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145 entries in Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Multiple Lift triple and double
 		1932 "Eye-Openers" 5
Unknown The Double Lift
1933 Card Manipulations (Issue 2) 22
Unknown The Double Lift
1933 More "Eye-Openers" 3
Unknown Double Lift
1933 More "Eye-Openers" 15
Unknown Double Lift
1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 28
Victor Farelli The Double Card Turn-over Description of Victor's method of handling the double turnover
Related to 1936 Lend Me Your Pack 47
Unknown The Double Lift
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 382
Unknown The Double Lift Turnover two methods
Related toVariations 1940 Expert Card Technique 8
Unknown The Lift
1940 Expert Card Technique 5
Joseph P. Schmidt Reverse English on the Double Lift display sequence, card not on top or bottom
 		Feb. 1946 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 9) 194
Edward Marlo The "S" Shaped Turn Over multiple lift for ca. five cards, S-crimp
 		1947 Marlo In Spades 6
Trevor H. Hall, John A. M. Howie FKO Sleight turnover switch on packet, face up card under top face down card, double lift
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 153) 611
Dai Vernon The Double Lift top two cards moved to the right in right-hand End Grip
Related to 1949 Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 2) 78
Unknown Double Turnover
1953 Classic Secrets of Magic 162
Edward Marlo Dribble Double Lift deck dribbled onto table, double retained in hand
 		1954 Miracle Card Changes 6
Unknown The Double Lift
1954 Handbook Of Card Sleights 12
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Double Lift top two cards moved to the right in right-hand End Grip
Related to 1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 119
Bert Allerton The Double Lift snapped over right first and second fingers
Related toAlso published here 1958 The Close-Up Magician 32
Cliff Green The Double Lift two methods, end for end turnover, thumb pushes behind first finger
Related to 1961 Professional Card Magic 16
Cliff Green A Get-Ready on the "Installment Plan"
1961 Professional Card Magic 18
James G. Thompson Jr. Controlled Double Lift
1961 T-Formation 16
Harry Lorayne The "Kick" Double-Lift
Related toVariations 1967 Deck-Sterity 8
Tom Batchelor The Doubling Lift
1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 78
Art Altman The Altman Trap dated 1956
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 147
Edward Marlo Marlo Repeat Turnover Technique using Altman Trap, one or two handed
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 147
Karl Fulves Sliding Seconds taking two cards from top of deck, one is a double with push-off technique
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 19
Karl Fulves One Finger Double push-off with apparently a single finger
Related toVariations 1971 The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes 18
Harry Lorayne, Derek Dingle Kick Double Lift variation
 		1971 Dingle's Deceptions with Cards and Coins 30
Unknown Double Lift standard book turnover
 		1972 Million Dollar Card Secrets 15
Frank Garcia Pirouette Double Lift
1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 157
Frank Garcia Double Lift and Change getting double in position for change throw
 		1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 163
Harry Lorayne The Flip-Up Double Lift single-handed tilting movement
 		1973 Rim Shots 11
Paul Curry The Drawback Double Lift
Related toVariations 1974 Paul Curry Presents 36
Karl Fulves One Finger Double Lift
Inspired byRelated to 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 99
Karl Fulves Double Double Lift displaying the top two cards by forming a spread with two double cards
 		1975 Kannibal Kards 5
Karl Fulves Double Lift under Top Card second and third cards openly removed as one
 		1975 Kannibal Kards 7
Francis Carlyle The Double Lift
1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 28
Ken Krenzel Forceps/Pincher Double
1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 8) 103
Jerry Andrus Double Lift
1976 Andrus Card Control 55
Unknown Double Lift knock-out with a break
 		1976 Close-Up Sampler - Part 1 13
Eddie Fields Field's Relaxation Double Turnover
1976 The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields 77
Cliff Green Double Lift
1976 Close-Up Sampler — Part 2 5
Cliff Green Push-Forward
1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 142
Harry Lorayne Third Method "delayed break" double lift
 		1977 The Magic Book 66
Ken Krenzel Force-Eps
Related to 1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 173
Ken Krenzel The Natural Multiple Lift
1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 16
Ken Krenzel The Drag Lift with or without get-ready
 		1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 26
Karl Fulves The Double-Double Lift displaying the top two cards by forming a spread with two double cards
 		1978 Transpo Trix 13
Karl Fulves Pull-Out Notes double removed openly from under top card
 		1978 Transpo Trix 20
Edward Marlo The Turn Over Tip to eradicate the flare-out in double lifts and D'Amico Spread
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 244
Richard Kaufman A Double and Triple Lift flourishy
 		1979 CardMagic 48
Gary Ouellet The Sliding Double Lift starts from fan, but actual double from squared deck
 		1979 Finger on the Card 15
Bernard Bilis Bilis' Electric Double Lift
1980 French Pasteboards 6
Daryl Martinez Double Lift Handling to retain break after turnover
Related to 1980 Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler" 82
Harry Lorayne Spread-Off Double Lift top few cards thumbed off and top card double lifted
Inspired by 1980 Lecture Notes 7
Bill Steinacker Platform "Snap" Double Lift double lift for the stage
 		Sep. 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 9) 539
Walt Lees Double Lift with a push-off in which deck is pivoted away, double never aligned face-up on deck
 		1981 The Complete Cannibal Act 9
Edward Marlo In-a-Jiffy Double disarming handling
Variations 1982 Card Finesse 70
Edward Marlo In-a-Jiffy Double credited to Dingle
 		1982 Card News '82 126
Frank Simon Reverse Kick Lift starting with heel break
Inspired by 1983 Versatile Card Magic 70
Juan Tamariz Doble Volteo "Engañoso psychological strategy to switch a card by using a double lift
 		1984 Magia Potagia — Volume III 12
Larry Jennings Stud Double Lift kind of stud lift
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 20
Bruce Cervon The Cervon Loose-Pivot Lift
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 52
Dai Vernon The Loose Stud-style Display
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 51
Dai Vernon The Loose-lift Display
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 48
Karl Fulves Center Pull-Out second and third card pulled out and turned over as one, second deal double lift
Related to 1987 Secret Session — Part Two 32
Ken Krenzel Drag Double Lift Stud Double Lift
 		1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 123
José Carroll The Economical Double Lift... And more D'Amico replacement independently invented
Inspired byAlso published here 1988 52 Lovers 57
Stuart Gordon Gordon Double Lift
1988 The Cardwright 114
Martin A. Nash, Paul Harris Knock-Out Double Lift with break
 		1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 9-12 Paul Harris: The Act) 42
Gene Maze Tri Double removing apparently two cards from deck, one is a double, also splitting three cards into a double and a single, brief transposition application
Related to 1988 The Chronicles (Issue 32) 1384
Edward Marlo The Action Lift (The Turn Around) all-around-square up immediately before double turnover
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Mar. 1966
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 214
Unknown Double Lift / Turnover
1989 Close Up Magic To Tapdance To 15
Rafael Benatar Doble Volteo Resbalante additional method using Vernon's Double Push-Off
Also published here 1989 Cartas Certificadas 15
Juan Tamariz Double Peruvian Turnover double crimped for identification
 		1989/91 Sonata 54
Gary Ouellet The Pages of Time Double Lift
1990 Close Up Illusions 38
Gary Ouellet Triple Delight
1990 Close Up Illusions 40
Gary Ouellet The Crook Double Lift
1990 Close Up Illusions 43
Gilles Couture Couture's Wrist Double
1990 Close Up Illusions 49
Gary Ouellet The Windmill Double double card swings down in right hand, giving sense of looseness
 		1990 Close Up Illusions 51
Gary Ouellet The Jimminy Cricket Double Lift
1990 Close Up Illusions 53
Gilles Couture The Angle Pivot Principle
1990 Close Up Illusions 349
Karl Fulves No Get-Ready Triple Lift running cut followed by multiple lift, initial break from bottom
 		1991 28 Card Tricks 48
Roger Klause The Soft Double
1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 109
Vanni Bossi The V.B. "Pneumatic" Double Lift (1976)
1991 Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year 20
Edward Marlo In-A-Jiffy Duplex Double multiple double version
Inspired by 1992 Card Finesse II 62
Unknown Give Yourself a Break repeated multiple lifts without get-readies
 		1992 Card Finesse II 179
Gary Ouellet, Harry Lorayne Off-Handed actually both hands are used
 		Feb. 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 2) 2182
Steve Draun Revolve Lift
1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 17
Rafael Benatar Slippery Double Turnover additional method using Vernon's Double Push-Off
Also published here 1993 Double-Card Technique 1
Dai Vernon バーノンのダブルリフト (Vernon's Double Lift)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 54
Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings バーノンのダブルリフトのバリエーション (Variation on Vernon's Double Lift) Stud turnover
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 57
Allan Ackerman Spooky Altman Trap double to quadruple "floats" off the deck
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 57
Cliff Green Double Lift Push
1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 235
Leon Maguire Double Turnover
1994 More Greater Magic 1247
Stuart Gordon Gordon Double
1995 Cardshark 105
Gary Kurtz Pivot Double Lift
1995 Cardshark 24
Walter "Sonny" Day The Day Double Lift interesting push-off
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 247
Doug Edwards Stud Lift
Aug. 1995 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 8) 2539
Ken Krenzel Drag Double Lift Stud lift
 		1995 Cardshark 30
Unknown A Double Lift
1995 Card College — Volume 1 129
Unknown A Double Turnover safe method
 		1995 Card College - Volume 1 130
Unknown Another Double Turnover
Related to 1996 Card College — Volume 2 331
Bob Driebeek Double Lift
Inspired by 1996 Aenigmas Rätsel 42
Stuart Gordon Gordon Double
1997 Jennings '67 187
Simon Lovell, Ben Harris Super Flip Variation turnover at end of dribble
Inspired by 1997 Simon Says! 172
Bob White Flash Double lift without turnover
Related toAlso published here 1997 It's a Matter of Style 1
Frank Garcia Pirouette Double Lift
1999 21st Century Card Magic 11
Arthur Finley, Dai Vernon The Finley-Vernon Double Turnover very detailed
Related to 1999 Mechanical Deck 19
Chuck Smith Chuck Smith on the Double-Lift unusual lift
 		2000 Tools Of The Trade 8
Paul Curry The Relativity Lift two methods, with and without pencil
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • "Genii", Vol. 46 No. 2. 1982
 2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 6
Paul Curry The Drawback Double Lift
2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 10
Tenkai Ishida, Masao Atsukawa ダブルリフト (Double Lift) Double Lift handling with thumb break, top or bottom
 		2001 カードの島 6
Unknown Step Double Lift Cliff Green
 		2001 DeSouza's DeCeptions 98
Derek Dingle Two Card pick-up longitudinal crimp instead of break
 		2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 150
Dámaso Fernández Deslizamiento de la Carta Doble double lift and turnover
  • Posición Inicial
  • Preparación para el Deslizamiento de la Carta Doble (con la ayuda de la mano derecha)
  • Preparación para el Deslizamiento de la Carta Doble (a una sola mano)
  • Deslizamiento de la Carta Doble
  • El Volteo de la Carta Doble (two methods)
 		2003 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 254
Luis H. Trueba Un Doble Dinámico after cut in the hands
 		2003 Magia y Dramagia 126
Bob White Handling a Single Card from "Supplement to Notes"
and on the Flash Double
Related toAlso published here 2003 It's a Matter of Style 36
David Acer The Sliding Double Lift
Related to 2004 Random Acts of Magic 113
Wesley James WJ Two-Step Double Lift push-off and stud turnover
 		2004 Enchantments 158
Allan Ackerman, Cliff Green Quad Technique four as two turned over
 		2005 Ackerman 2004 38
Bob White Handling a Single Card
Also published here 2005 It's a Matter of Style (2005 edition) 15
Bob White Flash Double lift without turnover
  • White's Comments
Also published here 2005 It's a Matter of Style (2005 edition) 17
Harry Riser The SWE Break Double Turnover stud
Also published here
  • MUM, July 2001
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 24
Jack Parker The Ballerina Double Flashy & twirly double lift
Related to 2007 52 Memories 45
Ron Bauer The Return end for end turnover
 		2008 The Ron Bauer 2008 Lecture 21
Arturo de Ascanio The Ascanio Double Turnover
2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 324
Arturo de Ascanio A Prepared Double
2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 324
Arturo de Ascanio A Diminishing Lift Sequence not really diminishing lift
 		2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 326
Unknown Double Lift Pick Up
2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 189
Tyler Wilson Shoplift featuring a push off technique
 		2010 Reinventing the Real 17
Jack Parker Ballerina Double
2010 Above the Fold 8
Cliff Green A Delicate Double Lift
2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 13) 17
Unknown Push Off Double Lift
2011 Al Schneider Magic 500
Ken Krenzel Chopstick Double Lift
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 222
Ken Krenzel Stud Double Lift
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 264
Tom Gagnon DD Double Lift Variant stud, with break
Inspired by 2013 Too Hot for the Devil 117
Tomas Blomberg Relativity Push-off
Inspired by 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 81
Roberto Giobbi The Double Lift and Double Turnover for stand-up use
  • Showing a Double Card
 		2016 Standup Card Magic 87
Cliff Green, Roberto Giobbi A Fine Double Lift
Inspired by 2016 Standup Card Magic 88
Bert Allerton Allerton Double Lift snapped over right first and second fingers
Also published here 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 51
Johnny Thompson, Stuart Gordon Stuart Gordon Double Lift Handling
2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 60
Helder Guimarães Aesthetic Naturally - Pivot Double Turnover/Ballerina Double Variation slightly flourishy double turnover, ends in position for Bruce/Tamariz replacement
Related toAlso published here
  • Genii, Oct. 2015
 2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 12
José Carroll The Economical Double Lift - and Something More D'Amico replacement
Also published here 2019 52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass 112
Bob White Flash Double
2020 Distilled 176