Shiner

130 entries in Cards / Principles / Shiner
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To Name Cards without Seeing them
1890 More Magic 30
Mit verbundenen Augen sämtliche Karten eines Spieles zu nennen No. 33, blindfolded, cards held to forehead are named
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 39
Die magische Sehkraft cards given to blindfolded performer are named by him
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 36
Die magische Sehkraft performer blindfolded, spectators hand him cards which he holds to his forehead and divines, palmed mirror
 		May 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5) 73
Der Kartenseher face cards of deck named one after the other, finger ring as shiner
 		Oct. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10) 147
Second Method cards named without seeing them
 		1909 The Art of Magic 165
Louis Nikola To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom or From The Top Deck shuffled halfway through
 		1927 The Nikola Card System 39
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine mysteriöse Bildübertragung cards held on forehead are divined
 		1927 Leichte Zauberei 104
L.E. Duncanson With Sight Unseen divining cards behind back, small mirror between legs
Also published here 1935 The Jinx (Issue 5) 18
The Mirror Principle
1935 Mental Magic with Cards 28
Theodore Annemann The Mirror Reflector peeking a drawing on a slate while covering it with a handkerchief
 		1935 Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine 20
Wm. Hewitt Coincidence spectator shuffles deck and cuts to a card, same card is removed by performer from another deck, card shiner
 		1935 Mental Bargain Effects 11
Coincidence Again card with mirror foil on the corner to glimpse spectator's selection
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 74
Reading Cards, Mirror Methods
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 364
Another Method
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 364
John Northern Hilliard Experiment in Mind Reading key and shiner
 		1938 Greater Magic 92
Jardine Ellis Reducing Mirror
1938 Greater Magic 93
Dr. Edward G. Ervin An Invisible Card Shiner painting lacquer nail polish on hand
Related to 1938 The Jinx (Issue 45) 309
Shiners tip
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 411
Charles Hopkins 48 - Secret reflectors.
1940 "Outs" Precautions and Challenges 66
Theodore Annemann Time to Shine new deck opened, shuffled, put back, performer knows cards in order, whole in case and shiner
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 123) 716
Dr. William Weyeneth Un truc a faire avec les myopes seeing reflection of card in spectator's glasses
 		July 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 7) 7
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Worth Knowing An Invisible Card Shiner, painting lacquer nail polish on hand
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 16
Milbourne Christopher, Bob Hummer Under Cover ideas with a matchbook, as an ambush for a list, for a shiner, to pick up daub, picking up a coin
Also published here 1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 53) 218
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Tommy Dowd, Audley Wals, rings as shiner, ethics, Paul Rosini, Max Holden, Stuart Robson
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 61) 251
L.E. Duncanson With Sight Unseen divining cards behind back, small mirror between legs
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 258
Jean Marc Bujard L'Ongle chrome metallic thumb nail as shiner
 		1945 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 7 No. 1&2) 19
King Stevenson Clipped x-ray eyes, seeing through cards and card on the face is divined
 		1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 101) 405
King Stevenson Cigarette Shiner paper clip in cigarette
 		1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 101) 405
R. M. Jamison Specks in Specs glasses of spectator as mirror, drawing on slate duplicated, or bottom card of deck known after spectator's shuffle
 		Jan. 1946 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 8) 185
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen / Leçons magiques brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation
  • "Mappen"-Karte
  • Nagelmarkierung
  • Markierung mit der Stecknadel
  • "Brücke" am Ende des Spieles
  • Ein Ersatz für die lange Karte
  • Staniol auf der Rückseite der Karte
  • Auffinden der Schlüsselkarte durch den Index
Related to 1946 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 2) 6
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen / Leçons magiques brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation
  • Reflektor
  • Sehen des Indexes an der gewählten Karte
  • Wo im Spiele befindet sich die Karte?
  • Abzählen von der untersten Karte
  • Die X-Strahlen Karte
  • Die berührte Karte
  • Auffinden einer Karte mit Hilfe von Wachs
  • Wie verfährt man, um mit dem Spiele zu rauschen?
  • Forcierung durch das "Rauschen"
  • Ein Forcierungs-Spiel
 		1947 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4) 2
Paul Rosini Reflection using spectator's glasses as impromptu shiner
 		1950 Magical Gems 22
Herb Runge C'Mon and Shine! idea and tips on the shiner
 		1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 238) 950
Herb Runge Effect #1 peeking a card
 		1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 238) 950
Herb Runge Effect #2 seeing with fingertips, name of cards
 		1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 238) 951
Herb Runge Effect #3
1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 238) 952
Herb Runge Effect #4 peeking a card
 		1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 238) 952
Der Künstler als Hellseher button as shiner
 		1952 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 5) 51
Audley Walsh Reflection manuscript on shiners
  • 1. The World Beater
  • 2.The Spy Glimmer
  • 3. The Little Slicker
  • 4. The Fade Away
  • 5. Big Way Shiner
  • 6. Holdout Glimmer
Related to 1955 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 325) 108
Tony Corinda (8) Reflectors and Shiners short routine, feeling cards with fingertips
 		1958 Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes 138
Dr. William Weyeneth Die mysteriöse Streichholzschachtel shiner in matchbox, picture duplication and card divination
 		1960 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 3) 940
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks Markierungstrick divination of year and name, both written down by performer and spectator on cards, with card stand, glimpse with mirror
Also published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 36
Edward Marlo Color Eliminator color reflects on back of other card or nail polish on fingertip
Related to 1962 Estimation 35
Nate Leipzig Knife Glimpse
1963 Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig 173
L. Vosburgh Lyons Triphecy II see also Phoenix p. 607 for Lyons' other method
Related to Mar. 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 5) 163
Dr. William Weyeneth Plusquamperfekt divination of cards from shuffled deck, seeing with fingertips type
 		1968 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3) 48
Eddie Fay Fay's Gambling Methods - Peek and Deal shiner/glimmer handling
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 19
Eddie Fay Making of a Shiner from mirror
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 21
Pavano Omega any card divined because of mirror foil on back of joker
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 28
Alton Sharpe Omega, Sr. any card divined because of small sticky mirror on back of card
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 30
Jack Posetary No Mirror reading colors of cards, whet thumbnail as shiner, see also p. 411
Related to Dec. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 2) 389
Tony Cole No Mirror thumbnail as impromptu shiner
 		Nov. 1972 Epilogue (Issue 16) 152
Steve Spillman Magic Mirror shiner on card case
 		1972 Magick (Issue 62) 308
Arthur Hill Numbers Up deck of number cards, design duplication on two cards, mirror in lap
 		Mar. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 5) 872
Edward Marlo Color Sense seeing with fingertips, red / black, shuffled deck in case, reflection on card case
Related to 1975 Magick (Issue 121) 602
Uriah Fuller 7. Duplicating drawings different methods
  • A. simple geometric shape force
  • B. Pencil reading
  • C. impromptu shiners
  • D. Psychological forcing
  • E. drawing duplicated in lap
  • F. drawing sealed in nest of envelopes
 		1975 Confessions of a Psychic 32
Barrie Richardson Think Hot - Think Cold
Also published here Dec. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4) 502
Paul Fox Reading the Cards performer knows cards despite being blindfolded
 		1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 139
Bascom Jones Mind Menta shuffled deck in case, cards are divined
 		1978 Magick (Issue 206) 1028
Larry Becker Super-Vision some card in box are divined by sense of touch, spectator stops at card which is predicted in envelope
 		1978 World of Super Mentalism 111
Karl Fulves Reflections saliva on thumbnail for impromptu shiner
Inspired byRelated to 1979 The Chronicles (Issue 16) 1220
El Duco Watch your Watch! spectator sets watch to a full hour and puts it in a paper bag, second spectator selects card with same number
 		1980 El Duco's Lecture Notes 15
Uriah Fuller 2. Duplicating Drawings further methods, including small mirror
 		1980 Further Confessions of a Psychic 29
Uriah Fuller 5. ESP Cards, Part I divining chosen cards: signals, reflective surfaces (eight examples), deck switch, marks, spectator divines card
 		1980 Further Confessions of a Psychic 41
Al Mann The Lance from Lacus Solis four cards are chosen and impaled on two office spikes, all cards are divined, different shiner variations
 		1982 Of Gifts and Talents 6
Al Mann The Iron Scuttle No. 1, steel bucket on head, deck is placed on it and performer takes and divines a card
 		1983 101 Psychic Tests 1
X-Ray Vision No. 87, shuffled deck is cut in four piles, performer names the four bottom cards
 		1983 101 Psychic Tests 24
Edward Marlo Best Punchless Deal - So Far mirror/shiner
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 18
Basil Horwitz Reflection with wallet
Also published here 1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 36) 698
Sandy Spillman Mr. Lucky divination of some Tarot cards, Major Arcana
 		Aug. 1984 Magick (Issue 337) 1682
Barrie Richardson Cosmic Mirror divination of chosen card
 		Jan. 1986 Magick (Issue 363) 1811
Al Mann Bagged! blindfolded performer holds ESP cards over his head and divines them
 		May 1987 Magick (Issue 389) 1942
Bjorn Hanson First Sight nail polish transforms nail into "mirror"
 		Apr. 1988 Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 4) 1481
Jonathan Cooke Dark Mirror design divination, special shiner
 		June 1989 Magick (Issue 424) 2120
Karl Fulves Mirror Peek with gambling shoe
 		1991 Swindle Sheet (Issue 7) 78
Paul Douglas Technique of the Glim on using shiners for cheating
 		1991 Swindle Sheet (Issue 9) 104
Karl Fulves The Office cellophane as shiner, Bridge cheating
 		1991 Cheat Sheet (Issue 9) 87
Steve Dusheck Mate-A-Card finding the mate of a card under fair conditions in shuffled deck, featuring a card with a mirror surface hidden under a sliding panel on its back
Also published here
  • marketed in 1968
 1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 57
Jon Racherbaumer Deja Vu, Too credit information on shiner usage
 		Mar. 1992 Swipe (Issue 4) 5
Edward Marlo Glim Deal sighting ahead when dealing with shiner
 		1993 The Olram File (Issue 14) 5
Edward Marlo The Glimmer
1993 The Olram File (Issue 14) 5
Knife Blade Glimpse
Related to
  • Blackstone's Secrets of Magic (Walter Gibson, p. 21)
 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 447
Jon Racherbaumer Playing the Light on using a shiner, Eddie Fay, with red-black location effect with hidden clocking
 		1994 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 5) 14
Jon Racherbaumer In Situ Glimpse spectator cuts off packet and remembers bottom card
 		1994 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 5) 19
Martin Gardner Literary Brilliance book/magazine cover as shiner
 		1995 Arcane (Issue 14) 207
Basil Horwitz Reflektion with wallet
Also published here 1995 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 3) 115
Karl Fulves No Looking chapter intro, about glimpsing for card during riffle culling with shiner type things
 		1996 Blocking Off 146
Karl Fulves Nail Glimpse clear nail polish
 		1996 Blocking Off 147
Audley Walsh Reflection
Related to 1996 Blocking Off 147
Karl Fulves Named-Card Stab shiny blade
 		1996 Blocking Off 148
Karl Fulves Stationary Shiner attached to table edge, swing out shiner
 		1996 Blocking Off 148
Karl Fulves Stationary Shiner for Shuffle Work
1996 Blocking Off 149
Karl Fulves Glimpse via Scarne shiner glimpse with Scarne's blocking off method (p. 129)
 		1996 Blocking Off 150
Burling Hull, Karl Fulves Electra-Trance Card mirror on back of joker
 		1996 Blocking Off 151
Karl Fulves Concluding Notes shiners and impromptu shiners
 		1996 Blocking Off 151
Bob King The Glimpse deck cut into three piles, performer names bottom card and card at named number
 		1996 Five-Star Magic 9
Karl Fulves Shiner Gag mirror covered with tape
 		1998 Combo 39
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 20, reflective surface used as mirror
Variations 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 11
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note credit information, idea of having a shiner behind stamp at bottom of stack of envelopes and glimpsing card that is put in top envelope, multiple cards put in separate envelopes, mixed and divined
Inspired byRelated to
  • Burling Hull, Sealed Mysteries, 1910
 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 12
Ellis Stanyon Reflectors No. 27, discs
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 16
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note on reading cards in a shuffled deck, J. H. Green's shiner method, fiberoptics tube from breast pocket to behind back
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 115
Ellis Stanyon Round Convex Mirror No. 4
  • Variations
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 117
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 6, naming cards of shuffled deck one by one
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 117
Ellis Stanyon Finger Ring Reflector No. 9
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 118
Barrie Richardson Think Hot, Think Cold
Also published here 1999 Theater of the Mind 222
Coffee Shiner on surface of cup of tea or coffee
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 77
John Cornelius MoonShine Locations watch band as shiner
Related to 2001 The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius 9
Nathan Kranzo The Light on the Ceiling any card named, performer deals through face-down shuffled deck and sets aside four cards, they are the matching four-of-a-kind
 		June 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1) 8
Karl Fulves Facing Forward card placed in odd-backed deck is found from the faces, color reflection in card behind
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 6) 101
Karl Fulves Color, How Glimpsed color glimpsed via reflection on back of card underneath, see p. 99 for credit information
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 6) 102
Karl Fulves Hole Card, Color Of using color reflection on card underneath
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 6) 103
Karl Fulves Gray Is A Color using color reflection on card underneath to get color code, short comment only
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 6) 103
Jack Avis Tips
2006 Rara Avis 110
David Ben Reflected Writings chosen card divined humorously from answers to questions and scribble by spectator
 		Aug. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8) 74
Roberto Giobbi A Built-In Shiner cards with gilded edges
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Nov 1) 325
Justin Higham Reflections on Reflectors on shiners, edited from "Secrets of Improvisational Magic"
  • French Window
  • Table Knife & Teaspoon
  • Café Table
  • Sunglasses
  • Table Sign
  • Menu-Card Holder
  • Mobile Phone
  • Wine Glass
  • Coins & Keys
  • Impromptu Peek Deck
  • Smiley-Face Cards
  • Reflector Awareness
 		2010 Gambit (Issue 2) 6
Justin Higham Impromptu Peek Deck for Hoyle Trump Cards
Inspired by 2010 Gambit (Issue 2) 7
Michael Alec Sparkle performer deals borrowed deck into two piles, colors (almost) separated, nail polish shiner at innser surface of fingernail
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 523
John Born Time to Shine Three glimpses using a shiny surface on a metal watch
 		2012 Seeking the Bridge 45
Dr. Stanley Jaks "Another" Touch divination of year and name, both written down by performer and spectator on cards, with card stand, glimpse with mirror
Also published here Dec. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12) 57
Justin Higham Reflected Do As I Do (semi-improvised effect) Standard effect
 		2014 The 75% Production and The Trick With No Method 23
Dr. Stanley Jaks Another Touch divination of year and name, both written down by performer and spectator on cards, with card stand, glimpse with mirror
Also published here 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 95
G The Eye (天眼) Spectator stops on and finds magician's card
 		2014 Inspiration 62
Jon Racherbaumer Shiner Notes collection of information
  • List of Shiners Commercially Sold
  • Early Reference
  • Shiners Can Be Hidden In...
  • Potter's Index References
 		2016 Facsimile (Issue 5) 17
Roy Baker Shiner, Shiner chrome tape
 		2016 Facsimile (Issue 5) 20
John Cornelius John Cornelius Thoughts watch as shiner
Related to 2016 Facsimile (Issue 5) 21
Geno Munari Geno Munari on Shiners
2016 Facsimile (Issue 5) 25
Geno Munari Reading a card from the back
2016 Facsimile (Issue 5) 28
Harry Riser, Johnny Thompson Impromptu Shiner black coffee
  • Spread Key Card Glimpse
  • Riffle Key Card Glimpse
  • Dribble Key Card Glimpse
  • Peek Control
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 113