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Sat, Mar 31, 2018 03:30AM EDT
Lot 585

Group of Cardini Ephemera.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Group of Cardini Ephemera. 1960s. Glossy 8 x 10? photo showing Cardini fanning a deck of cards while Swan stands nearby, bearing a note by Swan on the verso: ?He changed to full dress on our first tour of Orpheum circuit in 1927??; Christmas card signed ?With Love/Swan + Dick?; magazine clipping with Cardini?s annotations; and a performance photograph of The Florences with a lengthy note on verso from Cardini in which he accuses Frakson of plagiarizing, stating ?This is the act that Frakson stole from.? Condition very good overall.