$7,000
Cardini’s last set of stage-used billiard balls. New York, Richard Cardini, ca. 1965. Set of four turned wooden billiard balls manufactured and used by Cardini, one red, one yellow, one green, and one white. 2 ¼” in diameter. Light wear and chipping to finish; good. With a copy of an ANS by Swan Cardini attesting to the fact that these were the last billiard balls Cardini used. See lots 158 and 214. Turned on a lathe and painted by Cardini himself, this set of billiard balls was the last one used by the master magician, and was kept by his family for decades after his passing, along with the last set of cards and pair of gloves he performed with. The Billiard Ball Tray shown in the second and third images here is lot #192 and is being sold separately from the Billard Balls.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
