Cardini’s lit cigarette producers.

Cardini’s lit cigarette producers. A group of secret battery-powered devices, worn under the coat, which would deliver lit cigarettes secretly in to Cardini’s hands in the performance of his manipulative act. Many with delicate filament wires still intact, though most devices show wear from considerable professional use. Original batteries still in place; sold as-is. At one time, magicians who produced lit cigarettes in their bare hands resorted to the use of a chemical treatment to ignite them. Later developments by Paul Fox and others allowed pre-lit cigarettes to be worn on the body and stolen in the midst of a longer manipulative routine. These devices were the final step forward, as they allowed the magician to light the cigarettes secretly, with a touch of his fingers, just before they were produced.