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SCOTT, Walter (1895 – 1995). Two Phantom of the Card Table Session Photos. New York: Richard Cardini, [1930]. Including a candid snapshot of Walter Scott (the “phantom”), Swan Cardini, and Eddie McGuire standing together on the street, with Cardini’s holographic note on the verso in ink stating, “Photo taken by Cardini.” And a second image captured in Al Baker’s home at the time of the Scott session showing T. Nelson Downs, Baker, Cardini, S. Leo Horowitz, Max Holden, Eddie McLaughlin, and Eddie McGuire posed on Baker’s couch. The latter trimmed to 6 ½ x 8 ¼” and bearing Eddie Dawes’ note on the verso identifying the sitters and stating, “Gift of Cardini (1962).”