$8,500
Cardini’s Academy of the Art of Magic medallion. New York, 1936. Bronze token 1 1/8” in diameter. The obverse bears the raised logo of the Academy and its name; the reverse bears the text “Cardini/Elected/5-7-36.” Very good condition. Accompanied by a TLS from the Academy’s Secretary, informing Cardini of his induction. One of four known examples known. Rare. The Academy of the Art of Magic was an exclusive society of magicians founded in New York in 1933. Members included Dai Vernon, Cardini, Paul Fox, David Bamberg, Malini, Nate Leipzig, S. Leo Horowitz, Garrick Spenser, Bill Atherton, Arthur Finley, and J. Warren Keane. Magicol No. 172 (August, 2009) lists this token as one of four that collectors will likely “never see.” Each example of the medallion was unique, being engraved with the member’s initials and date of election on the reverse.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
