Thumb & Finger Tip

1,001 entries in Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
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A Hat with a Hole in it
  • The Finger through the Hat
  • The Cork through the Hat
  • The Coin through the Hat
  • The Cigar through the Hat
 		1890
More Magic
306
Prof. Carlo Arminio Das Färben von Glaskugeln color changing glass spheres/balls, chemical, finger tips with holes in the tip
 		Aug. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12)
184
Buatier de Kolta Die Wanderung der Tücher six different-colored silks vanish, first two, then three, then last one
 		Dec. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 12)
183
Joseph Michael Hartz The False Thumb
1903
Later Magic
214
Al Baker Living and Dead Test
Related to 1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
471
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Mysteriöse Reparatur. No. 14, torn and restored paper ribbon, two methods
  • I. Amerikanische Methode
  • II. Chinesische Methode
 		1926
Magische Miniaturen
47
Lu Brent Your Tips Thumb tip / glove tip
 		1932
Novel Magic
32
T. Page Wright Pellet switch thumb tip, envelope
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
9
Theodore Annemann Two Papers and a Spectator two billets with information, one is duplicated and one divined
Also published here Oct. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 1)
3
Theodore Annemann Thumb Tip Billet Switch
Oct. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 1)
3
E. Leslie May A Handkerchief is Selected silks are put in unprepared bag and mixed, performer takes one out, force
 		1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
8
Stuart Robson The Twentieth Century Newspaper Test
Related toAlso published here Jan. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 4)
16
Theodore Annemann A Question and the Answer with billet switch using Thumb Tip
VariationsAlso published here Feb. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 5)
20
Theodore Annemann Thumb Tip Billet Switch
Feb. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 5)
20
E. D. Wolff Transient Money bill into nest of envelopes, thumb tip
 		May 1935
The Jinx (Issue 8)
32
Theodore Annemann Annemann's Diablo Pellet Reading one question written on billet is burnt and later answered by performer
 		1935
Mental Bargain Effects
1
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant A Comedy Handkerchief Routine sucker routine, finger tip
 		1935
They're Off
13
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant Why Didn't I think Of This Before? cream/milk poured into rolled up paper, then back
 		1935
They're Off
33
Lu Brent The Classical Cigarette tobacco and cigarette paper penetrate handkerchief and transform into cigarette, thumb tip
 		1936
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36)
84
Franklin M. Chapman A Tip card balanced upright on back of hand, thumb tip
 		1936
Another Six Bits
7
Theodore Annemann Serial Number Divination number is divined by medium, in random order
Related to 1937
"En Rapport"
10
Theodore Annemann Word, Number and Picture Divination medium divines word, number and duplicates a drawing
Related to 1937
"En Rapport"
13
Billy O'Connor The Bill in the Envelope burned bill reappears in empty envelope, number checked
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
29
Fred Rothenberg Torn and Restored Paper Strip Gimmick
1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
83
Dr. Edward G. Ervin "Rolling" a Cigarette loose tobacco and paper change into cigarette
 		1937
The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin
15
Dr. Edward G. Ervin New Version Want Ad Test ads cut out of newspaper and put in envelope, one chosen, content divined
 		1937
The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin
28
c. With a Thumb Tip with envelope
 		1937
Money Magic
13
Novel Drinking Cup borrowed bill rolled up, liquid poured into tube and out again
 		1937
Money Magic
19
The Card Case and Finger Tip case with slit, finger tip with needle
Related to 1938
Greater Magic
405
Another Vanish of a Lighted Cigarette thumb tip
 		1938
Greater Magic
742
Franklin M. Chapman Tap-Tap marble vanishes from handkerchief
 		July 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 1)
3
Franklin M. Chapman Purse Mys'Try handkerchief with signature vanishes and appears in purse
 		July 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 1)
3
William Larsen Boutonniere four packets of garden seeds, one is selected and some seeds poured in hand, they vanish and written on the palm is the name of the flower, as a climax the flower appears
 		Aug. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 2)
2
Franklin M. Chapman Flash Color-Change Silk
Aug. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 2)
2
Franklin M. Chapman Fan It! snowstorm first with red then wit white paper, wet paper and fan
 		Sep. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 3)
4
T. Page Wright Bull's Eye! three of six "BB" shot bullets travel from spectator's hand into performer's
 		Oct. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 4)
3
Franklin M. Chapman Disintegrosphere bottle with small steel ball in it vanishes from under handkerchief, rattle of ball can be heard until last moment
 		Nov. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 5)
1
Franklin M. Chapman Selectosilko one of three handkerchiefs travels into one of three envelopes
 		Dec. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 6)
2
Franklin M. Chapman Puff ribbon is produced from rolled up paper tube
 		Jan. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 7)
2
William Larsen For Magi Only! vanish of matches
 		Jan. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 7)
3
Franklin M. Chapman It's a Date date of borrowed dime appears on disk
 		Mar. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 9)
2
R. D. Spraker, Jr. Bamboo monte with three bamboo tubes and a silk, at the end las tube is filled with liquid
 		Mar. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 9)
4
Franklin M. Chapman When Your Number turns Up name of deceased person appears on piece of paper, initialed by spectator and sealed in envelope
 		Apr. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 10)
2
Howard Warringer The Bashful Bartender empty glass is produced under silk, then covered again and found to be filled with liquid
 		Sep. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 3)
3
Franklin M. Chapman The Makin's paper and tobacco in handkerchief change into cigarette
 		Sep. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 3)
4
Al Cerwin A Tip for Your Tip tips on coloring a thumb tip
 		Nov. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 5)
4
Harry C. Bjorklund Big-Cig Jumbo Cigarette Production lighted cigarette vanishes, giant cigarette appears and doubles
 		1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
76
Rolling a Cigarette with One Hand
1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
81
The Torn and Restored Card double facer, thumb tip
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
359
Theodore Annemann The Invisible Pull thumb tip at pull, applied to paper restoration, silk/cigarette vanish
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 86)
546
Joseph Ovette, Louis Lam A Tip on Slow Motion Card Vanish thin card stuffed in thumb tip, with other method by Louis Lam for thumb nail method
 		1940
Fast Ones
11
Samuel Berland, Bob Hummer Card and Ribbon ribbon with gummed sticker in pocket, selection vanishes from deck and is found attached on ribbon
Also published here 1940
Half-A-Dozen Hummers
9
The Thumb Tip description and general information, chapter with applications following
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
117
Mystery of the Burning Cigarette cigarette vanish in handkerchief, thumb tip
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
118
The Asbestos Palm cigarette vanish in hand, thumb tip
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
121
Burning a Borrowed Handkerchief center of handkerchief is bruned and restored, thumb tip
Also published here 1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
122
The Enchanted Paper strip of paper vanishes in hand, reappears in handkerchief, thumb tip
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
125
A Comedy Interlude apparent production, thumb tip
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
128
The Passe-Passe Salt thumb tip
Related to 1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
129
Hindu Paper Tearing using thumb tip, two methods
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
312
Hervel Disparaition d'une carte déchirée dans un sac en papier vanish of pieces of torn card in paper bag, thumb tip with hook
 		Aug. 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 8)
8
Harry Bertall Papier déchiré et raccommodé
Mar. 1941
La Baguette Magique (Issue 3)
4
Charles-Emile "Prof. Rex" Sauty Faux-pouce et Faux-doigt how to change color of thumb tips etc.
 		Apr. 1941
La Baguette Magique (Issue 4)
4
Al Baker The Erectile Dollar Bill lengthwise folded bill moves to stand upright, thread attached to thumb tip
VariationsAlso published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
50
Al Baker Welded Flash Paper
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
126
Al Baker The Quick and the Dead "With the Baker Pellet Switch"
living and dead test with reading of dead name, finger tip
Related toAlso published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
132
Joseph Ovette Ovette's Supreme String Mystery cut and restored string
 		1941 ca.
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
105
Milbourne Christopher Christopher's Cigarette to Rope
  • Version 1
  • Version 2
  • Version 3
Related to 1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
349
Tom Sellers The Rising Cards fake thumb and houlette
 		1942
That's Good!
7
Wilbur T. Kattner Tricklet stamps are produced from a rolled up bill
 		Oct. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 21)
89
Gaglets thumb tip, silk is not glued but attached with wax so it can be used for other things as well
 		Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 25)
105
Franklin M. Chapman Bare Hand Silk Vanish with extra corner in finger tip that simulates large silk, Elusive Handkerchief handling
 		1942
Fountain of Silks
5
Joseph Dunninger Sealed Mystery sealed message reading system, razor thumb tip
Related to Apr. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 32)
133
Bob Hanko Confetti Spaghetti confetti turns into a multicolored paper band
 		Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 48)
197
Ching Ling Foo Torn Paper Classic torn and restored paper strip
 		June 1943
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
3
Alfred "Agys" Gysler Versüsse Dein Leben production of sugar, empty hands, followed by french translation "Agrémente ta vie de douceurs!"
 		1943
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 5 No. 3)
5
William S. Houghton Getting Rid of the Thumb Tip cigarette vanishes in handkerchief, four methods
Inspired by
  • "A Simple Coin Vanish" (Frank Lane, Ideas No. 2)
 1943
The Magic 36
10
William S. Houghton Finger Tip Silk Vanish big silk, matching corner in finger tip
 		1943
The Magic 36
40
Edw. C. Jochens A Tip on a Tip using a throat atomizer to spray gimmick
 		1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
5
Tom Fitzgerald Bromo Seltzer to the Resuce impromptu thumb tip for vanishing liquid and making salt travel
 		Aug. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 67)
273
Theodore Annemann A Question and the Answer with billet switch using Thumb Tip
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
17
Theodore Annemann Two Papers and a Spectator two billets with information, one is duplicated and one divined
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
52
Stuart Robson The 20th Century Newspaper Test
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
80
L. Vosburgh Lyons Taps ball between slates starts rapping
 		1944
Practical Mental Effects
119
Robert A. Nelson Wrinkles and Subtle Touches
  • named card in pocket
  • do as i do, with mindreading presentation
  • making envelopes see through
 		1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
60
Ronald B. Edwards Surprise! bill (stage money) to silver coin
 		Sep. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 91)
369
R. N. Lee Lit-Switch switch of cigarette with a lighter
 		Jan. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 98)
398
Frederick Braue Thumb TIps wearing thumb tip on second finger, getting rid of it
 		Mar. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 10)
202
Dr. William Weyeneth Fabrication d'une cigarette dans la main paper and tabac transform into cigarette in fist, using pen, followed by german translation "Fabrikation einer Zigarette, frei in der Hand"
 		Jan. 1946
La Baguette Magique (Issue 7)
4
Mike Bornstein Zombino as Kolma, floating ball, thumb tip with wire and ball
Related to Jan. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 117)
469
Louis Tannen, Mac McDonald Just a Thumb Tip how McDonald performed the vanishing cigarette with one arm and handling tips for the thumb tip
 		Aug. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 132)
530
Bruce Elliott Dice Tip sort of two in the hand one in the pocket routine, with small dice
 		Aug. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 132)
531
Billy McComb William's Invisible Pipe smoking thumb
 		1947
The First Book of William
30
Billy McComb William Passes On Some Tips on thumb tips, on using milk, on the appearing cane, how to remove paint
 		1947
The First Book of William
36
James F. Herpick Finger Tip Tip as Jimmy Herpeck, metal thumb tip inside rubber thumb tip
 		July 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 2)
332
Frederick Braue On the Vanishing Cigarette tips, with thumb tip
 		Dec. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)
377
Dr. William Weyeneth Amélioration d'un vieux truc two methods to apply alcohol on envelope to glimpse card, followed by german translation "Verbesserung eines alten Trick"
 		Dec. 1947
La Baguette Magique (Issue 18)
7
The Thumb Tip two methods to switch a billet with a thumb tip
 		1947
Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading
15
The Envelope and Tip switching billet using envelope and thumb tip
 		1947
Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading
16
George G. Kaplan The Cigarette Vanish in Handkerchief seated at table, lapping thumb tip
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
267
George Braund Swallowing Razor Blades
Sep. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 159)
641
James F. Herpick Rubber Thumb Idea liquid poured inside bill, tip
 		Feb. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 9)
392
Phil Thomas Coin Switch coin switch, using thumb tip
 		Feb. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 9)
392
Joseph L. Barnett Fire Proof burning match held under hand without harm, cigarette in fist vanishes, hands are immune from injury presentation
 		Apr. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 11)
407
Francis J. Rigney The Thimble Vanish using thumb tip
  • The Vanish
  • The Recovery
Variations May 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 12)
425
Robert Novak Thimble Vanish using thumb tip
Inspired by Aug. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 3)
453
Don Greenwood Bill and Nest of Envelopes signed bill vanishes from purse and appears in nest of envelopes
 		Aug. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 3)
455
Abril Lamarque, Leon Maguire Tips on Tricks
  • Confetti Egg (Lamarque)
  • Thumb Tips (Maguire)
 		Aug. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 3)
455
Orville Brasher Comedy Bit with the Wrist Chopper cut finger
 		1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
8
Jack Yeager "Flash" Cigarette in Handkerchief flash paper in thumb tip
 		1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
16
Sidney Mayer Dollar Bill Stunt water poured in bill tube turns green
 		1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
35
G. Klingman Floating Golf Ball
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
37
Karrell Fox Tip
Jan. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 168)
674
Dr. Jacob Daley The Salt Trick - The Perfected Method salt vanishes and appears again, using salt shaker and saucer
 		May 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)
537
Stanley Collins Thumb Tip Quickie catching thumb gag
Also published here
  • A Conjuring Melange (Stanley Collins)
 1949
Over the Coffee Cups
33
Dr. William Weyeneth Das tanzende Skelett prediction of names words in glove hanging from ceiling, with appearing skeleton
 		1949
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 2)
13
Maurice Kump The Hommade Magician
  • Hair (for thread work)
  • Thumbtips
  • Slates
  • Carbon
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
1
Don Alan A Card Stunt name of selection is stamped on back of spectator's hand
Related to 1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
31
Jack Yeager Obedient Cigarette burning cigarette is balanced on thumb, then cigarette vanishes in handkerchief, thumb tip with pin
Also published here
  • Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"
 1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
5
Bill Nord Cigarette and Handkerchief (38)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette vanish in handkerchief, impromptu thumb tip
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Lewis Ganson, Percy Abbott Egg Bag, Bag Egg egg bag routine, with egg on fan
Also published here 1952
Routined Manipulation — Part Two
86
Oscar "Oscarelli" Rey 1x Aesthetisch three spongeballs and a thread are placed inside fist, balls end up threaded on string
 		1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 2)
102
Oscar "Oscarelli" Rey Kristallzucker wird zu Würfelzucker sugar to sugar cube
 		1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 3)
118
Alton Sharpe Two Ribbon Cut using thumb tip and loops
 		1954
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
101
Dr. William Weyeneth Neue Kombination mit einem Musty Daumen paper ribbon changes to confetti in closed fist
 		1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 6)
251
Peter Burto, Lewis Ganson Burnt and Restored Paper Strip burned and restored paper strip
Also published here 1954
Routined Manipulation Finale
172
Dr. William Weyeneth Neues Simsalabim mit einer Daumenspitze bill appears in Christmas Cracker
 		1955
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 6)
385
Allessandro Allessandro's Cigarette Routine continuous production, vanish in handkerchief and production of cigarette, using matchbox
 		1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
16
Bill Nord Purse handkerchief appears in invisible purse / purse frame
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
9
Al Baker Short Piece in Thumb Tip
1956
Rope Eternal
35
Thumb Tip Exchange
1956
Rope Eternal
45
Joseph M. White Thumbs Up Liquid Dye three glasses with water are covered with three different colored silks, then color of liquid changes to math silks
 		1957
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957)
26
Sam "Cordé" Cohn Cut & Restored Ribbon Up-to-Date part of "Dress Up Your Oldies"
 		1957
26 Originals
12
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein alter Trick im neuen Sonntagskleid string with ring on it is cut and restored, ring back on string
 		1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 2)
490
Tony Corinda Different Types of Writers A. Described as "The Swami Gimmick"
B. Described as "C" Type
C. Described as The Band Writer
D. Described as the Overnail Writer
E. Described as an "Adhesive Writer" (Eric Mason's Boon)
F. Described as The Thumbtip Nailwriter
Related to 1958
The Swami Gimmick
4
Eddie Joseph Remaking a Cigarette cigarette is broken and restored in handkerchief, hold-out in hem of handkerchief
Also published here 1959
Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar
3
Gumidaumen-Tip water vanishes in rolled bill
 		1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 5)
858
Val Andrews Smoking Empty Pipes smoking empty clay pipes, three methods
 		1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
9
Val Andrews Climax for Cigarette Thru Handkerchief appears back in mouth
 		1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
14
Amazing James Randi Large Discovery Dept on Egypts and thumb tip "discovery" in the Louvre in Paris
 		May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
18
Charlie Miller Fish Catching bare handed
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
72
Dr. William Weyeneth Die verhexte Daumenspitze method that paper does not stuck in thumb tip
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 1)
21
Dr. William Weyeneth Unerhörter Gedanken-Gleichschaltungstrick spectators chose same card, message on thumb tip to stooge people
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 3)
52
Dr. William Weyeneth Magische Feinkost torn and restored cigarette, using a pen
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 5)
112
Bill Simon "Never-Fail" Thumbtip thumb tip snaps back onto thumb, sight gag for magicians
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
21
Bill Elliott Thumb through Handkerchief gag sequence, thumb half-way through silk
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
23
J. B. Bobo, Herman Yearger Ethereal Silk vanish and production of silk, finally produced from rolled up paper
 		Jan. 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 1 No. 9)
40
Oscar "Oscarelli" Rey Daumenspitze various brief ideas using a thumb tip
  • Eine Zigarettenverwandlung
  • Inflation - Deflation
  • Der wasserdichte Geldschein
  • Verbrannter Geldschein
  • Der Geldschein als Likörglas
  • Geldscheintrick
  • Würfelzucker-Fabrikation
  • Tuchwanderung
  • Geld und Seidenband
  • Die Geldverlosung
  • Die verschwundene Karte
  • Die verschwundene Zigarette
  • Gelöste Knoten
  • Geldschein im Ei
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 1)
9
Oscar "Oscarelli" Rey Daumenspitzen (Fortsetzung) various brief ideas using a thumb tip
  • Für Menthalisten
  • Erstaunliche Prophezeiung
  • Der Geldschein im Schnapsglas
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 2)
21
Dr. William Weyeneth Schuhbändel Improvisation cut and restored shoelaces
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 4)
56
Tony Slydini Thumb-Tipping vanishing anything in a handkerchief, featuring pointing thumb towards audience, written by Cliff Green
  • Slydini "Touches"
Related to 1966
Slydini Encores
149
Pat Sprake The Phoenix Pound dollar note is put in one of four envelopes and all are shuffled, three of them are burnt, in the last one is the bill
 		1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
111
Ned Rutledge Thumb-Thing to Write With thumb tip writer, handling and construction
 		1967
Between Two Minds
42
Martin Gardner Lippenstift Magie using cap of a lipstick as thumb tip etc.
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 11, Nr. 12, 1954.
 1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 1)
9
Paul Maurer Wo bleibt die Daumenspitze? ditching thumb tip in breast pocket while showing silk on both sides
 		1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 4)
56
Marconick Spinning Cards the Easy Way thumb tip
 		1967
Original Magic
22
Marconick A Ribbon Mystery ribbon around thumb is fixed with rubber band and covered with small leather cone, then travels to glass in paper bag
Also published here 1968
Magic Nr. 2
16
Eddie Joseph Traversing Ring and Note bill wrapped in handkerchief, finger ring in another handkerchief which is put in paper bag which is impaled on skewer, then ring is found impaled on skewer and bill in other handkerchief
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
184
Eddie Joseph Hold My Wrist silk production while spectator holds wrists of performer, with coins as part of handling
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
193
Eddie Joseph The Hindu Yarn Trick with thumb tip
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
208
Eddie Joseph Sleek Burnt & Restored Hanky
1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
252
Marconick Close-Up With a Borrowed Handkerchief cut and restored borrowed handkerchief, two methods
Also published here 1969
Original Magic 3
13
Marconick Silk Production in Knot of rope
 		1969
Original Magic 3
15
Alan Shaxon The Banknote in Walnut bill in walnut in egg in lemon, serial number divination to start
Inspired by 1970
My Kind of Magic
37
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther The Diabolo Bill! signed bill is burnt and appears in sealed tube
 		1971
Magick (Issue 31)
151
C. "Cajano" Baumgartner Der geheimnisvolle Knoten three silks with different colors are placed inside fist, one vanishes and other two are knotted together, magnets
 		1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 3)
41
Steve Spillman Challenge Vanish! in thumb tip
Related toAlso published here 1972
Magick (Issue 43)
212
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Saltrix Thumb Tip Method No. 292, "My cut out method"
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
74
Use Thumbtip For Standing Card On Hand No. 452, card balanced on back of hand with thumb tip
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
128
Al Baker Al Baker's Moist Paper Thumb Tip Method No. 625, wet tissue paper is dried in hand, no details
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
174
Al Baker Al Baker's Thumb Tip With Wire For Saltrlx No. 626, note without content
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
174
Al Baker Al Baker's Finger Tip Dead Name Test No. 637, billets put in envelope, some actually in finger tip
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
177
II. Match Vanish thumb tip handling
 		1973
Close-up Cavalcade
52
Paul Maurer Der Hexenmeister und sein entliehenes Taschentuch center of handkerchief is bruned and restored, thumb tip
Also published here 1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 5)
87
Steve Spillman Challenge Vanish in thumb tip
Also published here 1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
46
Steve Spillman Challenge Vanish Revised
1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
47
Steve Spillman Challenge Penetration sponge ball penetrates handkerchief
 		1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
48
Steve Spillman Methods of Reproducing the Sponge two methods to produce a sponge ball from thumb tip
  • Method One
  • Method Two
 		1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
49
Steve Spillman Smoker's Swindle matches vanish and appear in empty cigarette box
Also published here 1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
78
Karl Fulves Klip Notes notes, techniques, ideas with paper clips and cards
  • Add-On Technique
  • Flap Card Technique
  • Paper Clip Problems (4)
 		1974
Close-Up Mental Magic
32
Karl Fulves Voodoo bowl with folded billets, on each billet is a country, spectator and performer take the same, interesting presentation
 		1974
Close-Up Mental Magic
46
Amedeo Vacca Red Ashes tissue strip produced, burnt & restored
 		1974
Amedeo's Continental Magic
19
Tenkai Ishida Cigarette and Handkerchief Routine lit cigarette vanishes from handkerchief and appears inside pocket
Also published here
  • "The Bat" February, 1946.
 1974
The Magic of Tenkai
70
Gerald Kosky Recollections on Tenkai producing his own finger tips, fake cigarettes etc., sand bucket for miser's dream
 		1974
The Magic of Tenkai
142
Steve Spillman Selecting A Thumb Tip general comments
 		1974
Imagine Magic
13
Steve Spillman Thumb Tip Technique
1974
Imagine Magic
15
Steve Spillman Vanishing Cigarette cigarette vanishes in table napkin
 		1974
Imagine Magic
17
Eddie Fechter Goblin Tube coin changes into water, with Goblin Tube, gag
Also published here 1974
Magician Nitely
15
Salt and Matches salt in hand transposes with matches in matchbox
 		1975
Another Close-up Cavalcade
102
T. Nelson Downs The Torn and Restored Paper Strip thumb tip with slit
Related to 1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
171
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg, Charlie Miller Fu Manchu's Time Capsule prediction in tube, humidor, thumb tip switch
 		1975
Magick (Issue 128)
639
Fred Lowe Der Sohn des Morgens two matches vanish one by one
VariationsAlso published here
  • New Pentagram
 Feb. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 3)
57
Lawrence Nudelman Changing a Large Bill ($100, $20, or $10) borrowed dollar bill is torn in half, each half changes into full with with half the original value
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes
1
Lawrence Nudelman Vanishing a Dollar Bill bill folded up vanishes
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes — Volume 3
3
Lawrence Nudelman Tearing and Restoring a Bill borrowed bill torn, folded in a packet, it is restored when unfolded
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes — Volume 5
3
Lawrence Nudelman Producing $185 From a $1 Bill dollar bill rolled up and increasingly larger bills are taken out of it
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes — Volume 7
2
Lawrence Nudelman Changing a Quarter the Easy Way quarter changed into two nickels and a dime under handkerchief, wrist watch hold out
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes — Volume 7
8
Mike Tannen Tannen's "In" Move thumb tip
Related to 1976
The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic
86
Frank Garcia The "Slick" Routine two in hand, one in pocket
 		1976
The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic
118
Frank Garcia Hanky Panky with handkerchief
 		1976
The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic
147
Mitchell Dyszel Silks To Go "Thumb Trix"
two silks vanish in fist, with wand
 		1976
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #4)
917
Mitchell Dyszel The Stretching Silk "Thumb Trix"
 		1976
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #4)
917
Jack Bridwell Sealed billet switch in transparent vial, combined with tarot reading
 		1976
Magick (Issue 147)
732
Patrick Page The Thumb Tip general remarks
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
169
Patrick Page The Vanishing Cigarette
1976
The Big Book of Magic
170
Patrick Page The Vanishing Match
Also published here 1976
The Big Book of Magic
171
Patrick Page The Handkerchief Penetration small handkerchief penetrates bigger one
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
172
Patrick Page The Burnt Handkerchief
1976
The Big Book of Magic
172
Thumb Tip
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
173
Thumb Tip Vanish
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
176
Salt Routine salt vanishes from hand, reappears in pen
 		1977
Close-up Cavalcade Finale
5
Mike Kozlowski The Hundred Dollar Bill Switch
  • The Effect and the Challenge
  • Possibilities
  • The How and the Why
  • Getting Ready
  • Mechanically Speaking
  • Both Sides Now
  • Presentation and...
Also published here 1977
The Hundred Dollar Bill Switch
3
Robert Cassidy A 35mm Triple Test die, ESP card and bill are placed into three film cans, number, symbol and serial number are divined
 		1977
Pseudo-Mentally Yours
11
Joachim "Marnac" Wolf Der Daumen torn and restored paper strip
 		1977
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 38 No. 4)
103
Jochen Zmeck Karte-Tuch-Geldschein card torn up and put in silk, another silk vanishes, deck put in case, deck vanishes and silk and restored card are found in case, in silk is bill instead of pieces of torn card
Variations 1977
Sechs mal Drei plus Eins
14
Larry Becker The 35 Millimiracle blank paper in film container transforms into a bill
Variations 1978
World of Super Mentalism
84
Larry Becker Mental Case prediction in coin purse
 		1978
World of Super Mentalism
97
Larry Becker Mental Case Bonus with coin purses
 		1978
World of Super Mentalism
103
Dr. Jacob Daley Der Salz Trick - Die Perfekte Methode with specially prepared thumb tip that can be kind of purse palmed
 		July 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
69
Vanishing Salt Trick
  • A Good Idea to Try (wax-covered hole in thumb tip)
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
216
Al Mann Joanna Southcott's Box different box design, for headline prediction, Arca system
 		1978
Arca — The Magic Box
14
Richard Cawolsky Loading loading items inside a balloon with the fantasia preparation
  • Four Factors Related to Loading
  • Inside Line Loading
  • Table Loading
  • Thumb Tip Loading
  • Unloading
  • Real Inside Loading
    • Nozzle End Loading
    • Far End Loading
    • Balloon Fantasia Loading
  • Loading Loose Objects
 		1978
Balloon Fantasia
53
Gaëtan Bloom Hank to Egg Exposed without fake egg
Also published here July 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 7)
700
Eric Mason Pop pop sound with thumb tip
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 12)
772
Karl Fulves No Box thumb tip rattle gimmick, routine with cigarette box
Related to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1243
David Hoy, Tom Craven Psi-Handkerchief five different colored handkerchiefs in five glasses, prediction of one color
 		1979
Magick (Issue 226)
1129
Karrell Fox A Couple of "Thumb"-Tips - Short & Sweet lose sugar changes to sugar cube
 		1979
Another Book
47
Karrell Fox A Matter of Taste sugar put in hands of different people, some taste sugar and some salt
 		1979
Another Book
48
Karrell Fox A "Chanin-ized" Silk Vanish corner in thumb tip
 		1979
Another Book
181
Karrell Fox The Gift of the Magi invisible deck and table, spectator names a card, it is the only jumbo card in the pocket
Variations 1979
Another Book
279
Rudolf Braunmüller Die Daumenspitze longer article on the thumb tip
  • 1. Daumenspitze
    • a. Die Technik der Daumenspitze
    • b. Aufbewahrungsorte (Hosenbein-Tasche, Jackennaht-Tasche)
  • 2. Kunststücke und Effekt mit der Daumenspitze
    • a. Produktionseffekte und Verschwindeeffekte
    • b. Restaurationseffekte
    • c. Transpositionseffekte
    • d. Verschiedene Effekte
    • e. Verwandlungseffekte
  • 3. Spezial-Daumenspitzen
  • 4. Anmerkung
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
60
Louis Tannen, Bruce Elliott Die verschwindende Zigarette Elliott: in spectators necktie
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
62
David B. Saunders Eine Drei-Tuch Routine three silks are produced and then vanish
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
64
Ein Tip zum Tuchverschwinden dummy corner in thumb tip
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
64
Al Baker Die verschwundenen Münzen coins vanish in purse
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
64
Les Gilbert Das Konfettiwunder paper strips change into confetti, confetti vanishes
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
65
Lu Brent Eine zweifache Wiederherstellung cut and restored ribbon with repeat
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
65
Dick Fitzgerald Das Papierbaumwunder paper strips torn and restored as small paper tree
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
66
Sam Leo Horowitz Das wandernde Band signed ribbon vanishes in one handkerchief and appears inside another
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
67
Ken De Courcy Das Chinesische Klammernspiel linking some paper clips
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
67
Die Daumenfesselung
Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
68
Stanley Collins Eine verrückte Story gag in which the thumb is removed an pocketed
Also published here
  • A Conjuring Melange (Stanley Collins)
 Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
68
U. F. Grant Ein Tip für Trickspiritisten spectators apparently hold on to both thumbs of the performer through a cloth
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
69
Peter A. McDonald Die Standhafte Karte card stands upright
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
69
Ravelle, Andree Ballquadratur sponge balls transform into larger sponge die
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
70
Clettis V. Musson Eine Tuchei-Variante
Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
70
Lu Brent Zigaretten-Metamorphose cigarette to silk
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
71
F. B. Mordecai Das Magische Zigarettendrehen tobacco and cigarette paper become cigarette
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
71
Eddie Clever Ein Eisbrecher-Trick paper napkin stretched over glass, then a silk produced from a hole
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
72
Theodore Annemann Verschiedene Spezialdaumenspitzen - 1. sponge in thumb tip with chemical that makes envelopes translucent
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
72
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