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Cardini charcoal sketch from the New Yorker.Houdini-owned lock picks and keys.Silhouette of Cardini by Dai Vernon.
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Cardini: Magic, Autographs, Posters & More

The name Cardini looms large in the annals of conjuring. He was, unquestionably, the most imitated - and likely the most influential - magician of the 20th century. On April 6, 2013, Potter & Potter will offer the personal property of this remarkable sleight-of-hand artist at public auction. Included in the sale are the props and costumes he made famous, playbills and posters, association items, correspondence, Cardini's scrapbooks, unpublished photographs, awards, tokens, and much more. This will be, undoubtedly, a once-in-a-lifetime offering. In addition, rarities from other private collections - including choice Houdini-related memorabilia, will be featured. Pre-sale exhibition will include a museum-like display of remarkable artifacts and a catalog of exceptional quality to match.
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Cardini’s Academy of the Art of Magic medallion.: 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
0050: Cardini’s Academy of the Art of Magic medallion.Est. US$3,500-US$4,000
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Cardini question-and-answer slips.: Cardini question-and-answer slips. Printed slips used in the Ascending Dragon during the mind-reading sequence. Audience members would write questions on these slips, which Cardini would then answer
0052: Cardini question-and-answer slips.Est. US$100-US$200
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Cardini/Val Raymond post-war shipboard archive.: Cardini/Val Raymond post-war shipboard archive. Including documents pertaining to Cardini’s voyage to Australia and New Zealand in 1924: his health insurance card, unemployment books, certificate
0053: Cardini/Val Raymond post-war shipboard archive.Est. US$300-US$400
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Cardini early Australian tour archive.: Cardini early Australian tour archive. Four theatre programs and four photographs from Cardini’s earliest tour of Australia. 1924 – 25. One photo shows Cardini with his vent figure, the others
0054: Cardini early Australian tour archive.Est. US$150-US$250
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Cardini’s bank ledgers. Two books, 1932-39.: Cardini’s bank ledgers. Two blue cloth covered bank ledgers from the National Provincial Bank, Leicester Square branch, kept by Cardini and Swan. Hundreds of holographic entries in Swan Cardini’s
0055: Cardini’s bank ledgers. Two books, 1932-39.Est. US$300-US$400
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Cardini’s Billboard date book for 1927-28.: Cardini’s Billboard date book. For 1927-28, being a small notebook/date book kept by Cardini and full of handwritten memoranda and notes on his route, the various theaters he played (“Chicago –
0056: Cardini’s Billboard date book for 1927-28.Est. US$200-US$300
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Cardini business card. New York, ca. 1930.: Cardini business card. New York, ca. 1930. Letterpress printed in yellow and black, with the text “The Suave Deceiver.”
0057: Cardini business card. New York, ca. 1930.Est. US$75-US$150
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Cardini RKO business card. New York, ca. 1930.: Cardini business card. New York, ca. 1930. Black ink on white stock, with the text, “Cardini the Sauve [sic] Deceiver/R.K.O. Let’s Go.”
0058: Cardini RKO business card. New York, ca. 1930.Est. US$75-US$150
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Cardini’s business card file.: Cardini’s business card file. Small vinyl booklet with window pages containing over 50 business cards, including those of W.W. Larsen, Al Robbins, Jay Marshall, Cardini (two different), Johnny Paul
0059: Cardini’s business card file.Est. US$100-US$150
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Cardini “cartoon” lobby photo. 11 x 14".: Cardini “cartoon” lobby photo. Artist unknown (initials “D.E.”), ca. 1934. Large-format photograph of a series of black-and-white drawings depicting scenes from Cardini’s act. Embossed with
0060: Cardini “cartoon” lobby photo. 11 x 14".Est. US$200-US$300
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Cardini photographic Christmas card.: Cardini photographic Christmas card. Bearing a small handsome half-length portrait of Cardini matted into a folded card. Ca. 1930. 3 ¾ x 5 ¾”. Exterior shows wear; good.
0061: Cardini photographic Christmas card.Est. US$75-US$150
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Cardini “New Yorker” Christmas Card.: Cardini “New Yorker” Christmas Card. Real-photo-type Christmas card bearing a reproduction of the sketch of Cardini featured in The New Yorker. See next lot. Ca. 1928. 5 ½ x 4 ¼”. One closed
0063: Cardini “New Yorker” Christmas Card.Est. US$75-US$150
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Cardini charcoal sketch from the New Yorker.: Cardini charcoal sketch from the New Yorker. Artist unknown, 1927. Original charcoal sketch of Cardini and Swan in costume, performing their world-famous vaudeville act. Cards cascade form one of his
0064: Cardini charcoal sketch from the New Yorker.Est. US$2,500-US$3,000
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Cardini’s Suave Deceiver one-act play script.: Cardini’s Suave Deceiver one-act play script. New York, 1932. Five-page script outlining Cardini’s act in play form, and submitted to the copyright office in an effort to protect the act from
0066: Cardini’s Suave Deceiver one-act play script.Est. US$200-US$400
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Cardini’s Dialectic Society certificate.: Cardini’s Dialectic Society certificate. Engraved certificate presented to Cardini by the Dialectic Society of the United States Military Academy in 1941. Bearing his name and the signature of the
0067: Cardini’s Dialectic Society certificate.Est. US$100-US$200
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Swan Cardini’s miniature diary/notebook.: Swan Cardini’s miniature diary/notebook. Being a very early diary/notebook kept by Swan Walker in the 1920s, before she met and married Cardini. Bound in brass, and filled with addresses and
0068: Swan Cardini’s miniature diary/notebook.Est. US$150-US$250
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Cardini Flame Room lobby card. Hand-lettered.: Cardini Flame Room lobby card. Hand-lettered in three colors, advertising Cardini’s appearance (twice nightly, except Sunday) at the well-known Minneapolis hotel nightclub. Ca. 1945. 5 ¾ x 8 ¾”.
0069: Cardini Flame Room lobby card. Hand-lettered.Est. US$200-US$250
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Cardini Garrick Theatre broadside.: Cardini Garrick Theatre broadside. Southport, Visiter printing works, ca. 1940. Two-color broadside (12 ½ x 24”) advertising Cardini at the top of a nine-act music hall bill. Some color
0071: Cardini Garrick Theatre broadside.Est. US$150-US$300
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Cardini Leicester Square Theatre playbill.: Cardini Leicester Square Theatre playbill. London, Perfecta Press, ca. 1934. Two-color oversize playbill (19 ¾ x 29 ¾”) on pink stock, heralding Cardini, “The Suave Deceiver,” on a multi-act
0072: Cardini Leicester Square Theatre playbill.Est. US$150-US$250
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