One-Handed

90 entries in Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / One-Handed
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Das Kartenstehlen - V. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
one-handed multiple top palm, crude positioning
 		Feb. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 2) 20
Das Kartenstehlen - VIII. Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
one-handed spring palm, with count, sometimes credited to L'Homme Masqué
 		May 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 5) 67
Karl Meyer Das Kartengreifen "Schule der Magie"
  • choreography of one-handed palm and fan production from elbow
  • steal of bottom packet into right-hand thumb clip, left first finger pushes packet out (throw cut)
 		Sep. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9) 137
Jean Hugard One Hand Top Card Palm
Related toVariations 1933 Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 2
L'Homme Masqué One Hand Palm for a Number of Cards "originated by a French magician", spring palm
 		1936 Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 130
Judson Cole, Jean Hugard The Top Card, One Hand Only
1938 Greater Magic 200
Jean Hugard The One. Hand Top Palm footnote
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 177
Eddie Joseph Throw Change Variation to palm top and bottom card from small packet and produce them from pocket
 		1940 ca. Original Tricks 12
Eddie Joseph Palming Cards at a Table one-handed as tabled deck is pushed forward
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 11
Frederick Braue Cards to Pocket Palm
1943 Tricks and Sleights 31
Edward Marlo One Hand Palm for a Number of Cards
Inspired by 1945 Off the Top 4
Judson Cole One Hand Top Palm - Judson Cole
1946 Card Control 69
Al Valenti A Top Palm one handed top palm, with ring finger action
 		1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 107) 432
Bruce Elliott One Hand Cop with whispering queens and reversing card to illustrate the move
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 123) 493
Dr. Jacob Daley One-Hand Spring Palm multiple palm from small packet
Related toAlso published here 1950 Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1) 104
The One Hand Palm
1954 Handbook Of Card Sleights 8
Edward Marlo Action Palm - One Hand Control & Palm Sequence
Related to 1956 Action Palm 16
Edward Marlo One Hand Palm as Action Palm during an Overhand Shuffle or Dovetail Shuffle
Related to 1956 Action Palm 29
Edward Marlo The Table Edge Palm special small packet handling
 		1956 Action Palm 35
Edward Marlo Delayed One Hand Palm
Related to 1956 Action Palm 43
Edward Marlo One Hand Table Palm
1957 The Tabled Palm 2
Cliff Green Top-Palm one-handed top palm for dry hands
 		1961 Professional Card Magic 147
Harry Lorayne Double-Lift Palm palming second card the instant the top card is removed
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 19
One Handed Top Palm brief description
 		1967 Charlie Miller Lecture Notes 23
Jean Hugard One Hand Top Card Palm
1968 The Card in the Purse 4
Harry Lorayne Double-Lift Palm palming second card the instant the top card is removed
 		1971 Reputation-Makers 242
Eddie Fechter Cover for the One-Handed Top Palm tapping deck on table
 		1972 Card Cavalcade 49
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Palm For Finish To Cards To Pocket No. 267, brief, multiple palm from small packet
Also published here 1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 66
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley On Hugard's Multiple One Hand Palm No. 269, for multiple cards with crimp preparation
 		1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 66
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's One Hand Double Top Palm No. 320, top two cards, fourth finger contacts second card
 		1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 84
Harry Lorayne One-Hand Top-Palm Method handling of standard method
 		1973 Rim Shots 57
One Hand Top Palm
1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 38
Dan MacMillan Right Hand One Hand Side Steal one-hand top palm action from center
 		1977 The Gamblers' Palm Revisited 46
Frederick Braue Cards to Pocket Palm
1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 73
Karl Fulves Double Palm palming top card in right hand and bottom card in left hand
 		1978 Transpo Trix 67
Trevor Lewis All Change color change, using a one-handed top palm with the second card from top, see p. 37 for credit information and variation by Stephen Tucker
Related to
  • Notes (David Britland, 1979)
  • Deane Moore's "The Clip Palm" in "Genii" Vol. 11, Nr. 10, 1947. P. 305.
Also published here
  • "Color Change" in "Abra" Nr. 1578, 1976. P. 352.
 1978 The Talon (Issue 2) 17
Steve Beam Rapid Transit card appears face-up on the deck (using one handed top palm) vanishes again (face up Tent vanish) and appears face up in the center of the deck
Also published here 1978 They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To Do Or You Too Can Walk On Water 25
One-Hand Top Palm
  • How to Use it
  • Tips
 		1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 52
One-Hand Top Palm II with aid of other hand
 		1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 54
One-Hand Palm
1978 Real Magic 52
Karl Fulves One-Hand Second from Top Palm top card has corner missing
 		1979 The Topological False Count 5
The One-Hand Top Palm
1979 Close-up Entertainer 167
David Britland Notes on the one-handed top palm with second card from the top and Cross-Over Aces
Related to Jan. 1979 The Talon (Issue 3) 37
Edward Marlo One Hand Palm and Spread during a table spread
 		1980 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4 90
Karl Fulves The Covered Top Palm method for palming the second, third... card from top (even center)
  • CTP Notes
 		1981 Side Steal 45
Karl Fulves Further Cover for Fulves' "Covered Top Palm"
  • Reference Note
 		1981 Side Steal 49
One Hand Top Palm
Related to 1981 Four Professional Card Tricks 16
Edward Marlo Refined One-Hand Palm
1982 Card Finesse 74
Frank Garcia A Secret Tip
1982 The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part I 42
Ross Bertram The Touch Palm tabled deck, one-handed
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 135
Edward Marlo Multiple Tabled Palm
1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 144
Edward Marlo Estimation Palm tip for 11th method on page 244
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 284
Harry Lorayne Double-Lift Palm palming second card the instant the top card is removed
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 487
Gary Kurtz Example "The One Hand Top Palm and subsequent Flash Fold of a card supposedly placed into the centre of the deck"
Related to 1989 Misdirection and Direction 10
Harry Lorayne Second-Card Palm one-handed Palm of second from top card
Also published here May 1990 Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 5) 1782
Harry Lorayne One-Handed Handling for the onehanded top palm
 		June 1991 Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 6) 1935
Vanni Bossi One Hand Top Palm of More Cards
1991 Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year 22
Jon Racherbaumer Tip Top Palm multiple palm from tabled deck, one-handed
 		1992 Card Finesse II 68
Gary Kurtz Performing a One Hand Top Palm
Related to 1992 Leading with your Head 12
Harry Lorayne Second-Card Palm one-handed Palm of second from top card
Also published here 1993 Card File 116
L'Homme Masqué One-Handed Spring Palm packet handling
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 224
Karl Fulves Covered Top Palm second from top, "Nottop Palm"
Related to 1994 Crooked Tales 84
The One-Handed Top Palm
1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer) 170
Dr. Jacob Daley One-Hand Spring Palm multiple palm from small packet
 		1997 Notes 9
Jean Hugard One Hand Top Palm
1998 The Book 69
The One-handed Palm
Related to 1998 Card College — Volume 3 705
Justin Higham Dribble Shift and Palm with one-handed palm after shift with part of deck
 		1999 Arcardia 134
Karl Fulves One Handed Top Palm Handling tapping side on table
 		2000 Lost Vampire Secrets 189
Jean Hugard The Hugard One-Handed Palm
2000 Palming: For The Terrified 13
One Hand Top Palm
2000 Son of Simon Says! 41
One-Handed Top Palm brief
 		2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 125
Karl Fulves One-Hand Palm Glimpse & Crimp top card palmed and immediately replaced, glimpsed and curved
 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 269
Wesley James Small Packet One-Handed Top Palm "SPOT Palm"
 		2004 Enchantments 82
Rudy T. Hunter Distant Misdirection Palm one-handed, out-jogged card is top card of left-hand half
 		2004 Sankey Unleashed 30
One Hand Top Palm as a color change
 		2004 Card Work, Card Play 36
Ray Kosby One-Hand Palm Transformation cards held spread in right-hand end grip and visible change
Inspired by Oct. 2005 Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10) 32
Doug Edwards Uplifted right hand top palm, one-handed top palm
  • Top Palm Color Change
 		2006 Brass Knuckles 8
Edward Marlo One Hand Top Palm Cover tapping cover
Related to 2008 The Ron Bauer 2008 Lecture 23
Dr. Jacob Daley One-Hand Spring Palm from a small packet
 		2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 108
Arturo de Ascanio Covering the One-Hand Spring Palm
Related to 2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 110
Tyler Wilson, Andi Gladwin One-Handed Top Palm Handling
2010 Reinventing the Real 81
Tyler Wilson One-hand Palm Credits
2010 Reinventing the Real 84
Benjamin Earl The One-Handed Top Palm "Ramblings on Card Stuff", opinion
 		2010 Gambit (Issue 2) 13
One hand Top Palm
2010 Moments 95
One-hand Top Palm
2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 55
The One-Handed Top Palm
2014 Classic Fantastic 223
Vanni Bossi One-Handed Top Palm Handling with table-top safety
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 3
Roberto Giobbi The One-handed Palm tips on management
 		2016 Standup Card Magic 77
Harry Lorayne Palm From Double palming second card the instant the top card is removed
Inspired by 2018 And Finally! 153
Will Fern The Full Cut Palm cutting cover for one-hand top palm
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 1184