Select Secrets: Rare & Important Magicana
Sat, Feb 27, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 22
Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Cardini?s Stage-Worn Tuxedo.
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Cardini?s Stage-Worn Tuxedo. London: Sidney Fisher, 1933. Single-button wool swallowtail coat with striped pants, tailor-made for Cardini, and worn by the great manipulative magician in performance. With the tailor?s label sewn in the pants and dated in ink ?Jan. 1933.? Together with a set of Cardini?s spats, silk pocket handkerchief, silk cravat, celluloid collar, dress shirt (from Selfridge?s of London), and top hat (the latter with a faint dent). The dress shirt bears cigarette burns from performance use in Cardini?s famous manipulative magic act. With a letter of provenance from Cardini?s daughter, to whom the costume was passed by descent.
