Cardini’s Magician’s Wax. New York, ca. 1960. Tin of wax made and used by Cardini. Housed in a circular tin, and reportedly a blend of waxes made by Cardini himself. Likely used in his rising card effect. The interior of the lid of the tin is stamped “Cardini”. With a LOA from the former owner who was given the wax by Swan Cardini.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
Cardini’s Own Wrist Watch Reel. Long Island, Richard Cardini, ca. 1960. Faux watch with concealed reel made and used by Cardini to perform one of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
[Correspondence] Lifetime archive of Cardini’s personal correspondence. An important and historically significant accumulation of letters written to Cardini by a wide array of correspondents, among Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
Cardini’s Magician’s Guild trophy. New York, ca. 1947. Marble and brass trophy presented to Cardini, who served as president of the Magician’s Guild from 1944 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
[“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
Life Cast of Cardini’s hand. Being a plaster cast of the magician’s right hand. 8 ½” long. In a box bearing Swan Cardini’s writing, stating, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
[German Tour] Archive of Cardini’s German tour ephemera. Including a small scrapbook of newspaper clippings, four real-photo postcards of Cardini (in one, he stands with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
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
Cardini’s photographic scrapbook. An important and impressive collection of photographs, gathered together by Cardini and his wife, Swan and chronicling their storied career on the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
Cardini’s “finale” pipe. Being the oversized wooden pipe produced at the conclusion of Cardini’s cigarette routine, just after a cigar had materialized in the magician’s Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
Cardini’s S.A.M. Gold Medal. 14-karat enameled gold medal presented to Cardini by the Parent Assembly No. 1 of the Society of American Magicians. The verso Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
