Vanish

107 entries in Thimble / Vanish
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Der bezauberte Fingerhut 1. thimble travels from hand to hand, false transfer with finger switch
2. false transfer
 		Sep. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 3) 36
Unknown The Patriotic Thimble thimble vanishes under small paper cover
 		1903 Later Magic 506
Van Lamèche The Vanishing Thimbles
1903 Later Magic 513
Lee Stewart Fingerhut-Kunststücke thimble sequences
I. vanish
II. swallowing
III. vanish as thimble is handed to spectator
IV. vanish
V. vanish from thumb
VI. showing both hands empty
VII. handling multiple thimbles, body holder
 		Dec. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 12) 181
Laurie Ireland Four Thimble Vanish and Reproduction
1931 Ireland Writes a Book 4
Unknown A Thimble Pass "by Christianer"
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 3
William Larsen Thimble pass
1933 Page Wright's Notebook 7
Tom Sellers A Thimble Sleight
1935 Quick Tricks 15
Jean Hugard To Vanish a Thimble Thumb palm vanish
Inspired by 1936 Thimble Magic 5
Jean Hugard Hook Vanish No. I
1936 Thimble Magic 11
Jean Hugard Hook Vanish No. II
1936 Thimble Magic 12
Jean Hugard 5 - A Thumb Steal
1936 Thimble Magic 23
Edward Victor 6 - A "Victor"ious Vanish
1936 Thimble Magic 23
Jean Hugard 7 - A "Sucker" Vanish
1936 Thimble Magic 24
Brian MacCarthy 9 - Taps Vanish thimble with a tap on the fingers (first published in "Slow Sleights", The Magic Wand)
 		1936 Thimble Magic 25
Jean Hugard Production and Vanish of Four Thimbles Simultaneously Describes how to palm four thimbles, and use it to produce and vanish four thimbles
 		1936 Thimble Magic 39
Laurie Ireland Just a Little Different Thimble Pass move
 		1936 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1936) 10
John Goodrum The Super Thimble Vanish thread
 		1937 You'd be Surprised 54
Edward Victor The "Little Finger" Sleight
1937 Magic of the Hands 65
Edward Victor A "Slow Motion" Disappearance
1937 Magic of the Hands 66
Unknown A Novel Thimble Vanish
1938 Greater Magic 833
Unknown Thimble Vanish
1938 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1938) 12
Unknown Thimbles - Sleeving about using sleeving in a thimble routine
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 109
Lewis Davenport Ein tatsächliches Fingerhutverschwinden vanish of thimble, sleeving
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2) 10
Jean Hugard Thimble Technique several thimble vanishes, where thimble does not start on finger
 		Nov. 1943 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 6) 21
Warren Wiersbe Tantalizing Thimbles longer impromptu thimble routine, with three different colored thimbles, nested
 		1945 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945) 26
Unknown 5 - Slow Thimble Vanish in Hand
1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 80
Unknown 8 - Pull-Away Thimble Vanish
1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 82
Unknown 10 - Throw-Away Vanish one-handed
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 82
Unknown 13 - Thumb Down Vanish
1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 84
Unknown 15 - Head Vanish placing thimble apparently in head
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 88
Unknown 16 - Mouth Vanish
1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 89
Unknown Some interesting Thimble Vanishes Thumb Tip Vanish
Phantom Thimble Vanish (using half thimble gaff)
Another Phantom Thimble Vanish
Small Paper Bag Vanish
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 99
J. B. Bobo The Exploding Thimble vanish with sound effect
 		1947 Watch This One! 119
Frederica Close-Up Thimble Routine Part 1 - The Production
Part 2 - The Vanish (with silk)
Related to 1956 Unconventional Magic 36
Al Leech Basic Sleights with thimbles
  • The Thumb Palm
  • Thumb Palm Vanish
  • Thumb Palm Color Change
  • The Finger Switch
  • The Finger Palm
  • The Palm
  • The Multiple Palm
 		1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 4
Al Leech Thumble
1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 7
Al Leech Complete Multiple Vanish
1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 14
Al Leech Multiple Vanish from a Silk
1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 15
Al Leech Come and Go multiple thimble vanish with a silk
 		1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 16
Unknown Thimble Vanish on first finger
 		1963 Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig 34
Bob Ostin Thimble Vanish
1967 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1 180
Unknown "The Hook Vanish or Under The Nose Vanish"
1976 The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic 71
Bob Ostin Thimble Vanish
1976 ca. Sleightly Surprising 7
Jim Ryan Thimble Fun! thimbles are produced and placed in hat, then thimbles vanish from hat, snapping the hat
 		1977 Lecture Notes Bar Magic 4
Fred Robinson Thimble-O complete vanish
 		May 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9) 569
Ross Bertram Toss-Vanish of a Thimble
1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 159
Ross Bertram Another Thimble Vanish The "Four Count"
 		1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 160
Stephen Tucker The Thimble-Thumble Vanish vanish of two thimbles, one after the other
 		1978 Close Up Sorcercy 10
Lewis Ganson A Complete Vanish
1979 A Fantasy in Thimbles — Werry's Fantastic Thimbles 6
Milton Borger Fingerhut-Telepathie five thimbles of different colors, spectator writes down one color, all thimbles placed in fist and spectator puts finger in fist, all except chosen color vanish
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, June 1948
 Apr. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 1) 25
Al Leech Thimble Theme thimbles vanish and appear
 		1980 Al Leech's Legacy 90
Unknown Basic Sleights thumb palm, thumb palm vanish, thumb palm color change, finger switch, finger's palm, palm & multiple palm
 		1980 Al Leech's Legacy 95
Unknown Thumble
1980 Al Leech's Legacy 101
Al Leech Complete Multiple Vanish with silk
 		1980 Al Leech's Legacy 118
Al Leech Multiple Vanish From A Silk with silk
 		1980 Al Leech's Legacy 119
Bob Ostin The Perfect Vanish sleeving technique for thimble
Also published here 1981 Babel (Issue 2) 11
Stephen Tucker The Thimble Thumble Vanish two thimbles
Also published here
  • in "Close-Up Sorcery"
 1981 Babel (Issue 2) 15
John Ramsay Basic Vanish
1982 The Ramsay Finale 45
Hen Fetsch Der verschwundene Fingerhut one of two thimbles vanishes under silk, nesting thimble shells
 		Oct. 1982 Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3) 87
Piet Forton Das Verschwinden lassen eines kleinen Gegenstandes three methods to vanish, a sugar cube, a coin and a thimble, brief
 		1983 Je geschickter desto Zauberer 12
Karrell Fox The "Popper" Thimble Vanish popping sound
 		1986 For My Next Trick... 21
Karrell Fox Triple Thimble Vanish routine
 		1986 For My Next Trick... 23
Gary Ouellet The Impossible Thimble Vanish
1990 Close Up Illusions 325
Gary Ouellet The New Wave Thimble Vanish
1990 Close Up Illusions 328
T. Page Wright Move Number One thimble pushed in hand vanishes, then reappears
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 51
T. Page Wright Move Number Two vanish and reproduction
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 52
T. Page Wright Move Number Three
1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 54
T. Page Wright Move Number Four vanish with double change over
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 54
Unknown Thimble Vanish
June 1993 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1) 13
Joe Mogar The Macho Vanish four thimbles vanish one by one
Also published here 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56) 1065
Joe Mogar The Belcher four thimbles put in hand vanish at once
Also published here 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58) 1107
Joe Mogar Sucker Punch four thimbles vanish in hand
Also published here 1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 62) 1215
Joe Mogar Sucker Punch four thimbles vanish in hand
Also published here 1996 Magic For The British Aisles 19
Joe Mogar The Macho Vanish four thimbles vanish one by one
Also published here 1996 Magic For The British Aisles 19
Unknown The Basic Vanish & Reproduction
  • Variation #1
  • Variation #2
  • The Reproduction
 		1997 Digital Effects 30
Joe Mogar The Volley
1997 Digital Effects 79
Joe Mogar The Macho Vanish four thimbles vanish one by one
Also published here 1997 Digital Effects 80
Joe Mogar The Belcher four thimbles put in hand vanish at once
Also published here 1997 Digital Effects 82
Joe Mogar Declining Balance four thimbles vanish
 		1997 Digital Effects 84
Joe Mogar Double Declining Balance four thimbles vanish
 		1997 Digital Effects 85
Joe Mogar You Can Call Me "Al" four thimbles vanish
Inspired by
  • "Master Move" (Al Koran, Mastered Amazement, 1947)
 1997 Digital Effects 86
Joe Mogar Proctologist Vanish four thimbles vanish in silk
 		1997 Digital Effects 87
Joe Mogar Meat & Potatoes Vanish thimbles vanish under silk
Related to 1997 Digital Effects 89
Joe Mogar A Fistful of Nothing thimbles vanish in silk
 		1997 Digital Effects 90
Joe Mogar Stack & Steal thimbles vanish in silk
 		1997 Digital Effects 91
Joe Mogar Tuck, Tuck, and Away thimbles vanish in silk, reproduced on other hand
 		1997 Digital Effects 92
Joe Mogar Tuckered Out stack of thimbles vanishes
 		1997 Digital Effects 93
Joe Mogar Tubular Steal stack of thimbles vanishes
 		1997 Digital Effects 94
Joe Mogar The Death Vanish four thimbles put in fist vanish
 		1997 Digital Effects 95
Joe Mogar The Testosterone Vanish
Related to 1997 Digital Effects 97
Joe Mogar Sucker Punch four thimbles vanish in hand
Also published here 1997 Digital Effects 101
Joe Mogar One-Way Vanish four thimbles vanish one by one
 		1997 Digital Effects 103
Joe Mogar Powdered Thimbles thimble vanishes into confetti
 		1997 Digital Effects 131
Joe Mogar Half a Trick clean production and vanish, half-thimble gaff
Related to
  • Willane's "Methods for Miracles No. 13 - Edward Victor's Thimble Manipulation"
 1997 Digital Effects 143
Ed Burchell, Geoffrey Buckingham, Joe Mogar The Vanish back palm
 		1997 Digital Effects 161
Joe Mogar Sound FX plop sound with vanish
 		1997 Digital Effects 175
Edward Victor Popping Off plop sound for vanish
Related toAlso published here
  • "The 'Pop' Thimble Vanish" (Edward Victor, More Magic of the Hands, 1942)
 1997 Digital Effects 183
Joe Mogar Sleeving Thimbles - A Primer
  • Sleeving From The First Finger
  • Sleeving From The Second Finger
  • Multiple Vanish from the Second Finger
  • Producing from the Sleeve
 		1997 Digital Effects 188
Joe Mogar The Black Hole Vanish complete vanish of four thimbles with silk, sleeving
 		1997 Digital Effects 189
Joe Mogar Sew Sew Thimble Vanish one by one, four thimbles vanish from fingertips of the right hand
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70) 1461
John Carney Thimble Stack Vanish false transfer
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 360
Daniel Cros Thimble Vanish with paper ring
 		2003 Collexion 12
Bob Ostin The Perfect Vanish sleeving technique for thimble
Also published here 2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 131
Daniel Cros Thimble Vanish with paper ring
 		2006 Tangled Web 26
Fred Robinson The Trick That Cannot Be Explained aka "Thimble-O"
 		2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 284
Peter W. Tappan Two Thimble Vanishes
  • The Speed Vanish
  • Slow Motion Vanish
 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 265