Purse Sleights

62 entries in Coin / Sleights / Purse Sleights
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Eddie Joseph The Purse Swindle purse sold with two coins which turn out to be different coins later, detailed
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
109
Scotty York Purse Switch seated
Variations
 1975
Lecture
14
Harvey Rosenthal* Purse Swindle coin in hand transposes with coin in purse
  • Compounding The Swindle
Variations
 1976
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #3)
902
John Carney Coins Across to Purse three coins to purse one at a time
Variations
 1976
Enigma
15
Mike Caveney Purse Switch
1981
Magicomedy
16
Tom Gagnon Optional Display Technique
1981
Sleightly Original
38
Stephen Tucker The Midas Purse coin travels in purse, under mat and under purse, then it changes into other coins and several more coins appear on purse which eventually vanish again
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
24
Del Copley Loading Two Coins Into a Purse without Talking
Apr. 1984
Precursor (Issue 4)
10
David Roth False Putting into Purse apparently coins are put into purse
 		1985
Expert Coin Magic
275
Richard Bartram, Jr. Alternate Handling apparently coin is put in purse, with Himber Vanish
 		1985
Close-Up of the Damned
7
Eric DeCamps Purse Steal and Shuttle Pass
1986
The Coin Connection
13
David Roth False Putting into Purse
Related to
 1989
Williamson's Wonders
35
Gary Kurtz* Relentless
  • 1.) Four Silver Dollars from the Purse Frame
  • 2.) The Penny
  • 3.) Returning the Penny to the Purse Frame
  • 4.) Double Transposition in Spectator's Hand
  • 5.) Returning the Penny to the Purse Frame (Again)
  • 6.) Interlude
  • 7.) Coins Through the Table
  • 8.) The Bag on the Purse and Four More Coins
  • 9.) The Penny Returns
  • 10.) The Classic Hang Ping Chien Coins Across
  • 11.) The Finale: Returning to the Beginning
 		1990
Coin Magic
1
Al Schneider, Michael Rubinstein Drop Vanish as a change on a purse
 		1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 32)
571
Gary Ouellet Slydini Switch Variation switching purses
 		1990
Close Up Illusions
272
Shigeo Takagi Purse Steal coin apparently placed in purse
 		1990
The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi
32
Gary Kurtz* Relentless - Part One
  • 1. Introducing the Purse Frame
  • 2. Producing the First Two Dollars
  • 3. Producing the Second Two Dollars
  • 4. Producing the Penny
  • 5. Replacing the Penny into the Purse Frame
  • 6. The Double Transposition
  • 7. Replacing the Penny in the Purse Frame (Again)
Related to
 1991
Relentless
2
The Open Position open palm display of purse frame with coins fingerpalmed
 		1991
Relentless
4
Gary Kurtz* Relentless - Part Three
  • 9. The Bag Appears on the Purse
  • 10. Four More Coins
  • 11. The Penny Returns
  • 12. The Penny Vanishes
  • 13. The Penny is Found
  • 14. The Purse Disappears and Reappears
 		1991
Relentless
20
David Harkey Inside-Out Purse Load
1991
Simply Harkey
241
David Harkey Cave-Dweller Principle purse as utility hold-out
Related to
  • Linking Ring, Nov. 1988
 1991
Simply Harkey
242
Gary Kurtz* Relentless - Part One
  • Arriving at the Table
  • 1. Introducing the Purse Frame
  • 2. Producing the First Two Dollars
  • 3. Producing the Second Two Dollars
  • 4. Producing the Penny
  • 5. Replacing the Penny into the Purse Frame
  • 6. The Double Transposition
  • 7. Replacing the Penny in the Purse Frame (Again)
 		1995 ca.
Relentless (revised edition)
2
Gary Kurtz* The Open Position open palm display of purse frame with coins fingerpalmed
 		1995 ca.
Relentless (revised edition)
4
Gary Kurtz* Relentless - Part Three
  • 9. The Bag Appears on the Purse
  • 10. Four More Coins
  • 11. The Penny Returns
  • 12. The Penny Vanishes
  • 13. The Penny is Found
  • 14. The Purse Disappears and Reappears
 		1995 ca.
Relentless (revised edition)
17
Fake Purse Dump
1996
Lou Gallo: The Underground Man
29
Jim Steinmeyer Coin Switch with Purse as coin(s) are placed in purse
 		Oct. 1997
MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 2)
83
Purse Gambit coin hidden under purse, remains hidden as purse is tossed from hand to hand
 		1999
High Impact Coin Magic
7
James Lewis Utility Purse Switch
Also published here
  • "Million Dollar Mysteries - The Magic of James Lewis", 1992 video
 Feb. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 1)
27
Flick under Purse
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
35
Yoshihiko Mutobe Purse Lapping coin apparently picked up from hand-held purse
Also published here
 Feb. 2006
MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 6)
80
Fake Purse Insertion coins apparently put in purse
Related to
 June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
31
Michael Feldman Hold-Back in Purse friction toss from purse
Also published here
 Apr. 2009
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 8)
68
Alexander de Cova Der Purse Switch switching purse as it is closed
Also published here
 Oct. 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 11)
18
Alexander de Cova Purse Switch switching purse as it is closed
Also published here
 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
218
Alexander de Cova Purse Frame Handlings moves with the purse frame, intro
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 5
93
Alexander de Cova Die Ramsay Subtlety purse frame display and coin production
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 5
93
Geoffrey Latta Great Purse Game Steal
Inspired by
 2017
The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins
210
Fake Coins into Purse Insertion
2018
Institutes of A Coin Magic Fan
31
Fake purse insertion coin loaded behind purse as coins are placed inside
 		2018
Pure Imagination
35
Purse extraction folded bill is secretly extracted from purse immediately after openly placing it inside
 		2018
Pure Imagination
103
Purse dump addition coin from outside purse is dumped together with coins inside purse creating illusion they were all inside
 		2018
Pure Imagination
176
Michael Rubinstein Rubinstein Rattle Purse gaffed purse
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
87
Michael Rubinstein Roll-Down Retention Pass Variation fan of coins apparently placed into purse
Inspired by
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
88
Michael Rubinstein Purse Coin Dump palmed coins apparently dumped from purse
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
90
Michael Rubinstein Pseudo Purse Load
2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
112
Michael Rubinstein Purse Count apparently removing four coins from purse, actually only two
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
319
Michael Rubinstein Purse Maneuver hiding coins under purse while handling the purse
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
327
Mike Gallo Purse Frame Production
2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
427
Tim Feher Purse Frame Drop production from frame
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
429
Joe Rindfleisch Retention of Vision Vanish here into purse frame
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
429
Nabil Murday Murday Move vanish into purse frame
Inspired by
  • Cultural Xchange, DVD
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
430
Tim Feher Pinched Rotation Move vanish into purse frame
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
431
David Roth Purse Grip holding a purse while palming coins
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
456
Friction Pass from Purse
Feb. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)
67
Bill Citino Purse Dump Steal coins dumped out of purse, one held back inside
 		May 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)
197
Yoshihiko Mutobe Purse Lapping coin apparently picked up from hand-held purse
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
474
Michael Feldman Hold-Back in Purse friction toss from purse
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
847
Under Purse Switch purse handed over from hand to hand
 		June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
838
Purse Swindle Move not all coins inserted in purse
 		June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
839
Tim Conover Purse Switch seated
 		2025
Conover — Volume 1: The Magic of Tim Conover
112
Fred Kaps Purse Switch seated, alternative
Inspired by
 2025
Conover — Volume 1: The Magic of Tim Conover
113
Justin Higham* Black-Art Purse Holdout ungaffed purse used as two-way purse
 		Apr. 2026
The Sleightist (Issue 4)
6