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127 entries in Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Maskiertes Escamotieren selection palmed into right hand from top of left-hand packet as right-hand packet is replaced
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 13
Jack Merlin Side Slide Palm and Flesh Frip side palm after a peek
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 5
Jack Merlin Top Turnover side palm and unloading the card while turning top card over
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 6
Jack Merlin Snap Pass palming the card while tapping it into the deck and producing it at the fingertips
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 6
Jack Merlin Side Palm while tapping the card in the center, transferring on top
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 17
Oswald Rae Card Location card placed in the center and immediately palmed in right hand
Related to 1928 Sub Rosa 13
Jean Hugard The Side Slip two methods
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 31
Max Malini Malini's Side Slip palm or to top
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 33
Jean Hugard The Delayed Side Slip
1940 Expert Card Technique 34
Unknown The Thumb Slide with immediate palm-off
Related toVariations 1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 10
Unknown Side Slip very brief
 		1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 36
Unknown The "Side-Steal" Pass
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 253
Eddie Joseph Replacement Steal top half replaced and bottom card of top half side palmed into right hand
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck From the Middle as Rusduck, side palm, card is returned and cards pushed together
Related to 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 94) 382
T. Nelson Downs The Side Steal Palm
1946 Card Control 56
Arthur H. Buckley The Side Steal Palm - Buckley´s Method diagonal push-in
 		1946 Card Control 57
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Multiple Card Palm Steal
1946 Card Control 63
Russell T. Barnhart Barnhardt's Fan Steal right hand classic palm
Related toVariations 1947 Marlo In Spades 3
Paul LePaul The Side-Steal
1949 The Card Magic of Le Paul 45
Dr. Jacob Daley Side Slip with Pressure Fan Cover
1950 Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2) 110
Dr. Jacob Daley The Side Steal and some of its Finer Points
  • Introductory Remarks
 		1950 Expert Card Technique 466
Dr. Jacob Daley Right Hand Side Steal
1950 Expert Card Technique 467
Dr. Jacob Daley Longitudinal Side Steal and Transfer
1950 Expert Card Technique 471
Al Leech From The Center side steal from center for a color change
 		1954 Handbook Of Card Sleights 24
Cy Endfield The Side Steal somewhat delayed
 		1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part II 27
Edward Marlo The Technical Steal see Note 4 on p. 58
 		1957 Side Steal 2
Edward Marlo Standard Side Steal
1957 Side Steal 14
Edward Marlo Multiple Holdout palming multiple cards from different positions
 		1957 Side Steal 15
Edward Marlo On the Left Side covering the bad angles
 		1957 Side Steal 15
Edward Marlo Right Hand Steal as a direct Insertion Steal
 		1957 Side Steal 43
Edward Marlo Note note on approachment of right hand
 		1957 Side Steal 60
Russell "Rusduck" Duck From the Middle side palm, card is returned and cards pushed together
Related to 1958 The Cardiste (Issue 8) 10
Edward Marlo, Arthur H. Buckley Shuffle Shift and Palm Off overhand shuffle multiple shift with palm off
Variations 1961 The Multiple Shift 27
Cliff Green Multiple Center Steal here done with small packet
 		1961 Professional Card Magic 105
Charlie Miller The Side Steal tip
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 42
Dai Vernon Hints on the Side Steal getting card out of deck
 		1970 Expanded Lecture Notes 11
Jerry Mentzer Small Packet Palm
1975 Card Cavalcade 3 13
Jerry Andrus Center Steal Palm while pushing card in
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 46
Jerry Andrus Side Steal to full palm
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 48
Jerry Andrus Delayed Side Steal to full palm
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 48
Unknown Side Steal
1977 Card Cavalcade Four 41
Dan MacMillan Right Hand One Hand Side Steal one-hand top palm action from center
 		1977 The Gamblers' Palm Revisited 46
Harry Lorayne A Lorayne Storm handling for "card to pocket" using a side steal
 		July 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 7) 227
Walt Lees, Gordon Bruce, David Carré The Side Steal to full palm
Also published here 1980 The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees 23
Unknown Side Steal brief
 		1980 Close-up Fantasies — Book I 25
Karl Fulves The Buckle Steal method for pushing out card
 		1981 Side Steal 5
Karl Fulves Side Steal Technique
Related to 1981 Side Steal 26
Karl Fulves Swindle Steal card is apparently side stealed to impress magicians
 		1981 Side Steal 27
Karl Fulves Free Form Steal left thumb stays at the SIDE of deck
 		1981 Side Steal 28
Karl Fulves The One-Hand Side Steal
1981 Side Steal 50
Harvey Rosenthal New Theory Side Steal in essence a method for sidejogging a block
 		1981 Side Steal 53
Paul LePaul LePaul's Side Steal
1981 Side Steal 53
James Swain Center Swivel Palm while deck is swivel cut
 		Feb. 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 2) 454
Walt Lees, Gordon Bruce, David Carré The Side Steal to classic palm
Related to 1981 Four Professional Card Tricks 32
Michael Skinner Side Steal Handling from spread
 		1982 Intimate Magic 26
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne "Spread Out" spread pass with single card from center, also into right palm
 		1982 Best of Friends 366
Edward Marlo The Two-Second Side Steal squaring action without right hand leaving deck, optional immediate replacement
 		1983 Marlo without Tears 5
Unknown Center Steal
1983 Encore III 27
Frank Simon The Versatile Spread Palm culled card palmed under spread
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired byRelated to 1983 Versatile Card Magic 145
Edward Marlo Incomplete Convincing Control as a center palm
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 127
Edward Marlo Replacement Side Steal
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 144
Edward Marlo Additional Suggestions variation of "Side Squaring Bottom Palm" (page 146) from center
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 156
Edward Marlo New Side-Steals - First Method
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 162
Edward Marlo Third Method - Fourth Method "New Side-Steals"
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 164
Edward Marlo Pivot Steal and Replacement
Related to 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 166
Edward Marlo Disarming Side-Steal
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 168
Edward Marlo Third Application using one-handed push-out technique
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 172
Edward Marlo Delayed Side-Steal dribble action while card is side jogged
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 175
Edward Marlo Bold Card Control
Related toVariations 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 324
Jerry Sadowitz Cut Palm action palm, cards start in center
 		1984 Cards Hit 27
Frederick Braue FB Side Steal "I think that this is the perfect pass, although I have used it only in the past week."
referenced Erdnase Palm from center (1936)
Inspired by 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 12
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
Unknown Peek and Sidesteal
1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 17
Frederick Braue Braue Squeeze Middle Palm "This is the best of all sleights yet devised for palming a card from the center of the pack."
Also published here 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 8
Frederick Braue Braue Squeeze Center Palm
Also published here 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 9
Unknown Side Steal Palm as top half is replaced
 		1985 Out Of His Mind! 50
Edward Marlo Stud Turn as Misdirection for Side Steal
1986 Thirty Five Years Later 57
Arthur Finley The Arthur Finley Diagonal Palm Shift
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 65
Jamy Ian Swiss Action Side Steal cutting cover
Also published here 1987 Thoughts 4
Edward Marlo Replacement Side Steal
1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 58
Larry Jennings Bottom Placement Kelly/Ovette alternative, also directly into left cop or right palm position
Also published here 1988 The Cardwright 159
Justin Higham Automatic Side Steal
1988 Utility Card Sleights 9
Arthur Finley The Finley Diagonal Palm Shift Revisited clarifications
 		1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 15
Harvey Rosenthal, Frank Thompson Variations of Multi Shift
  • reversing cards (Rosenthal)
  • palming cards in classic palm (Thompson)
  • palming cards in Tenkai palm (Rosenthal)
Inspired by 1989 The Multiple Shift 4
Walt Maddison Center to Palm
Sep. 1990 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 13 No. 9) 1828
Dr. Jacob Daley Double-Card Side Steal stealing an inserted double
 		1990 Ultra Cervon 63
Harry Lorayne Side Glance side palm cover
Related to 1990 Trend Setters 196
Unknown Small Packet Side Palm
1990 Top Secret Stuff 98
Vanni Bossi Little Finger Side Steal After the Peek (Techniques: Real Time or Delayed), to Gambler's Flat Palm or as Multiple Lift
 		1991 Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year 5
Vanni Bossi From "Tamariz" Control Perpendicular to Erdnase's Shift and Palm to Diagonal Palm Shift position
 		1991 Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year 9
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. Diagonal Side Steal
1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 88
Dr. James Nuzzo Nuzzo's Simul-Steal side-steal for two peeked-at cards
 		1992 Card Finesse II 153
Unknown Small Packet Side Palm
1992 The Olram Aces — The Impossible Travellers 18
Sid Fleischman Center Stealing No. 1, dragged out by left thumb
 		1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 189
John Riggs Corkscrew side steal to palm, while turning deck
 		1995 The Magic of John Riggs 40
Unknown Side Steal brief
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2) 193
Pablo Domenèch Empalme de la Carta del Centro a una Solo Mano "palm from center using one hand", does use both hands
 		1996 La Magia de Pablo Domènech 149
Larry Jennings Two-Step Side Steal
1997 Jennings '67 102
Unknown The Side-steal Palm
1998 Card College — Volume 3 765
Walt Lees, David Carré, Gordon Bruce The Simplified Side-Steal Palm
Also published here 1998 Card College — Volume 3 766
Allan Ackerman, Frank Simon The Convincing Control Palm
Related to 1998 Card College — Volume 3 771
Roberto Giobbi, Mack Picknick Picnick at the Summit four aces travel from different positions to the top of the deck
Inspired by 1998 Card College — Volume 3 773
Guy Hollingworth Methods of controlling & palming. One multiple cards, all around square up cover
 		1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 133
Ellis Stanyon The Diagonal Palm Pass (Right Hand) No. 10
  • Supplementary Note (reference by Karl Fulves)
Related to 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 228
Ellis Stanyon The Lateral Palm Pass No. 12, under cover of squaring in-the-hands spread after replacement
Variations 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 229
Barry Price The Great Circle Palm "Deck Straddle Palms"
 		2000 Palming: For The Terrified 23
Allan Ackerman, Frank Simon The Convincing Control Palm
2000 Concertos for Pasteboard 59
Allan Ackerman, Edward Marlo, Steve Bedwell Ackerman Varies Kelly / Misdirection Palm Combo
2000 Thick Schtick! 19
Jerry Mentzer Direct Palm of a Tabled Card tabled card scooped into deck
  • As a Palm
  • As a Control
Related to
  • "Dribble Control" (Inside John Murray)
 2000 Card File Two 124
John Carney, Edward Marlo The Side Steal transformation, with credit information
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 70
Jamy Ian Swiss The Action Side Steal cutting cover
Also published here 2002 Thoughts II 3
Gabriel Moreno Empalme Pivotante - Empalme Pivotante al Introducir una Carta while pushing card into the center
 		2003 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 221
Gabriel Moreno Empalme Pivotante al Recomponer la Baraja top and center
 		2003 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 222
Jerry Sadowitz Cut Palm action palm, cards start in center
 		2004 Cut Controls 26
Unknown Spread Side Steal
2010 Reinventing the Real 168
Dave Buck Cascade Palm Palming selection into face up right hand after Cascade Control to the top
Inspired by 2011 If An Octopus Could Palm 32
Derek DelGaudio Plumber Palm top, center or bottom card from overhand shuffle
Also published here
  • "Only Notes" (2008, Derek DelGaudio)
 2011 If An Octopus Could Palm 72
Karl Fulves Pivot Steal from center into right palm or onto tabled packet
Related to 2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 676
Amílkar Riega Bello Empalme de Amilkar palm from the center to right hand, spread pass vibes
 		2014 El Puente Invisible 94
Karl Fulves Diagonal Steal & Palm multiple shift directly followed by palm
 		2015 The Lowdown (Issue 1) 6
Karl Fulves Side Steal Finesse on pushing the card out at an angle so the left fourth finger can move between angled card and deck
Related to 2015 Errata (Issue 1) 15
Pepe Lirrojo Empalme desde salto Le Paul palm while doing LePaul spread pass
 		2016 Panpharos 18
Unknown Side Steal to palm
 		2017 Area 52 51
Max Malini Malini Side Steal
2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 261
Johnny Thompson Thompson Side Steal
2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 265
Helder Guimarães, Pedro Lacerda Specific Moments - The Choreographed Card Steal single cut to table, cards palmed into right hand
Inspired by 2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 130
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