Sold for:
$400

Swan Cardini’s engraved cigarette lighter. Chrome plated Zippo lighter given to Swan Cardini by her husband. Engraved on the case, “To Swan from Richard 1st, 1972.” The case of this lighter has been engraved in the same manner and script as Cardini-made reels.


Potter & Potter

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06

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$100

"DUNHILL SILVERPLATE NOVELTY CIGARETTE LIGHTER/RULER, INSCRIBED, L 12 3/4"":Silverplate. Engraved ""To Ernie and Thelma on Their 38th Anniversary With Love, Virginia and Holmes."" Belonging to Read more…


Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries

Date:
2008-06-21


Sold for:
$1,300

Cardini’s “imitators” scrapbook. Small scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs compiled by Swan Cardini and chronicling many of the magicians who imitated – Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$10,000

[“The Act”] Archive of typed descriptions of Cardini’s act. Including lengthy descriptions, some running to three pages, of each sequence of card, billiard ball, and Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$438

Outer jacket of reeded gold, 20th c. Engraved monogram A.E.L. 2 1/2" x 7/8". 54.3 dwt. GW Read more…


Auctioneer:
Rago Auctions

Date:
2015-08-27


Sold for:
$49

the first an engraved cigarette lighter with the monogram 'LLN,' the other a small case with relief decoration, together with a silver nut dish. Width Read more…


Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

Date:
2008-11-10


Sold for:
$125

Group of five vintage cigarette holders. Owned and used by Cardini and his wife Swan, and accompanied by a box of “Swan Vestas” brand matches, Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$267

Boxed French .950 Silver Cigarette Case and Lighter, retailed by Yendis, Paris, 20th century, rectangular, with fine overall reeding, cigarette case engraved with name to Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2010-10-02


Sold for:
$1,200

Cardini’s billiard ball tray. Circular brass tray with scalloped edge and engraved Asian design, used in Cardini’s act to catch the billiard balls after his Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$225

Group of vintage cigarette lighters. Eight vintage models, all different, owned and used by Cardini and Swan. One, A Varaflame Starfire model by Ronson, is Read more…


Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2013-04-06


Sold for:
$3,250

the outer case accented with diagonal engraved pattern, the lighter finished with a pattern of straight and jagged diagonal lines. Stamp: 14K (lighter). 94.10 dwts. Read more…


Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

Date:
2016-12-04