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Cardini. Cardini’s Royal Command Performance Gloves and Cards. Including a pack of 51 silver Peau Doux-back playing cards and a pair of white kid leather gloves used by Cardini in his May 1933 appearance at the London Palladium before British royalty. Housed in a black cardboard box with a label affixed to the exterior on the letterhead of Dr. John Henry Grossman stating, “Equipment used by Dick Cardini for English Royal Command Performance.” Slight wear from use. A second typed note enclosed states, “These are the actual cards used by Dick Cardini at his royal command performance for the royal family of England.” The note is signed, “This is correct / Cardini / Sept. 30th 1967.” Additionally, a note in Dr. Grossman’s hand pasted inside the lid of the box housing the cards and gloves relates an interesting tidbit about Cardini: “There is a drop in the Palladium Theatre London, England called the “Cardini Blues” since this was the drop he worked in front of at this theatre. At various times he played engagements there for six weeks to nine months.” The note is signed, “This is correct / Cardini / Sept. 30th 1967.”


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