Arthur Finley

This search includes results that are not relevant to tricks or sleights (e.g. columns, reviews, articles, ...). Click here to hide these results.

Please note:

Arthur Finley uses the penname Henry Gavin.

Include these results.

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	Blind Cuts - I. To Retain Bottom Stock. Top Losing One Card		Related to Erdnase System of Blind Riffles and Cuts (Steve Forte, 2020) Variations Finley's Cut To Slip One Card (Arthur Finley, 1972)	1902	The Expert at the Card Table	39	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Tabled
Charles Bertram	The Two Handed Pass	Charles Bertram's Method, "...it is the basis of, or used in, almost every card trick which requires any sleight of hand"	Related to Arthur Finley Shift (Arthur Finley, 2018)	1902	The Modern Conjurer	35	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Classic Pass
Charles T. Jordan	The Spirit Mathematician	No. 2, half deck in performer's pocket, card with same suit and cards who add up to same domination as selection are produced, binary (Ace, Two, Four, Eight)	Related to The Secret Mathematician (Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley, 1937) The Complementary Cards (Nate Leipzig, 1950) Variations Double Time in Spiritland (Stewart James, 1954) Also published here The Spirit Mathematician (Charles T. Jordan, 1975) The Spirit Mathematician (Charles T. Jordan, 1992)	1920	Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Binary / One, Two, Four & Eight Index
Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley	The Secret Mathematician	from any named card the performer removes a card with same suit and cards that add up to the value from pocketed deck, binary, spelled "Findley"	Related to The Spirit Mathematician (Charles T. Jordan, 1920) Also published here Findley's Four-Card Trick (Arthur Finley, 1956)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity Cards / Principles / Binary / One, Two, Four & Eight Index
Howard Albright	The Secret Mathematician - Variation		Inspired by The Secret Mathematician (Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley, 1937)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity Cards / Principles / Binary / One, Two, Four & Eight Index
Arthur Finley	d. Three Cuts	cards left behind on table apparently by accident	Related to The New False Cut (Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley, 1975)	1938	Greater Magic	176	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz, Arthur Finley	The Ambitious Card	with double backer	Related to Kannibal Kards - Phase Four (Karl Fulves, 1975)	1938	Greater Magic	481	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley	Interlocking Chain Principle			Jan. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 40)	267	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Full Stack
	I Should Judge	spectator cuts to and remembers a card, deck dealt into five pile and spectator says which pile has his selection, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at selection	Related to Judgment (Dai Vernon, 1949) Stop! (Harry Lorayne, 1962) Impossibility (Roberto Giobbi, 2000) Guesstimation (Shawn Farquhar, 2024) Variations Caliban's Revenge (Aaron Shields, B.J. Bueno, 2004) Also published here I Should Judge (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1946	50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do	38	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Performer
	Thought Stealer	progressive set up	Variations Thought Stealer (Jean Hugard, Roberto Giobbi, Arthur Finley, 1995) Dead Solid Perfect (Grace Ann Morgan, 2004) Thought Stealer Rethought (Paul Gordon, 2008)	1948	The Royal Road to Card Magic	23	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards
George G. Kaplan	Natural Card	using numerical value on card to count to selection that fits by chance, see also page 101	Related to The "Impossible" Location (George G. Kaplan, 1938) Natural Key Card (Arthur Finley, 1972) Counting on Lothar (Jon Racherbaumer, 2022)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	49	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous
Frederick Braue	Roundabout with Fred Braue	on Paul Rosini's passing, Chang, Vernon, Rufus Steele, Jordan, Arthur Finley, Annemann, Paul Curry, Stewart James, Rober Lund, Paul Fleming and more		Oct. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 5)	471	Articles / Columns
Dai Vernon	The Double Lift	top two cards moved to the right in right-hand end grip as simulated push-off	Related to The Finley-Vernon Double Turnover (Arthur Finley, Dai Vernon, 1999) Also published here The Vernon Light Lift (Dai Vernon, 2020)	1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2)	78	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Dai Vernon, L. Widdop, Arthur Finley	Thanks to Finley, Vernon, Widdop		Inspired by Another Method of Divination (L. Widdop, 2007)	May 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 228)	910	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen
Stewart James	The Open Prediction #6	spectator stops dealing from face-up deck, then cuts deck face down and deals top card face down, using Henry Gavin's New False Cut	Related to The New False Cut (Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley, 1975)	Aug. 1955	Ibidem (Issue 3)	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme
Arthur Finley	Findley's Four-Card Trick	four cards secretly placed in pocket as prediction, pull out the necessary cards to form suit and value (using binary system)	Also published here The Secret Mathematician (Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley, 1937)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	6	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity Cards / Principles / Binary / One, Two, Four & Eight Index
Dai Vernon	Dai Vernon's Double Lift	top two cards moved to the right in right-hand End Grip	Related to The Finley-Vernon Double Turnover (Arthur Finley, Dai Vernon, 1999)	1957	The Dai Vernon Book of Magic	119	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Push-Off Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1969	Expert Card Mysteries	42	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Sleeve-A-Coin	coin vanish and reproduction, coin dropped in sleeve when pen is removed from inside pocket	Also published here Finley's Effects: 5) Coin Gag (Arthur Finley, 1972)	Dec. 1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 2)	472	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Pen
Arthur Finley	Ace Vanish	face-up with palmed cover card, also as color change	Variations Round Trip (Robert Parrish, 1975)	Dec. 1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 2)	472	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Arthur Finley	Natural Key Card	within No. 16, a card that falls at its numerical position	Related to Natural Card (George G. Kaplan, 1948) Also published here Natural Key Card (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	9	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles
Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley	Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 4)	No. 109-4, no details	Related to The Finley Diagonal Palm Shift Revisited (Arthur Finley, 1989) Also published here Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 4) (Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	32	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Arthur Finley	Finley's Weave Shuffle Cover	No. 697, riffle delay before strip-out, type of false shuffle not clear	Related to Finley's Pull Thru Shuffle (Arthur Finley, 1972) Also published here Finley's Weave Shuffle Cover (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	188	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Push Through Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Strip Out
Arthur Finley	Finley's Automatic Spell	No. 698, progressive set-up	Also published here Finley's Automatic Spell (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	188	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Arthur Finley	Finley Diagonal Palm In Right Hand	No. 699, very brief	Also published here The Arthur Finley Diagonal Palm Shift (Arthur Finley, 1987) Finley Diagonal Palm In Right Hand (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	188	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Arthur Finley	Finley's Knife Cut Location	No. 700, with glide	Related to Two Card Discovery (Arthur Finley, 1975) Also published here Finley's Knife Cut Location (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	188	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 1) Card to Pocket	No. 701-1, sounds like lazy man card to pocket handling as location	Also published here Finley's Effects: 1) Card to Pocket (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 2)	No. 701-2, ploy to get rid of extra card in pocket by first getting wrong card to pocket	Also published here Finley's Effects: 2) (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 3) Sympathetic Kings and Queen (Hatton and Plate)	No. 701-3, handling not clear	Related to Kings and Queens (Arthur Finley, 1975) "The Sympathetic Kings and Queens" (Hatton & Plate, p. 91) Also published here Finley's Effects: 3) Sympathetic Kings and Queen (Hatton and Plate) (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	189	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 4) False cut for Slipping Cut	No. 701-4, just these notes: (a) mistake leaving packet on table (b) fake pick-up	Related to The New False Cut (Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley, 1975) Also published here Finley's Effects: 4) False cut for Slipping Cut (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	189	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 5) Coin Gag	No. 701-5, coin dropped in sleeve when pen is removed from inside pocket	Also published here Sleeve-A-Coin (Arthur Finley, 1971) Finley's Effects: 5) Coin Gag (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	189	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Pen
Arthur Finley	Finley's Riffle Think "O" Card	No. 702, bit unclear, perhaps imperceptible peek and fine break during riffling in peek position	Also published here Finley's Riffle Think "O" Card (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	189	Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Riffling or Springing through Cards
Arthur Finley	Finley's Cut To Slip One Card	No. 703	Inspired by Blind Cuts - I. To Retain Bottom Stock. Top Losing One Card (1902) Also published here Finley's Cut To Slip One Card (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	189	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Tabled
Arthur Finley	Finley's Pull Thru Shuffle	No. 704, riffle delay before strip-out, also to loosen the cards	Related to Finley's Weave Shuffle Cover (Arthur Finley, 1972) Also published here Finley's Pull Thru Shuffle (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	189	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Push Through
Arthur Finley	Finley's Blindfold Poker Deal Finish	No. 705	Also published here Finley's Blindfold Poker Deal Finish (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	190	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
Arthur Finley	Findley's Rising Card Thread Wrinkle	No. 706, thread hook-up in trousers	Also published here Findley's Rising Card Thread Wrinkle (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	190	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Thread Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Arthur Finley	Findley's Book Color Change	No. 707, face-up with palmed card	Also published here Findley's Book Color Change (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	190	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Edward Marlo, Arthur Finley	The Missing Hour	twelve cards, selection vanishes, two methods	Variations Time Out (Simon Aronson, 1990) Real-gone Hour (David Solomon, 1999)	1975	Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Karl Fulves	Kannibal Kards - Phase Four	four jacks become three, then two, then one, single card placed in center comes back to top with other jacks	Related to The Ambitious Card (Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz, Arthur Finley, 1938)	1975	Kannibal Kards	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Cannibals Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Arthur Finley	Two Card Discovery	indifferent card stabbed into deck to find two selections, glide	Related to Finley's Knife Cut Location (Arthur Finley, 1972) Also published here Two Card Discovery (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1975	Magic With Faucett Ross	213	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Arthur Finley	Kings and Queens	Kings and Queens mixed up behind back, performer can bring out King/Queen of same suit, then later separate them into Kings and Queens	Related to Finley's Effects: 3) Sympathetic Kings and Queen (Hatton and Plate) (Arthur Finley, 1972) Also published here Kings and Queens (Arthur Finley, 2007)	1975	Magic With Faucett Ross	214	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous
Robert Parrish	Round Trip	card vanishes (tent vanish), reappears next to selection	Inspired by Ace Vanish (Arthur Finley, 1971) Related to Flying Squad (Alex Elmsley, 1991)	June 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 8)	976	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley	The New False Cut	cards left behind on table apparently by accident, see also next page	Related to d. Three Cuts (Arthur Finley, 1938) The Open Prediction #6 (Stewart James, 1955) Finley's Effects: 4) False cut for Slipping Cut (Arthur Finley, 1972) Finley's Effects: 4) False cut for Slipping Cut (Arthur Finley, 2007) Also published here Henry Gavin's False Cut (Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley, 1992)	1975	Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks	59	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes / Two-Handed Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley	Face-Up Finley Tent Vanish			1976	The First California Lecture	14	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1978	Here's My Card	32	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1979	CardMagic	77	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1980	French Pasteboards	26	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1981	Cardworks	124	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1981	Four Professional Card Tricks	29	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1982	Best of Friends	416	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			Dec. 1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 7)	1066	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			Sep. 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 9)	825	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1985	Out Of His Mind!	45	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	52	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	The Arthur Finley Diagonal Palm Shift		Also published here Finley Diagonal Palm In Right Hand (Arthur Finley, 1972)	1987	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1	65	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley	Crossed Destinies	innovative handling	Also published here Crossed Destinies (Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley, 1987)	1987	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1	229	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley	Crossed Destinies		Also published here Crossed Destinies (Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley, 1987) Gekreuzte Ziele (Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley, 1990)	Mar. 1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8)	9	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Arthur Finley, Juan Tamariz	Riffle Shuffle Finesse	spectator pushes cards together		1987	Card Stories	18	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Paul Harris, Arthur Finley	The Venezuela Vanish	finessed Tent Vanish		1988	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 9-12 Paul Harris: The Act)	28	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	The Finley Diagonal Palm Shift Revisited	clarifications	Related to Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 4) (Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley, 1972)	1989	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3	15	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Arthur Finley	Remote Control	spectator riffle shuffles after control, cards spread before pushed together	Related to The Finley Strategem (Arthur Finley, 2015) Variations Remote Rosetta Control (Rajneesh Madhok, 2019) On Finley's Remote Control (Roberto Giobbi, 2024)	1989	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3	166	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1989	The Secrets of Brother John Hamman	123	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1989	Cartas Certificadas	47	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Simon Aronson	Time Out	twelve cards, selection vanishes	Inspired by The Missing Hour (Edward Marlo, Arthur Finley, 1975) Variations Real-gone Hour (David Solomon, 1999)	1990	The Aronson Approach	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley	Gekreuzte Ziele		Also published here Crossed Destinies (Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley, 1987)	Feb. 1990	Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 2)	69	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1991	Carneycopia	38	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1992	Totally Out Of Control	41	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1992	Pasteboard Presentations	28	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley	Henry Gavin's False Cut	No. 51, cards left behind on table apparently by accident, illustrated	Also published here The New False Cut (Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley, 1975)	1992	Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks	60	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes / Two-Handed Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Arthur Finley	Remote Control	spectator riffle shuffles after control	Related to Remote Control (Arthur Finley, 1989)	1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	327	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Jean Hugard, Roberto Giobbi, Arthur Finley	Thought Stealer	spectator spells name of his thought of card, progressive set-up	Inspired by Thought Stealer (1948)	1995	Card College — Volume 1	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1996	Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam	75	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1997	Jennings '67	160	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Riffle Force			1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	320	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1997	Solomon's Mind	132	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1997	Roger's Real Gone Aces	19	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Face Up Tent Vanish	starts with card palmed		1997	The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields	127	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley, Dai Vernon	The Finley-Vernon Double Turnover	very detailed	Related to The Double Lift (Dai Vernon, 1949) Dai Vernon's Double Lift (Dai Vernon, 1957)	1999	Mechanical Deck	19	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			1999	Tricks of my Trade	136	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
David Solomon	Real-gone Hour	twelve cards, selection vanishes and is found in case	Inspired by The Missing Hour (Edward Marlo, Arthur Finley, 1975) Time Out (Simon Aronson, 1990) Also published here Real Gone Hour (David Solomon, 2007)	June 1999	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)	72	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations
Arthur Finley, Don England	Tent Vanish			2001	Don England's Paradox	47	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley, David Regal	Spectator Shuffles Subtlety with control back to top		Related to Remote Control (Arthur Finley, 1989)	2002	Constant Fooling 1	8	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2003	Tricks	57	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2003	Tricks	157	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley, Juan Tamariz	Riffle Shuffle Finesse	spectator pushes cards together		2003	Card College — Volume 5	1362	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Arthur Finley, Charles T. Jordan, Juan Tamariz, Antón "Mago Antón" López	T.N.T.	card is found after several honest shuffles, interlocking chains		2004	Mnemonica	223	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Arthur Finley	Remote Control			2006	Tangled Web	139	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2006	Power Plays	18	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	316	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Bill Kalush	Arthur Finley, Also Known As Henry Gavin	discussion of his life and published and advertised tricks with further references, connection with Charles Jordan		2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	7	Articles / Biographical
Arthur Finley	The Chameleon Cards	several spectators cut off a packet and remember the face cards, deck shuffled, then the top card is turned face up and it changes into all selections one by one, reprinted from different publications	Also published here advertised 1908	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Arthur Finley	Corner Crimp	as top portion is replaced		2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
Arthur Finley	Block Turnover Transformation	top card turned face up, then a block secretly turned over to affect its transformation		2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	9	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Arthur Finley	The Illusive Aces	three double facers, spectator does most of the handling, perhaps the Arthur Finley method his marketed "The Goblin Ace Trick"	Also published here Stanyon Lesson No. 20, July 1910	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Jean Hugard	Hugard on Arthur Finley	longer article on Henry Gavin with description of several effects	Also published here The Sphinx, Jan. 1919	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	14	Articles / Articles
Arthur Finley	Henry Gavins Clock Trick	selection vanishes, whole packet switched while spectator is writing down the name of his selection		2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations
Charles T. Jordan	The Mystic Self-Arrangers	packet of Ace to Five arranges itself in order, with gaff that has a partial fan that can be pivoted away, perhaps by Arthur Finley	Also published here marketed in 1923	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	18	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Packet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Step gaff
Arthur Finley	I Should Judge	spectator cuts to and remembers a card, deck dealt into five pile and spectator says which pile has his selection, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at selection, with connection to Arthur Finley	Also published here I Should Judge (1946)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	19	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
L. Widdop	Another Method of Divination		Variations Thanks to Finley, Vernon, Widdop (Dai Vernon, L. Widdop, Arthur Finley, 1951) Also published here Card Tricks without Sleight of Hand or Apparatus, L. Widdop, ca. 1914	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen
Arthur Finley	Natural Key Card	a card that falls at its numerical position	Also published here Natural Key Card (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles
Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley	Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 4)	No. 109-4, no details	Also published here Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 4) (Dai Vernon, Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Arthur Finley	Finley's Weave Shuffle Cover	No. 697, riffle delay before strip-out, type of false shuffle not clear	Also published here Finley's Weave Shuffle Cover (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Push Through Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Strip Out
Arthur Finley	Finley's Automatic Spell	No. 698, progressive set-up	Also published here Finley's Automatic Spell (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Arthur Finley	Finley Diagonal Palm In Right Hand	No. 699, very brief	Also published here Finley Diagonal Palm In Right Hand (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Center
Arthur Finley	Finley's Knife Cut Location	No. 700, with glide	Also published here Finley's Knife Cut Location (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 1) Card to Pocket	No. 701-1, sounds like lazy man card to pocket handling as location	Also published here Finley's Effects: 1) Card to Pocket (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 2)	No. 701-2, ploy to get rid of extra card in pocket by first getting wrong card to pocket	Also published here Finley's Effects: 2) (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 3) Sympathetic Kings and Queen (Hatton and Plate)	No. 701-3, handling not clear	Also published here Finley's Effects: 3) Sympathetic Kings and Queen (Hatton and Plate) (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 4) False cut for Slipping Cut	No. 701-4, just these notes: (a) mistake leaving packet on table (b) fake pick-up	Related to The New False Cut (Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley, 1975) Also published here Finley's Effects: 4) False cut for Slipping Cut (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Arthur Finley	Finley's Effects: 5) Coin Gag	No. 701-5, coin dropped in sleeve when pen is removed from inside pocket	Also published here Finley's Effects: 5) Coin Gag (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Pen
Arthur Finley	Finley's Riffle Think "O" Card	No. 702, bit unclear, perhaps imperceptible peek and fine break during riffling in peek position	Also published here Finley's Riffle Think "O" Card (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Riffling or Springing through Cards
Arthur Finley	Finley's Cut To Slip One Card	No. 703	Also published here Finley's Cut To Slip One Card (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	29	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Tabled
Arthur Finley	Finley's Pull Thru Shuffle	No. 704, riffle delay before strip-out, also to loosen the cards	Also published here Finley's Pull Thru Shuffle (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	30	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Push Through
Arthur Finley	Finley's Blindfold Poker Deal Finish	No. 705	Also published here Finley's Blindfold Poker Deal Finish (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
Arthur Finley	Findley's Rising Card Thread Wrinkle	No. 706, thread hook-up in trousers	Also published here Findley's Rising Card Thread Wrinkle (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Thread Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Arthur Finley	Findley's Book Color Change	No. 707, face-up with palmed card	Also published here Findley's Book Color Change (Arthur Finley, 1972)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	30	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Kings and Queens	Kings and Queens mixed up behind back, performer can bring out King/Queen of same suit, then later separate them into Kings and Queens	Also published here Kings and Queens (Arthur Finley, 1975)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous
Arthur Finley	Two Card Discovery	indifferent card stabbed into deck to find two selections, glide	Also published here Two Card Discovery (Arthur Finley, 1975)	2007	Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work	30	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Arthur Finley,	Riffle Force	break		2008	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1	280	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2009	The Sticky Blue Book	24	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2010	One Degree	49	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish	brief		2012	Noteworthy	54	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Spectator Shuffles Subtlety		Related to Remote Control (Arthur Finley, 1989)	2013	Confident Deceptions	65	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2013	The Magic of Steven Hamilton	6	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2013	Stand-Up Fantasies	5	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			July 2013	Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)	49	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2013	The Magic Apple Live!	11	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2014	Remix	48	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2014	Blomberg Laboratories	290	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2014	A Fuego Lento — Volumen I	35	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2014	Runes of Tomorrow	26	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2014	Mayhew	182	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	The Finley Strategem	Concept of using a telescoped ribbon spread to secretly note the number of cards shuffled onto a particular card, along with tips for dealing with blocks of cards too large to secretly count.	Variations Remote Control (Arthur Finley, 1989)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9	90	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Arthur Finley	Bottom Deal Trick			2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue Feb 6)	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2017	Secrets	64	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Arthur Finley Shift		Related to The Two Handed Pass (Charles Bertram, 1902)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	223	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Classic Pass
Arthur Finley	Flibbertigibbet	coin vanishes, loaded back in hand from sleeve, credit information on sleeve load while taking something out of inside pocket		2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	277	Sleeving Techniques Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2019	Houchin: French Kiss & The Invisible Palm	18	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish	brief		2019	Punto Cero.1	40	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2019	Grand Livre de Cartomagie	198	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Rajneesh Madhok	Remote Rosetta Control	top card retained during spectator "shuffle"	Inspired by Remote Control (Arthur Finley, 1989) Also published here Destination Zero (John Bannon, 2015)	2019	Triptych	14	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2019	Tesseract	89	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2020	Sleights & Insights	162	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish			2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	272	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Tent Vanish		Also published here MAGIC, Nov. 2005	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	444	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	Finley Tent Vanish	see also variation on p. 274		2022	Vallarino	256	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Arthur Finley	The Bookwise Turnover			Nov. 2024	Genii (Vol. 87 No. 11)	62	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Roberto Giobbi	On Finley's Remote Control	spectator riffle shuffles after control, cards spread before pushed together	Inspired by Remote Control (Arthur Finley, 1989)	2024	Unexpected Agenda (Issue Jan 17)	29	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties

148 entries for Arthur Finley