Back Clip Handlings

151 entries in Coin / Sleights / Palming / Back Clip Handlings
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
False Transfer with Back Clip
1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXIV) 185
Das Eskamotieren vanishes without a false-transfer
  • one-handed back palm coin vanish
  • one-handed silk vanish (with rubber band at back of hand)
Related to 1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 142
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Ein Münzenchangement back thumb palm
Related to Dec. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12) 183
Carl Willmann Das Zerreiben einer Münze I. one-handed vanish into back clip between first and second finger, recovery with third finger while showing both sides of hand
Related to Dec. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12) 185
Das Zerreiben einer Münze No. 2, one-handed coin vanish, rubbing coin into back clip position
Related to 1900 Der Amateurzauberer 7
T. Nelson Downs Das Zerreiben einer Münze II. one-handed vanish into back clip between second and third finger, recovery, with back and front palming afterwards (credited to Downs)
Related to Jan. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 1) 8
T. Nelson Downs II. Die eleganteste Manier, während eines Münzen-Kunststückes eine Hand von beiden Seiten als scheinbar leer vorzeigen zu können showing hand empty from both sides while hiding a coin
 		Mar. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 3) 42
T. Nelson Downs III. Kombination des Leerzeigens beider Hände während eines Münzkunststückes showing both hands empty while hiding a coin
 		Apr. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 4) 52
Fr. Maubach Ein Münzentrick
Dec. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 12) 182
Fr. Maubach Ein Münzentrick II.
Jan. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 1) 4
Fr. Maubach Ein Münzentrick one-handed vanish into back clip
 		June 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6) 88
John Northern Hilliard The Hilliard Pass coin ends up in back clip
 		1909 The Art of Magic 245
Every Man his own Mint endless coin production, initial back clip
 		1909 The Art of Magic 270
Laurie Ireland Backclip Recovery
1931 Ireland Writes a Book 20
Harry Valcarte The Startler Vanish coin stolen into back palm of other hand
 		1933 Expert Manipulative Magic 28
Harry Valcarte Fadeaway - A One Hand Vanish
1933 Expert Manipulative Magic 31
Harry Valcarte Surprise Vanish
1933 Expert Manipulative Magic 32
Edward Victor A Vanish for One or More Coins
1937 Magic of the Hands 40
John Northern Hilliard Another Hilliard Vanish back palm
 		1938 Greater Magic 669
Vanish for Coin of Any Size one-handed throw into the air, back clip
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 54
Hans-Paul Wipf "Ideal-Münzgriff" für Kenner und Anfänger vanish of a coin with one hand, showing back and front of hand
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 3&4) 12
5 - Back Thumb Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 65
10 - Back Finger Palm
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 66
12 - Back Finger Clip
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 66
Laurie Ireland In and Out of the Fist
1942 Bull's-Eye Coin Tricks 24
Eddie Joseph The Tip Vanish coin covered with handkerchief and taken, vanishes, back clip in other hand
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 13
Eddie Joseph The Clip Pass coin ends up clipped at back of first and second finger
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 31
Eddie Joseph Natural Coin Clip coin clipped between knuckles
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 32
Paul Morris Paul Morris' Coin Vanish to back palm and sleeve
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 151
Arthur Punnar The Fist Coin Routine about four coins put in fist vanish, back clip
Inspired by Oct. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 5) 157
The Rear of Thumb Palm with back and front sequence
Related to
  • Vol. 1 No. 1 of Ellis Stanyon's "Magic" (Oct. 1900)
 1948 Principles and Deceptions 53
Bill Talent Mirage see also p. 841
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 208) 831
Ross Bertram Back Clip Steal as coins are counted into left hand, first one is stolen back
Also published here 1951 Stars of Magic (Vol. 9 No. 1) 132
Stanley Collins The Esscee Front and Back Manipulation
1952 Modern Coin Magic 340
Tenkai Ishida Back Clip fourth finger pinch
 		1953 Six Tricks by Tenkai 10
Charles Eastman Back Palm Switch
1956 The Best in Magic 44
Milton Kort Back Clip Coin tossed in air, vanishes
 		1962 Kort Is Now In Session 26
Nate Leipzig "Right There" coin vanish and reproduction, both sides of the hand shown
Variations 1963 Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig 111
Nate Leipzig False Transfer with back palm
 		1963 Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig 119
Albert Goshman The Goshman Pinch Tenkai not mentioned
 		1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 359
Coin Switch while picking up a coin, back palm
 		1971 The Coins of Ishtar 43
Amedeo Vacca Catching a Coin from back clip
 		1974 Amedeo's Continental Magic 79
Scotty York The Back Clip method to bring the coin into Goshman/Tenkai pinch
 		1975 Coins 1
Scotty York The Back Clip method to bring the coin into Goshman/Tenkai pinch
 		1975 Lecture 39
Karl Fulves With The Transfer "Okito Box Notes Nr. 6"
marked penny appears inside Okito Box, no turnover move
 		Mar. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 5) 870
Harvey Rosenthal Rosenthal Backclip getting in and out
Also published here 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #3) 908
José de la Torre Rear-Back Palm "with first and second fingers", for coin to glass
 		1977 Magicana of Havana in New York 51
José de la Torre Rear-Back Palm "with the 2nd and 3rd fingers"
 		1977 Magicana of Havana in New York 55
Ross Bertram Pinch Back Palm
1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 33
Ross Bertram Counting Clip Steal as coins are counted into other hand
 		1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 43
Stephen Tucker Small Change coin is split into two coins
 		1978 Close Up Sorcercy 3
Back Finger Clip
1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 119
Tenkai/Goshman Pinch Switch
1979 Close-up Entertainer 92
The Back-Clip
June 1979 The Talon (Issue 4) 48
David Brumble Brumble's Cow hand wash sequence, fingers interlocked
 		1979 Magic — The Vanishing Art 64
Harry Riser Rear Thumb Clip
1981 Arcane (Issue 6) 68
Horace E. Bennett, Scotty York The Illusive Coin Pass - Revisited retention vanish to back clip
Related to
  • Talisman vol. 1 no. 48
 1981 Bennett's Fourth Book 13
Stephen Tucker Tucker Trip four coins from hand two hand, back clip method
 		1981 The Talon (Issue 7) 93
Tom Gagnon The Pickup and Displacement Move one-handed pick-up and transfer into Tenkai Pinch
VariationsAlso published here 1981 Sleightly Original 103
Tom Gagnon Open Procedure Load loading Tenkai/Goshman pinched coin under card
Related to 1981 Sleightly Original 109
Bill Wisch My 2 Cents one coin in each hand, chosen one travels across, using Tenkai Pinch
 		1981 Wisches II 16
Obie O'Brien Vi-Sil-Co silver/ copper transformation
Related to 1982 Fork Full of Appetizers 49
Phillip Young Vanish of a Coin in a Purse Frame
1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 51
Phillip Young Hinge Vanish coin vanish
 		1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 53
Phillip Young Coin Flair coin vanish with pen
 		1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 65
Phillip Young Up Through the Slot coin through back of the hand
 		1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 67
Michael Rubinstein The Back Finger Clip getting coin into back finger clip one-handed
 		1982 Intermediate and Advanced Coin Technique 5
Michael Rubinstein Miracle One Hand Coin Vanish back clip
Also published here 1982 Intermediate and Advanced Coin Technique 11
Sol Stone Tenkai Pennies Perpetuated using back clip
 		1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 62
John Carney Back Clip Handling
June 1983 Epoptica (Issue 4) 234
Peter Warlock Demain's Deception essay about Jack Demain and one-handed back clip production of coin
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 246
Goshman Pinch while holding a playing card
 		1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 86
Deep Back Clip Handlings
1984 The Best of Close-Up Magic 158
Jan Torell Coin Transfer
1984 Rund um den Zaubertisch 30
Shiv Duggal Loser
1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 36) 706
Deep Backclip
1985 Expert Coin Magic 102
David Roth Deep Backclip - The Basic Method Method for getting into backclip
 		1985 Expert Coin Magic 102
David Roth The Deep BackClip Switchout And Recovery
1985 Expert Coin Magic 107
David Roth The Deep Backclip Reverse Load
1985 Expert Coin Magic 114
David Roth Deep BackClip Recovery
Variations 1985 Expert Coin Magic 116
David Roth The Deep Backclip Steal
1985 Expert Coin Magic 117
James Lewis A. B. C. "Another Back Clip"
without aid of thumb, hand-to-hand travel as application
 		1985 Thinking About Magic 17
Karl Fulves For A Penny? coin changes into key and back under cover of collar bill, see also p. 124
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 1) 17
Karl Fulves Back to Backclip hand-to-hand backclip transfer when snapping a dollar bill
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 1) 20
Karl Fulves Evaporation coin wrapped in dollar bill vanishes completely
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 5) 83
Karl Fulves Easy Backclip under cover of bill, coin appears from bill
Related to 1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 6) 96
Scotty York Back Clip Variation
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 79
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Pinch
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 109
Ross Bertram Counting Clip Steal as coins are counted into other hand
 		1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 230
Dai Vernon, Ross Bertram Back Clip & Tenkai Pinch Handlings
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 231
Dai Vernon, Ross Bertram Back Clip & Tenkai Pinch Handlings
1987 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8) 9
Goshman Pinch Handling
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 2) 8
Tom Gagnon The Scoop
1988 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23) 394
David Roth Deep Back Clip with switch as clean-up
 		1988 Visible Coins Through The Glass Table 16
James Lewis One-Handed Deep Back Clip details to get into position
 		1988 Visible Coins Through The Glass Table 28
Edward Marlo Marlo's Coin Pass with front and back clip
Also published here
  • The New Tops, May 1964
  • The Tops, May 1939
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 66
Dai Vernon Deep Back Clip
1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 132
Gary Kurtz Pop-up Move into Back Clip
1989 Full Frontal Assault 8
Gary Kurtz Recovery of One of Two Back-clipped Coins
1989 Full Frontal Assault 9
Back Palm
1990 Spectacle 96
Michael Rubinstein Coin Steal into Tenkai Pinch
1990 Impossibilia 100
David Roth Back-Clip Steal
1990 Impossibilia 102
Harvey Rosenthal Coin Crush see also p. 657 for another idea by Rosenthal, coin vanish, to thumb back clip, various ideas and methods
  • Multiples
  • Stealing
  • Cleaning Up
  • Milking the Silk - Vanish
  • Milking the Silk - Production
  • Multiple Productions
Variations 1990 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 34) 609
Dai Vernon, Ross Bertram Back Clip & Tenkai Pinch Handlings
Feb. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 2) 69
Back Clip getting a coin into back clip
 		1991 Simply Harkey 68
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai/Goshman Pinch Switch
1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer) 146
Baltazar Fuentes Retention of Vision Shuttle Pass coin thrown over, one ends back-clipped
 		1996 Arempi 35
Harry Riser One-Handed Rear Thumb Palm Vanish
1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 47
Harry Riser Crossed-Hands Vanish using rear thumb clip
 		1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 183
Transfer to Tenkai Pinch
1996 Lou Gallo: The Underground Man 8
David Stone Two Hearts Beating as One hiding one coin while showing other coin
 		1999 Mietek — Lecture Notes 48
Dai Vernon Deep BackClip and Transfer
  • The Unseen Side of Dai Vernon
credit information
  • The Vernon Technique to Deep BackClip
  • The Secret Transfer
 		May 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 5) 43
Dai Vernon The Vernon Technique to Deep BackClip
June 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 6) 50
Larry Jennings Jennings' Deep Back Clip Recovery
June 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 6) 50
Harvey Rosenthal Rosenthal Back Clip
Also published here Aug. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 8) 41
Thomas Fraps Deep BackClip Heel Steal
Aug. 2000 Genii (Vol. 63 No. 8) 67
David Stone The Stone Drop coin vanishes in one hand and visually appears in palm-up other hand (from thumb back palm)
 		2001 CocOOn 4
David Stone False Transfer directly into back thumb palm
 		2001 CocOOn 5
Tony Bartolotta Don't Blink! coin vanishes as it is tossed up, then it is reproduced
 		2002 Discoverie (Issue 7) 92
Tenkai Back Pinch
Apr. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 4) 71
Tenkai Back Pinch
Sep. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 9) 24
William Duncan The Underhanded Steal with Tenkai Pinch
 		2005 Tubthumping 13
Tenkai Pinch
Sep. 2005 Genii (Vol. 68 No. 9) 86
Goshman Pinch
2006 Power Plays 195
Jonathan Townsend Deep BackClip Recovery
Sep. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 9) 35
Dai Vernon To Get into Deep BackClip (Method One)
Sep. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 9) 39
Harvey Rosenthal To Get into Deep BackClip (Method Two)
Sep. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 9) 40
Tenkai Pinch
July 2007 Genii (Vol. 70 No. 7) 23
Fred Robinson Deep Back Clip Handlings
2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 254
Albert Goshman, Tenkai Ishida Goshman Pinch
2009 Limited 10
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Pinch
2011 More Power to You 17
Coin to Tenkai Pinch
June 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6) 48
Tom Gagnon Pickup and Displacement Move one-handed pick-up and transfer into Tenkai Pinch
Also published here 2013 Too Hot for the Devil 152
Table Top Click Maneuver coin audibly placed on coin under some cover but put in Tenkai Pinch instead
 		2013 Too Hot for the Devil 166
Alexander de Cova Goshman Pinch production from purse frame
 		2016 Burners — Vol. 5 97
Geoffrey Latta The Latta Deep Back-Clip Recovery coin from deep back clip to classic palm while displaying another coin, one-handed
Inspired by 2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 46
David Neighbors The Neighbors Back Palm
Related to July 2019 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 2 (Winter #2)) 149
Joaquín Navajas Pinzamiento dorsal en mesa production of a coin from deep back clip, using a table
 		2019 Monedas Personales Y Más 167
Lorenz Schär El Caracol coin from pen cap
 		2019 Cards Against Reality 151
Tom Gagnon Slow-Mo P&D Move one-handed pick-up and transfer into Tenkai Pinch
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 423
Michael Rubinstein Miracle One Hand Coin Vanish back clip
Also published here 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 15
Michael Rubinstein Tenkai Pinch Recovery
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 48
Michael Rubinstein Pick up Pinch getting a coin into Tenkai pinch with coin in fingertip rest
Also published here
  • Coinvention Lecture Notes, 2003
 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 173
David Neighbors, Eric Roumestan Back-Palming Technique pivot palm
Related to 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 409
Lawrens Godon Dynamic Back Thumb-Palm Technique
2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 417
Ron MacMillan Back Thumb-Palm Retrieval
Related to 2020 Rubinstein Coin Magic 418
Scotty York Back Clip here done under handkerchief
 		2021 Suite for Coins & Handkerchief 24
Ross Bertram Back Clip Steal as ring is removed from thumb, a coin from the fingers is stolen back
Also published here Oct. 2021 The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 7) 190
Giacomo Bertini The Palm Shuttle showing both hands empty while transferring one coin from hand to hand, pinky transfer to classic palm, then to deep back clip of other hand
Related toAlso published here Apr. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4) 158
Deep Back Clip Steal
Apr. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4) 184
Tom Gagnon Pickup, Snap, and Displacement Move one-handed pick-up and transfer into Tenkai Pinch
Inspired by 2022 Gagnon's Inner Sanctum 218