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BERTRAM, Charles (James Bassett, 1853 – 1907). SOUVENIR FLAGS AND PROGRAMME. [London], ca. 1886. Including a bi-fold letterpress program for the “Séance Magique” presented by Bertram at the Egyptian Hall, London, featuring both de Kolta’s Vanishing Birdcage (La Cage Volante), and concluding with his Vanishing Lady (L’Escamotage d’une Personne Vivante); together with two fragile tissue paper flags, one pink, one blue, bearing the rubber-stamped name “Bertram.” Affixed to an album page with a ticket stub to Verbeck’s performance at Piccadilly Hall, London; and on the verso, three calling cards and a ticket to The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre. Program browned, flags chipped. Bertram appeared before King Edward VII of England some 22 times, earning him the sobriquet of “The Court Conjuror.” Here he presents two specialties of the inventive French magician Buatier de Kolta as the concluding effects in his performance.