small packet side steal handling, Pinch Technique
 		1957 Side Steal 13
Edward Marlo The Clip Steal
Variations 1957 Side Steal 22
Arthur H. Buckley Bottom Clip Steal clip steal to bottom from "Triple Climax" ("Thirty Card Effect", written by Fitzkee), brief
 		1957 Side Steal 22
Edward Marlo Clip Steal to Bottom
Related to 1957 Side Steal 24
Edward Marlo Side Steal to Bottom six methods
Related to 1957 Side Steal 29
Edward Marlo To the Top Tenkai Steals to top, two methods
 		1957 Side Steal 37
Edward Marlo Side Steal Cover Ups historic note on Covered Side Steals
 		1957 Side Steal 47
Edward Marlo First Cover Up with cover card
 		1957 Side Steal 48
Bill Simon Another Handling cover card side steal
 		1957 Side Steal 49
Edward Marlo Clip Steal Cover Up cover card steal and applications, see Notes 6, 7 on p. 59
 		1957 Side Steal 50
Edward Marlo Note 9 note on psychology of Side Steal
 		1957 Side Steal 59
Edward Marlo Note note on approachment of right hand
 		1957 Side Steal 60
Cliff Green Topping the Pass extraction and replacement while showing bottom card
 		1961 Professional Card Magic 24
Max Malini The Side Slip side steal, not palmed, buckle push-out
Related toAlso published here 1962 Malini and His Magic 71
Eddie Joseph Bringing Peeked Card to Top brief
 		1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 22
Dr. Jacob Daley Incomplete Side Steal as a production in which deck cuts itself at selection when dropped on table
 		1970 Epilogue (Issue 10) 75
Edward Marlo An Important Tip using secret incomplete faro condition to facilitate side steal
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 76
Dai Vernon Hints on the Side Steal getting card out of deck
 		1970 Expanded Lecture Notes 11
Derek Dingle Side-Steal Placement to known position near top or bottom of deck
Related to 1972 Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 2)) 133
Russell T. Barnhart Spread Side-Slip No. 15, side steal to bottom with Master Palm, see also page 59 for second-to-bottom variation
 		1975 The Master Palm 37
Jerry Andrus The Clip Slip card from injog position into right hand clip between right fingers to top or bottom
Also published here 1976 Andrus Card Control 26
Jerry Andrus Drag Strip card steal, center
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 32
Jerry Andrus Side Steal
1976 Andrus Card Control 32
Jerry Andrus Side Shift sort of a side steal
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 36
Jerry Andrus Stainless Steal
1976 Andrus Card Control 45
Jerry Andrus Banded Stainless Steal steal with rubber band
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 46
Roger Smith Outjog Sidesteal to top
 		1977 The Ultimate Card Book No. 1 13
Martin A. Nash The Triple Clip-Steal different replacement methods
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 339
Harry Lorayne One Good Turn center block shift to top
Variations 1979 Quantum Leaps 164
Richard Kaufman Delayed Spread Side Steal
1979 CardMagic 32
Slydini The Slydini Invisible Pass side steal type, also for single card from bottom to top
 		1979 The Magical World of Slydini 29
John Carney Tabled Side Steal transferring bottom card of tabled packet to top with master palm
 		1979 Conjuror's Journal 12
Edward Marlo The Fingertip Steal from center to top
 		1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 95
Edward Marlo Another Fingertip Side Steal
1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 99
John Murray Trip From Center top card cover side steal using clip palm
 		Feb. 1980 Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 2) 303
Edward Marlo Covered Side Steal
1980 The Command Performance — Premier Issue 10
Karl Fulves Learning To Steal
1981 Side Steal 1
Karl Fulves Simple Side Steal with shuffle
 		1981 Side Steal 3
Karl Fulves The Buckle Steal method for pushing out card, credit information
Related to 1981 Side Steal 5
Dr. Jacob Daley Incomplete Side Steal plus applications
  • Variation In Handling
Related to 1981 Side Steal 9
Karl Fulves Modified Side Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
 		1981 Side Steal 14
Karl Fulves Cut and Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
 		1981 Side Steal 18
Karl Fulves Cut and Double Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
 		1981 Side Steal 20
Derek Dingle Side Steal Placement to known position
 		1981 Side Steal 34
Karl Fulves Control to the Bottom
1981 Side Steal 38
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Side Steal
  • Notes By Karl Fulves
 		1981 Side Steal 51
Harvey Rosenthal New Theory Side Steal in essence a method for sidejogging a block
 		1981 Side Steal 53
Karl Fulves Steal to Place peeked card is placed (for example at twenty-six)
 		1981 Side Steal 58
Ken Simmons Center Clip Control clip side steal to bottom with decoy moment
 		1981 Cards — With a Different Touch 18
Edward Marlo Covered Side Steal
1981 Encore II 26
Derek Dingle Side Steal Placement to known position
 		1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 103
J. C. Doty Side Steal a la Doty covered, very similar to Simon's handling
Related toAlso published here 1982 Fork Full of Appetizers 7
Edward Marlo The Two-Second Side Steal squaring action without right hand leaving deck, optional immediate replacement
 		1983 Marlo without Tears 5
Edward Marlo Second Method
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 163
Edward Marlo The Invisible Side-Steal angly
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 165
Edward Marlo Pivot Steal and Replacement
Related to 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 166
Edward Marlo Technical Variant Side-Steal
Inspired by 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 167
Edward Marlo First Application one-handed against body, push-out technique
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 171
Edward Marlo The Fingertip Peek Steal fingertip peek handling, to top or Tenkai palm
Related to 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 173
Martin A. Nash The Triple Clip Steal to near bottom
 		1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 47
Frederick Braue Another FB Sidesteal card starts out side-jogged (1936)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 15
Frederick Braue FB Sidesteal only little finger pushes out card (1937)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 9
T. Nelson Downs Downs Sidesteal first finger break
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 15
Irv Weiner The One-Hand Side Steal to bottom, second from bottom or top
Related to
  • "Clip Shift" (Chad Nelson)
  • Flip Hallema in Triks magazine, Jan. 1969
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring, 1960, Vol. 40 No. 2
 1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 81
J. C. Doty Side Steal a la Doty covered side steal
Also published here 1986 Mirage 5
Roberto Giobbi Side Steal Transfer bottom to top
 		1987 Fantasia in As-Dur 19
Edward Marlo, Ken Simmons Deliberate Side Steal to Center transferring card from second to center
 		1987 Riffling the Pasteboards — Again! 9
Unknown Side Steal
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4,5&6) 26
Edward Marlo M.P. Side Steal "Marlo Position", to Tenkai type palm or top
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1966
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 209
Arthur H. Buckley Bottom Placement
1989 The Experience of Magic 19
Unknown Buckle Side Steal to side-jog the card
 		1989 Quick Card Tricks 41
Roberto Giobbi Side Steal Transfer bottom to top
 		May 1989 Opus (Vol. 2 No. 9) 8
Ken Krenzel Slide Steal inspired by Crosthwaite's "LTP Peek", fingertip side steal after peek
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 180
Edward Marlo Side Steal Card Clip
1990 David Solomon T.A.O.M. Convention 12
Gary Ouellet Juxtaposition second card from top is moved on top
 		1990 Close Up Illusions 192
Edward Marlo Slide-Out Steal block side steal from center to top as top half is replaced
Inspired by 1990 Inside Out (Issue Special No. 1) 6
Edward Marlo, Michael Ammar Side-Steal (with Top Card Cover)
1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 58
John Carney Tabled Side Steal transferring bottom card of tabled packet to top with master palm
 		1991 Carneycopia 153
Unknown Side Steal
1991 Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3) 22
Gene Maze Side Steal Addition No. 1 cover for side steal, setting deck on table with interruption
 		Oct. 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12) 8
Gene Maze Side Steal Addition No. 2 side steal is finished tabled with spread cover
 		Oct. 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12) 9
Edward Marlo Bold Steal as steal to center
 		1992 Modus Operandi 41
Bill Simon Covered Side Steal
1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 78
Bill Simon Covered Side Steal
1994 Steel and Silver 141
Roger Crosthwaite Clip Bottom Control from peek to LTP to bottom of deck
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 100
Roger Crosthwaite Clip Second-from-Bottom Control from peek to LTP to second from bottom
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 101
Karl Fulves Covered Side Steal as Double Deal center and top card removed as the top card and turned over
 		1995 The Fine Print (Issue 2) 30
Unknown Small Packet Side-Steal from bottom to top
 		1997 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8) 12
Bob Davis Uniform Card Control control a card to the bottom, a gambler's type clip, reversed in the middle or set for a plunger rise
  • Universal Opening
  • The Bottom Control
  • Gambler Clip
  • Reversed in the Middle
  • Plunging Forward
  • Side Steal
 		1997 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65) 1301
Edward Marlo Dribble Clip Steal covered side steal during dribble
 		1997 Solomon's Mind 152
Bruce Cervon Directly to the Bottom
1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 23
Roberto Giobbi The Side Steal and Diagonal Palm Shift introduction
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 757
T. Nelson Downs, Arturo de Ascanio, Edward Marlo The Side-steal Transfer
Related to 1998 Card College — Volume 3 759
Unknown Covers for the Side Steal
  • The Squaring Cover
  • The Ribbon Spread Cover
  • The Hand Spread Cover
  • The Riffle Cover
  • The Auditory Cover
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 762
Edward Marlo The Side-steal Bottom Placemant and Variations card is brought to the bottom instead of the top
Related to 1998 Card College — Volume 3 764
Walt Lees, David Carré, Gordon Bruce The Simplified Side-Steal Palm
Also published here 1998 Card College — Volume 3 766
Steve Mayhew Side Steal subtlety to cover Side Steal action, brief
 		1998 Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 1) 6
Roger Crosthwaite Peek Steal Control in LTP and then to top
 		1999 Arcardia 58
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note
Inspired by 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 229
Barry Price The Penultimate Palm card(s) brought to second from bottom, "Deck Straddle Palms"
 		2000 Palming: For The Terrified 24
Barry Price The Top Cover Palm card(s) brought to second from top, "Deck Straddle Palms"
 		2000 Palming: For The Terrified 25
Barry Price The Clip Side Steal
  • Clip Joint
  • All The Angles Covered
  • Replacing The Stolen Goods
  • The Double Steal
  • Other Observations
 		2000 Palming: For The Terrified 38
John Carney, Edward Marlo Side Steal and Replacement
Inspired by 2002 The Book of Secrets 73
Jamy Ian Swiss The Bold Spread Steal as card is returned to in-the-hands spread and everything squared up
 		2002 Thoughts II 18
Edward Marlo The Deliberate Side-Steal
2003 Tricks 46
Unknown Side Steal Transfer transferring bottom card to top
 		2003 Card College — Volume 5 1165
Gábor G. Szabó Clip Control from middle to top, reversed in process
 		2003 NewCastle Notes 34
Wesley James The WJ Side Steal
Related to 2004 Enchantments 181
Wesley James Tip for Body Rotation Sleights on sleights that can use body rotation as cover
 		2004 Enchantments 184
Wesley James, Bill Simon Covered Side Steal
2004 Enchantments 185
Unknown Side Steal
2006 Erik Nordvall Lecture Notes Asia 2006 3
Jack Avis The Card Between while showing that card is not on top or bottom
Related to 2006 Rara Avis 32
C. A. George Newmann, Frank E. Blaisdell Slip 'N Lift one-handed opening, selection placed inside, card moved to top with one hand
Also published here
  • Newman, Linking Ring, May 1949
  • Original Magic (Frank Blaisdell)
 2007 The Anthology of One Handed Card Cuts and Flourishes 69
Fred Robinson, Adrian Plate, Henry Hatton Clip Control clip steal to bottom, credit information
 		2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 151
Ken Krenzel The Simplex Side Steal with several variations
 		2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 77
Justin Higham IDF as a Cover for the Side Steal
2009 Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force 8
Harry Lorayne Side To Side simplified side-steal, clip steal to bottom or second from bottom
Related toAlso published here 2011 Special Effects 107
Unknown Side Steal from bottom of deck
 		2012 Chasing Dovetails 8
Edward Marlo, Alexander Hansford Deliberate Side Steal to Tenkai Palm
Inspired by 2016 Sprezzatura 6
Roberto Giobbi The Parallel Shift side steal dynamics
  • Variation
 		2016 Standup Card Magic 51
Harry Lorayne Side-Slide Control simplified side-steal, clip steal to bottom or second from bottom
Also published here 2017 JawDroppers! Two 224
Anthony Owen WSBP Window Stealing Bottom Palm
2017 Secrets 91
Max Malini Malini Side Steal
Related to 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 261
Jamy Ian Swiss The Bold Spread Steal as card is returned to in-the-hands spread and everything squared up
 		2018 A Visit to England 28
Unknown Small-packet Side-Steal bottom to top
 		2018 Pure Imagination 275
Edward Marlo The Deliberate Side-Steal brief
 		2019 Çerca 124
Steve Reynolds Covered Block Side Steal transfer from bottom to top with cover
Inspired byRelated to 2019 Output (Issue 2) 30
Steve Reynolds Real-Time Side Steals peek steals
  • Peek Position
  • Peek Steal
  • Break Transfer
  • Technical.-Deliberate-Bold Steals
  • Standard Steal
  • M.P. Side Steal
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Deep Six 3 (2004)
 2020 Output (Issue 11) 23
Max Malini Malini Side Steal side steal, not palmed, buckle push-out, different covers
Also published here 2022 Max Malini 254
Max Malini Side Steal to Small Number to known position near top of deck
Related to 2022 Max Malini 257