This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2019
Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford). Cardini’s Parakeet Houlette, Wand, and Cards. Circa 1950s. Cardini’s trained budgie pulled chosen cards from a long-stemmed Lucite houlette. With a deck of number cards and a wooden wand with metal tips on which the bird would perch. Houlette 14” long, wand 15 ¼”. Sold with a photograph of Cardini performing with one of his trained birds. Owned and used by Cardini. With a LOA signed by his daughter, Carole.