Sticky

131 entries in Coin / Gaffed / Sticky
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown A notable tricke to transforme a counter to a groat double sided coin glued from two filed down coins, another thin cover disc stuck onto it with wax to show both sides of coin (pre-shell), then disc stolen away and coin changes cleanly in one hand
Related to 1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXIV) 185
Unknown An excellent feat, to make a two penie peece lie plaine in the palme of your hand, and to be passed from thence when you list one-handed coin vanish with wax on nail to bring coin to sort of back-palm position
Related to 1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXV) 186
Unknown To conveie a testor out of ones hand that holdeth it fast coin pressed into spectator's hand vanishes, and reappears with coin in performer's or another spectator's hand
Related to 1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXV) 186
Unknown How to vanish a glasse full of Beere coin on table, glass with beer placed on top, "is coin in or under glass?", verification used to lap full glass, coin stuck to fingers is reproduced from nose and glass from pocket
 		1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 33
Unknown A notable trick to transform a Counter into a Groat double sided coin glued from two filed down coins, another thin cover disc stuck onto it with wax to show both sides of coin (pre-shell), then disc stolen away and coin changes cleanly in one hand
Related to 1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 46
Unknown An excellent feat to make a twopeny peece lie plaine in your hand, and to be passed from thence when you lift one-handed coin vanish with wax on nail to bring coin to sort of back-palm position
Related to 1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 47
Unknown How to deliver to one man one sixpence, and to another another sixpence, and to make both the testors come into one mans hand "double lift" with coins, double put into spectator's hand (sponge ball trick with coins), coin stolen from palm of another spectator with sticky fingers
Related to 1634 The Art of Legerdemain Discovered 50
Unknown The Flying Money To make a Coin pass invisibly from the one hand to the other, and finally through the Table, using penny stuck with wax under the table
 		1876 Modern Magic 172
Unknown To rub One Sixpence into Three two coins start secretly stuck to underside of table
 		1876 Modern Magic 175
Unknown To make a Marked Sixpence vanish from a Handkerchief, and be found in the Centre of an Apple or Orange previously examined coin stuck to knife
 		1876 Modern Magic 178
Unknown The Wandering Sixpence coin traveling from underneath one card to another, two sticky coins
 		1876 Modern Magic 181
Unknown Geldkunststücke coin rolls back and forth on blade of knife, second coin vanishes and reappears, coin with thread loop
 		Oct. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 2) 24
Louis Haley, Charles T. Jordan New Coin Trick No. 6, "a la Hang Ping Chien"
six coins under handkerchief on table transpose with die underneath table, coins with wax surface
 		1920 Ten New Pocket Tricks 12
Ottokar Fischer Sticky Coins coins sticking together for silent handling
 		1935 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 14) 66
Unknown Variation - A Good Cath gag, coin appears under two bigger coins
 		1935 Coin Magic 28
Unknown Vanishing Dime for small coins
 		1935 Coin Magic 28
Unknown Wand and Wax wax on end of wand to show hands empty
 		1935 Coin Magic 31
Unknown To Pick Up a Dime with the Palm
Related to 1935 Coin Magic 33
Unknown The Melting Coin coin dropped in glass of water under handkerchief, then it vanishes, off-beat gaff
 		1935 Coin Magic 34
Unknown Penny and Dime dime covered by penny penetrates card and falls into glass, nesting coin gaff
 		1935 Coin Magic 38
Unknown The "Wiesenheimer" Coin Trick coin vanishes from ring put on table covered with a card, alternative method
 		1935 Coin Magic 39
Unknown Coin and Envelopes marked coin to nest of envelopes made out of newspaper
 		1935 Coin Magic 54
Franklin M. Chapman, Paul Morris Sucker Coins dime vanishes from under quarter and appears under second quarter, two versions
 		1939 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 7) 3
Dr. Stanley Jaks Die verschwundene Münze coin placed inside ring and covered with disk vanishes
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2) 16
Unknown Coin Through the Plate marked coin wrapped in paper and put on plate, plate on glass, paper burned, coin falls into glass
 		1941 After the Dessert 7
Edward Marlo Two Halves and a Dime two half dollars appear, dime placed between them vanishes, wax
 		1942 Bull's-Eye Coin Tricks 7
Laurie Ireland Ideas For Wiztax something sticky
1. coin vanish with a handkerchief
2. vanish and reproduction of a cigarette
3. vanish and reproduction of a penny
4. torn and restored paper
5. torn and restored cigarette paper
 		1942 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1942) 6
Eddie Joseph The Four-Corner Vanish coin vanish in handkerchief where all four corners are folded onto coin, wax on thumb nail and not corner
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 21
Eddie Joseph Waxing and De-Waxing a Coin
1942 Coin and Money Magic 34
Eddie Joseph The Coin on the Wall coin sticks to wall
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 36
Eddie Joseph One in Many finding selected coin out of bunch of coins
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 49
Eddie Joseph The Roofer coin appear in match box, stuck to top
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 53
Eddie Joseph A Secret and Its Possibilities recipe for glue which permanently glues a coin to a smooth surface, gag application of glueing a coin to the floor and watching people trying to pick it up
  • The Scotch Coin
  • In the Office
  • In a Hotel Lobby
  • At a Convention
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 54
Eddie Joseph The Magnetic Coin a coin is apparently magnetized, it is removed from other coins with knife, wax
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 95
Eddie Joseph The Eccentric Coin coin clings to blade of knife
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 95
Jean Hugard The Punishment Fits the Crime coin transforms into lemon, under hat
 		Dec. 1944 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 7) 86
Dr. William Weyeneth Petits Trucs tips on grip, followed by german translation "Kleine Winke!"
 		Sep. 1946 La Baguette Magique (Issue 11) 16
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
Don Tanner Coin Thru the Hand two methods (sticky and sleeving)
 		Sep. 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12) 10
Gerald Kosky Lapelled coin produced under spectator's lapel, then it vanishes and is fairly produced from the same spot again
Also published here 1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 291) 1164
Bobby Bernard Impromptu Coin Catcher scotch tape
 		1958 Magic in Miniature 3
Stewart Judah Half Dollar Vanish coin vanishes when stick is pushed through hand, sticky
 		1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 417
John Benzais Another Simple Vanish with handkerchief on table, inspired by "Mr. Leipzig Entertains at Dinner" (Gen, March 1955)
 		1967 The Best of Benzais 41
Bob Ostin The "Peg" Coin Change coin held with peg is changed to other coin
 		1968 Fingertip Fantasies 59
Horace E. Bennett The Change Purse two half dollars travel into a purse
 		1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 145
Bob Paul Dime & Penny coin changes inside bottle, marked
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 76
Fred Kaps Coin Change & Vanish in Silk with tape and a handkerchief
Also published here 1972 Fred Kaps Lecture 9
J. W. Sarles A Coin Switch table edge, suggestions with magnetic or hook coin in "Added Notes", see also p. 679 for reference
Related to
  • "The Portcullis Coin Switch" (Abra #803)
Variations 		Nov. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 1) 569
Peter Alexis Copper Ghost silver coin in box, copper coin touched on box and heard inside, but is not there, invisible copper coin again penetrates box, is heard to fall inside and then is really there, see also p. 618
 		Jan. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 3) 583
Alan Brown Ritual Coin dime covered with dollar bill, card and copper coin, the dime vanishes, dime appears under copper coin in Okito box, using coin attached to bill with Monofilament/thread
 		Apr. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 6) 618
John Cornelius S=C2 silver coin placed in hand, two copper coins come out, ends clean
Also published here May 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 7) 733
Alex De Vega Elastic three coins dropped on table, one vanishes or penetrates table, folding coin simulates third coin, with ideas by Karl Fulves and J. G. Thompson, Jr
Also published here
  • "Elastic" (The Sphinx, 1918)
 June 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 8) 969
Eddie Joseph Coin Vanish from Silk
Nov. 1975 Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1&2) 20
Karl Fulves Fadeaway coin on table covered with playing card, coin vanishes
  • Fade-Away I
  • Fade Away III
  • Fade Away IV
  • Fade Away V
Variations 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #5) 931
Ken Krenzel Miracle Coin small coin cleanly vanishes and reappears, wax
Related to
  • "Bare-handed Coin Vanish" (Al Koran, Koran's Legacy, p. 115)
 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6) 943
Karrell Fox H.H. Coin Catcher coin stuck to thumb
Related toVariations 1976 Clever.... Like a Fox 157
Rick Johnsson Just for Kicks Chinese coin changes into two quarters then into big nickle which eventually disappears, using the Kick Change
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 17
Roger Smith Scatter Coins Bonus page actually numbered "B4"
gaffed method with sticky card
Related to 1977 Innovative Magic No. 3 40
Karl Fulves The 32¢ Trick two glasses, penny, dime and nickel in each glass, a penny penetrates one glass and drops in other glass, repeat
Inspired by 1977 The Magic Book 89
Jerry Andrus Coin Go
1977 More Sleightly Slanted 21
Bobby Bernard The Miser's Misers Dream coin stuck to hand for continuous production sequence
 		1978 Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic 17
Unknown Blu-Tack
1978 A new look at the Okito Box 7
Fred Kaps Münzenverwandlung und Verschwinden im Tuch with tape and a handkerchief
Also published here 1978 Fred Kaps Lecture 13
Bill Woodard Ich möchte lieber Silber bill transforms into two coins of equal value
 		Dec. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3&4) 119
Roy Johnson Forceful six coins and washer, three coins in each hand, they penetrate table, repeat with glass and small plunger
Inspired by 1979 Final Call 29
Jim Snapp Coin Slide routine with coin slide prop (slide with circular recess is put in and out of drawer)
Related to 1980 The Chronicles (Issue 25) 1305
Albert Verity 10p to 2p Piece tip click, sticky pencil used to pick up shell
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 48
Ken Brooke Any Magazine or Book a Switching Tray switch with magazine or book
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 184
Steve Dusheck Shrinking Fluid coin dropped into shot glass with water, it shrinks
Also published here 1980 ca. Lecture No. 1 16
John Cornelius Armed and Ready elbow catch stunt
Related toAlso published here 1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 55
Bobby Bernard Face-to-Face Vanish Penny sandwiched between two silver coins vanish
Related to 1982 The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard 17
Bob Chesbro Fade Out coin assembly, coins vanish cleanly afterwards
Related to 1982 The Tipnician 56
Bob Chesbro Silicone Coins silicone coating on coin to make them sticky, science friction
 		1982 The Tipnician 56
Gary Osborne Stalking six silver, three bigger coins
Also published here 1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 31) 608
Piet Forton Münzen durch den Tisch sticky tape under table, three coins
 		1983 Je geschickter desto Zauberer 22
Michael Powers The Shrinking Dime dime changes into miniature dime on close-up pad
 		1983 Powerful Magic 72
Mark Leveridge The Money Jacks four coins are produces from between two playing cards
 		1984 The Best of Close-Up Magic 99
Danny Korem Impossible Coin Catch elbow catch, coins vanish
 		1985 Korem without Limits 5
Danny Korem Little Cheat Coin Vanish under card on back of spectator's hand
 		1985 Korem without Limits 18
Unknown Vanished card vanishes from deck
 		1985 Gimmick (Issue 1) 18
Fred Kaps The Hoo Coin hook coin hangs on flesh instead of cloth
 		1986 It's So Simple 13
John Cornelius A Silly Trick several coins vanish without sound
 		1988 Creative Secrets No. 1 5
Christoph Borer Münzen ins Glas three coins to glass
Also published here 1989 Seminarheft 8
Karl Fulves Down Under No. 53, coin wrapped in handkerchief apparently tossed through ceiling, it come back from below table
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 57
Gary Kurtz Three to Go three coins are produced and vanished under a handkerchief
Related to 1990 Coin Magic 38
Michael Powers China Syndrome card repeatedly penetrates table, also into spectator's hands, then coin penetrates into spectator's hands, multiple handlings
Inspired by 1990 Top Secret Stuff 130
Ken Brooke Wertsteigerung tip click, sticky pencil used to pick up shell
Also published here Oct. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4&5) 178
Stephen Tucker Coins Through Table four coins, appear back in purse as kicker, blu-tack
 		1991 New Close-Up Lecture 5
David Harkey Body Language four coin production, invisible coin tossed up and slapped on hand, becomes visible, one by one
Also published here
  • Lecture Notes "Body Language", 1988
 1991 Simply Harkey 19
Chris Kenner Cloth and Pence silk and silver variation, gaffed with blue tac
Related to 1992 Totally Out Of Control 77
Chris Kenner 3, 2, Gone three coin production and vanish, one behind principle, wand, blue tac
 		1992 Totally Out Of Control 135
Steve Dusheck Shrinking Fluid coin dropped into shot glass with water, it shrinks
Also published here 1992 Dusheck's Coin Magic 20
Steve Dusheck Concentric jumbo coin becomes regular coin and back several times, with edge grip
 		1992 Dusheck's Coin Magic 45
Steve Dusheck Solar Rebate dime appears in empty plastic box
 		1992 Dusheck's Coin Magic 85
Troy Hooser Touch of Brass three half Dollars change into three Chinese coins one by one
Related toVariations 1993 The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 3) 1
Joe Rindfleisch The Pneumonia Vanish coin vanishes and appears, saliva
 		1994 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 54) 1008
Martin Gardner Crazy Coin marked coin travels from envelope to envelope, no palming
 		1994 Rigmarole (Issue 9) 102
Scott Edwards The Three Dollar Trick four quarters from two dollar bills
Also published here
  • Magic Methods catalog supplement, 1983
 1994 Close-Up File 58
Gary Osborne Durch den Tisch six silver, three bigger coins
Also published here July 1994 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4&5) 180
Richard Bartram, Jr. Scotchman's Dilemma coin vanish, sticky tape on arm
 		1997 Trephine 64
Richard Bartram, Jr. Matrix Treatment
1997 Trephine 64
Richard Bartram, Jr. Okito Treatment with sticky tape on arm
 		1997 Trephine 65
Richard Bartram, Jr. Transposition Treatment
1997 Trephine 65
Ken Brooke Das Magazin- oder Buch-Austauschtablett switch with magazine or book
Also published here 1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1) 33
Walter "Sonny" Day Coins In The Glass four coins through the table into glass one by one, extra coin stuck to hand
 		1998 Five Times Five — Scotland 31
John Derris Hockleys' Coin Vanish with a wand
 		1998 Come A Little Closer 35
Don Nielsen, Karl Fulves The Old Penny & Dime Trick penny vanishes, two dimes appear instead, sucker element
 		1999 Underworld (Issue 10) 129
Guy Camirand, David Acer The Smile-and-Wave Change without lapping
Inspired by 1999 Natural Selections — Volume II 119
Barrie Richardson Powers of Darkness II marked coin turns over on spectator's palm without him noticing and with his eyes closed
Inspired by
  • "Powers of Darkness" (Tony Corinda, marketed ca. 1958)
Also published here
  • Magick, Jan. 1985
 1999 Theater of the Mind 74
John Cornelius Armed & Ready elbow catch
Also published here 2001 The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius 51
John Cornelius Meta-Fusion silver coin placed in hand, two copper coins come out, ends clean
Also published here 2001 The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius 111
John Scarne Quick Pick Up snatching coins out of spectator's hand before he can close it, variation in which a small coin is sandwiched between two coins and only the large coins are snatched
Related to 2003 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 286
Albert Verity Albert Verity Coin Change coin tapped with wand or pencil changes visibly, sticky end of wand
 		2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 403
Christoph Borer Münzen ins Glas three coins to glass
Also published here 2006 Compilation 30
Anthony Owen The Amazing Karate Pencil Of Death coin through pencil
Also published here 2007 Some More Tricks 31
Tom Stone Magnetic Multiple Vanish to ditch multiple coins silently
 		2011 Maelstrom 24
Michael Weber, Terry Lynn Sevin coin through spectator's hand, clean
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 Knew & Improved 1
Luis Piedrahita Monedas a través de la Mesa four cons through table one by one into a glass then they penetrate table again at once
 		2011 Monedas Y Otras Historias 72
Luis Piedrahita Monedas y Plástico de Embalar four coins appear under a piece of bubble wrap, then the bubble wrap is cut into two pieces and the coins covered with them, very visible matrix
 		2011 Monedas Y Otras Historias 122
Michael Weber, Terry Lynn Sevin coin through spectator's hand, clean
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 Blackpool Twenty Twelve 3
Apollo Riego Arca coins travel into card case one by one, they audibly arrive
 		Dec. 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12) 52
Vanni Bossi Hole-Due-Chination two china coins penetrate string repeatedly
  • First Penetration
  • Second Penetration
  • Third Penetration
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 123
Vanni Bossi High Strung and Lapless through table into glass, coin on thread
  • First Penetration
  • Second Penetration
  • Third Penetration
  • Fourth Penetration
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 172
Geoffrey Latta Press Pick-Up moist skin
Related to 2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 124
Geoffrey Latta Gulliver's Transpo penny transposes with dollar in spectator's hand which is shown to be a jumbo penny, dollar grows as well
Inspired by
  • unpublished Earl "Presto" Johnson routine
 2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 174
Anthony Owen The Amazing Karate Pencil of Death coin through pencil
Also published here 2017 Secrets 99
Anthony Owen Elevated Matrix ring as substitute
Inspired by 2017 Secrets 106
Al Schneider Super Nova
  • Broadcast from Nowhere
six cards are laid out in a circle, six quarters vanish with a flash from a tube and reappear under those cards
 		May 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 5) 58
Carisa Hendrix The Polite Pickpocket five coins in spectator's hand, one vanishes and appears on spectator's shoulder, another vanishes, then four coins penetrate coin box and magician's hand
Inspired by 2020 Magic for BLM 139
Michael Rubinstein Twilight Zone Wild Coin Cup Version
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 134
David Regal There
  • Material Concessions
marked coin travels from under an inverted glass to another inverted glass under napkins
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Interpreting Magic
 Jan. 2021 Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1) 40