Collected Fan Steals

61 entries in Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Russell T. Barnhart	Barnhardt's Fan Steal	right hand classic palm	Related to Fan It! (Kenneth H. Becker, The Phoenix, 1952) Variations Fan It! (Kenneth H. Becker, The Phoenix, 1952) Master Palm Fan Steal (Russell T. Barnhart, The Master Palm, 1975) … and 1 more	1947	Marlo In Spades	3	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Bill Simon	The Simon Fan Steal	perpendicular position	Related to Fan Steal (Stephen Minch, Creations of a Magical Madman, 1977)	1952	Effective Card Magic	102	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Edward Marlo	Pressure Fan Palm	and application as a color change		1956	Action Palm	27	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Tony Slydini	Fan Steal & Switch	with variations		1960	The Magic of Slydini	164	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Fan
John Cornelius	The John Cornelius Fan Steal	right tenkai	Also published here The Cornelius Fan Steal (John Cornelius, Creative Secrets No. 1, 1988) also in: L'empalmage a l'éventail (John Cornelius, Hokus Pokus, 1990) Related to The Quick Fan Control (Arie Vilner, Underhanded Delivery, 2009)	1971	The Esoterist	38	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Karl Fulves*	Fan Steal	face card into tenkai palm		1974	Close-Up Mental Magic	19	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Harry Lorayne	Lorayne's New Fan Steal	top half with selection on bottom is fanned with right hand	Related to Convincing Control to Bottom or Tenkai Palm (Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5, 1984)	1975	Afterthoughts	33	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Tony Slydini	On The Fan Steal	card drops into lap	Variations Notes By Fulves (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1975) Injog Cull (Karl Fulves, Tony Slydini, Card Under Glass, 1979)	May 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 7)	966	Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Bottom Card(s) Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals
Karl Fulves*	Notes By Fulves	(1) into left hand Tenkai palm (2) simplification (3) into topit	Inspired by On The Fan Steal (Tony Slydini, The Pallbearers Review, 1975)	May 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 7)	966	Pocket Techniques / Topit Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Clothing Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Russell T. Barnhart	Master Palm Fan Steal	No. 17 First Variation (right-hand Master Palm or left-hand Classic Palm) Second Variation (to bottom of deck) Third Variation (to top of deck)	Inspired by Barnhardt's Fan Steal (Russell T. Barnhart, Marlo In Spades, 1947)	1975	The Master Palm	41	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Master Palm Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fan Controls Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Jerry Andrus	Fan Steal	from top		1976	Andrus Card Control	51	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals
Jerry Andrus	Fan Heel Steal			1976	Andrus Card Control	51	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals
Jerry Andrus	Fan Clip Steal	while turning card over		1976	Andrus Card Control	51	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals
Jerry Andrus	Fan Palm	thumb clip		1976	Andrus Card Control	52	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals
Jerry Andrus	Fandition (Fan Addition) Move	card is added to selection		1976	Andrus Card Control	52	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous
Tony Slydini	Copter Control	card inserted in fan is brought to top via temporary Tenkai palm	Related to Fan Steal (Tony Slydini, The Best of Slydini ...and More, 1976)	1976	The Best of Slydini ...and More	53	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Fan
Tony Slydini	Fan Steal	in two phases	Related to Copter Control (Tony Slydini, The Best of Slydini ...and More, 1976)	1976	The Best of Slydini ...and More	75	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
Tony Slydini	Direct Fan Steal	pushed in and stolen out		1976	The Best of Slydini ...and More	76	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Stephen Minch	Fan Steal		Related to The Simon Fan Steal (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952)	1977	Creations of a Magical Madman	39	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
Ken Krenzel	Two-Card Fan Lift, Switch, Reversal, Palm	see title		1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	41	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from spread, fan and Co Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Ken Krenzel	Fan Steal	varation on Cornelius' method		1978	The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel	186	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Edward Marlo	The Old In-and-Out	direct fan steal into Tenkai palm, the loading directly into case		1982	Card Finesse	114	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Loading a Card into Case Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fan Controls
Meir Yedid	The Pressure Fan Cop			1982	Incredible Close-Up Magic	111	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
David Regal	Easy Fan Steal	Tenkai, similar to Cornelius Steal		1987	Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal	276	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
John Cornelius	The Cornelius Fan Steal	right Tenkai	Also published here The John Cornelius Fan Steal (John Cornelius, The Esoterist, 1971) also in: L'empalmage a l'éventail (John Cornelius, Hokus Pokus, 1990) Related to The Quick Fan Control (Arie Vilner, Underhanded Delivery, 2009)	1988	Creative Secrets No. 1	10	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Walt Maddison	Fan to Palm	palming while doing a Thumb Fan	Related to Fan Palm (Pedro Lacerda, The Finest Magic* of Pedro Lacerda*, 2023)	Sep. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 9)	1829	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Harry Lorayne	Double Edged	bottom card either in right hand classic palm or left hand cop, fan cover		1990	Trend Setters	115	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
John Cornelius	L'empalmage a l'éventail	right tenkai	Also published here The John Cornelius Fan Steal (John Cornelius, The Esoterist, 1971) also in: The Cornelius Fan Steal (John Cornelius, Creative Secrets No. 1, 1988) Related to The Quick Fan Control (Arie Vilner, Underhanded Delivery, 2009)	1990	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 52 No. 4 & 5)	34	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Chris Power	Das Fächerstehlen	"Von oben und aus der Mitte" fan steal, top card or glimpsed card in center is stolen directly into left-hand cop		1990	Laid Back in Graz 1990	22	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Gene Maze	From a Fan			Feb. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 2)	1889	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Alex Elmsley	The Center-card Rear Palm	as fan is formed		1991	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1	130	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Rear Palm
Alexander de Cova, John Cornelius	Der Durchschuß	fan steal, "Durchschuss"	Also published here Cornelius Card Control (John Cornelius, Alexander de Cova, Ein Profi packt aus..., 1992) also in: Der Durchschuss (Alexander de Cova, John Cornelius, Burners — Vol. 5, 2016)	1991	Am Close-up Tisch	7	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls
Justin Higham*	Longitudinal Fan Steal	card peeked and stolen during fan	Inspired by Longitudinal Side Steal Palm (Justin Higham, Utility Card Sleights, 1988) Variations Longitudinal Fan Steal (From Bottom) (Justin Higham, Collected Card Notes, 1999)	May 1991	Technomagic (Issue 11)	84	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP)
John Cornelius, Alexander de Cova	Cornelius Card Control	fan steal, "Durchschuss"	Also published here Der Durchschuß (Alexander de Cova, John Cornelius, Am Close-up Tisch, 1991) also in: Der Durchschuss (Alexander de Cova, John Cornelius, Burners — Vol. 5, 2016)	1992	Ein Profi packt aus...	169	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls
Ken Krenzel, Irv Weiner	Mr. Fingers Goes to the Bottom	fan steal into bottom palm	Inspired by Irv Weiner (Hugard's Magic Monthly 15/6)	1997	Ingenuities	125	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
John Cornelius	Fan Steal			1997	Trephine	10	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip
Helge Thun	Action Fan Palm	card is palmed while closing the fan	Also published here Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Seminah 2, 2022) also in: Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Seminah 3, 2023) Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Evidence of a Well Spent Life, 2025)	1998	The Book	108	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
Justin Higham*	Longitudinal Fan Steal (From Bottom)		Inspired by Longitudinal Fan Steal (Justin Higham, Technomagic, 1991) Related to Longitudinal Steal-Load (Justin Higham, Highlights, 2015)	1999	Collected Card Notes	19	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP)
John Cornelius	The Fan Steal			2001	The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius	23	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls
Mark Aspiazu	Fan Steal Bottom Palm	into left-hand full palm		Mar. 2002	Ego (Vol. 1 No. 10)	12	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Harvey Rosenthal*	A Fan-Tastic Control	to top or to Tenkai Palm		Mar./Apr. 2003	The Penumbra (Issue 6)	12	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fan Controls
Mark Aspiazu	Aspiazu Fan Palm	perpendicular insertion, one-handed closing	Also published here Aspiazu Fan Palm (Mark Aspiazu, Talk About Tricks, 2022)	May 2003	MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 9)	73	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
R. Paul Wilson	A Mechanical Fan Steal	into left-hand classic palm	Variations Gamblers Cop (R. Paul Wilson, A Mechanical Fan Steal, 2003 ca.)	2003 ca.	A Mechanical Fan Steal	1	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
R. Paul Wilson	Gamblers Cop	variation into left-hand gambler's cop	Inspired by A Mechanical Fan Steal (R. Paul Wilson, A Mechanical Fan Steal, 2003 ca.)	2003 ca.	A Mechanical Fan Steal	14	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Ken Schwabe	Skinning the Fan	top card into cop, earlier version is in Bingham's "Cardboard Capers"		2009	Relaxed Impossibilities	49	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Ken Krenzel, Ken Schwabe	Skinning the Fan Variation	bottom card(s) into cop		2009	Relaxed Impossibilities	52	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Ken Krenzel	The Fantraction	into a thumb-clip type palm		2009	Relaxed Impossibilities	63	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Other Positions
Arie Vilner	The Quick Fan Control	into right-hand classic palm as fan is closed, same action as in Cornelius Fan Steal	Related to The John Cornelius Fan Steal (John Cornelius, The Esoterist, 1971) also in: The Cornelius Fan Steal (Creative Secrets No. 1, 1988) L'empalmage a l'éventail (Hokus Pokus, 1990)	2009	Underhanded Delivery	73	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Salvador Sufrate	Carta en la Manga	card appears in performer's sleeve, card is loaded while doing a fan		2013	El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 23)	736	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Sleeve
Dan Buck, Dave Buck	Fan Palm	during closing of fan		2014	Card Men	8	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Edo Huang	Diagonal Palm Fan	fan cover	Inspired by The Diagonal Palm-Shift (S. W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table, 1902) also in: The Diagonal Palm Shift (The Multiple Shift, 1989) The Diagonal Palm Shift (Genii, 2009)	2015	Card Coffee Collective	31	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Alexander de Cova, John Cornelius	Der Durchschuss	fan steal	Also published here Der Durchschuß (Alexander de Cova, John Cornelius, Am Close-up Tisch, 1991) also in: Cornelius Card Control (John Cornelius, Alexander de Cova, Ein Profi packt aus..., 1992)	2016	Burners — Vol. 5	143	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Tenkai Palm & Unit Grip Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Angly Palm Controls
Gordon Bruce	Fan Steal	into "Master Palm", from small packet fan	Related to Miracle Change No. 3 (Edward Marlo, Miracle Card Changes, 1954) also in: Miracle Change No. 3 (Guarded Secrets Revealed!, 1988) Miracle Change No. 3 (Output, 2019) … and 1 more Miracle Change No. 3 (Elixir, 2021)	Oct. 2019	Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)	76	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Master Palm
Mark Aspiazu	Aspiazu Fan Palm	perpendicular insertion, one-handed closing	Also published here Aspiazu Fan Palm (Mark Aspiazu, MAGIC, 2003)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	191	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center
Helge Thun	Action Fan Palm	card is palmed while closing the fan	Also published here Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, The Book, 1998) also in: Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Seminah 3, 2023) Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Evidence of a Well Spent Life, 2025)	2022	Seminah 2	43	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
Helge Thun	Action Fan Palm	card is palmed while closing the fan	Also published here Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, The Book, 1998) also in: Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Seminah 2, 2022) Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Evidence of a Well Spent Life, 2025)	2023	Seminah 3	55	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
Pedro Lacerda	Fan Palm	while doing a Thumb Fan	Related to Fan to Palm (Walt Maddison, Apocalypse, 1990)	2023	The Finest Magic of Pedro Lacerda	276	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Martin A. Nash	Two-handed Fan Palm - To Palm Bottom Card of Deck			2024	Unexpected Agenda (Issue Apr 18)	120	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Roberto Giobbi	Gambler's Cop - One More: The Two-handed Fan Cop			2024	Unexpected Agenda (Issue Apr 19)	121	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Roberto Giobbi	Barnhart Fan Steal Control	right hand flat palm	Inspired by Barnhardt's Fan Steal (Russell T. Barnhart, Marlo In Spades, 1947)	2024	Unexpected Agenda (Issue Nov. 24)	340	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Flat Palm Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fan Controls
Helge Thun	Action Fan Palm	card is palmed while closing the fan	Also published here Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, The Book, 1998) also in: Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Seminah 2, 2022) Action Fan Palm (Helge Thun, Seminah 3, 2023)	2025	Evidence of a Well Spent Life	29	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Collected Fan Steals Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom