Outstanding Collection of Over 180 Conjuring Postcards, Some Signed. Bulk American and English, ca. 1900s–1940s. A trove from the Grossman-Nicholson collection, most real-photo (RPPC), others Read more…

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Portrait of Cardini, inscribed and signed. Detroit: Raeburn Studios, ca. 1926. Handsome half-length portrait of the famous Welsh manipulative magician, pre-mustache, Read more…

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Cardini. A Deft Manipulator. [Kenton: The Scioto Sign Co., ca. 1928]. Offset window card bearing a portrait of the “Suave Deceiver” Read more…

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Portrait of Cardini. New York: Moss Photo Service, 350 W. 50th St, ca. 1960s. Vintage publicity portrait (8 x 10") of Read more…

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Rattle Watch. Cardini, 1957. Metal wristwatch with expandable band, incorporating an Ingersoll face, that produces a rattling sound for the magician Read more…

[Photographs] Collection of Magician Photos, Some Signed. From the files of Cardini, more than twenty images comprising snapshots, real photo postcards (RPPCs), and studio portraits, Read more…

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Cardini’s Billiard Balls. Set of eleven turned wooden billiard balls and four shells (two wooden, two metal) owned and used by Read more…

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Tube for Carrying Human Hair. Brass tube painted black with end caps and exterior clip housed in cloth-lined leather case. Apparently Read more…

Miller, Welsh. Welsh Miller’s Wrist Reel, given to Cardini. Being a faux wristwatch and leather band used by Miller, a vaudeville magician, to conceal a Read more…

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Multiplying Billiard Balls owned by Cardini. American [?], ca. 1940. Set of three turned 2” wooden balls and matching shell painted Read more…