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Barkley, Alben. Two TLSs from Vice President Barkley to Cardini. On Office of the Vice President stationery, and accompanied by their original mailing covers, Vice President Barkley writes to Cardini twice in connection with the magician’s appearance before President Harry Truman. Accompanied by a smaller mailing cover from the Vice President, also bearing Cardini’s name. Both letters boldly signed “Alben W. Barkley.” Barkley served as Vice President of the United States under Harry S. Truman, from 1949 – 1953.


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Date:
2013-04-06

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Cantor, Eddie. Two TLSs from Eddie Cantor to Cardini. On personal and hotel stationery, Cantor writes on Jan. 31, 1934, requesting that Cardini appear at Read more…


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Cardini’s Masters Fellowship award. Hollywood, Perma Plaque, 1970. Awarded to him by The Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle). Laminated wooden plaque. 11 ½ Read more…


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(Truman's Cabinet), Twelve articles, Barkley, Alben William, Vice President, Letter Signed and photograph; Atcheson, Dean, Sec. of State, two Signed Photographs; Byrnes, James, Assistant, Signed Read more…


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Thurston, Howard. My Life of Magic. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1929. First edition. Publisher’s cloth, gilt stamped, with pictorial dust-wrapper (front inside flap torn). 8vo. Read more…


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Milwaukee Society of Magicians. 1930s. A black buckram folio scrapbook containing approximately two dozen pieces of pasted in ephemera, including two TLSs and one telegram Read more…


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Important Houdini spiritualism scrapbook. Being a large scrapbook kept and used by Houdini in his last years, during an era in which his crusades against Read more…


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Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972) Typed Letter, Signed, 31 March 1945. Single page, stationery of the Vice President. To Senator Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956), suggesting Read more…


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[Merv Taylor] Group of Merv Taylor - Bob Haskell Ephemera. 1940s - 60s. Approximately twenty pieces, including four supply catalogs (two inscribed and signed by Read more…


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Mora, Silent (William Louis McCord). Four important Silent Mora/Cardini letters. Being a group of TLSs, the first dated April 2, 1927, the last Feb. 2, Read more…


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Miller, Charlie. 12 letters written to Charlie Miller. From Miller's correspondent Roland Hamblen, an ex-vaudeville magician, these one- two- and multi-page TLSs describe a wide Read more…


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