I HAVE WRITTEN EARLIER about my good friend Bobby Bernard who now in his sunset years and not in the best of health has decided to release his lifetime’s collection of  close-up magic apparatus and ephemera into safe hands. Magic has been his life; he has met and talked with nearly all of the greats in the past sixty years and owns several unique pieces of magic presented to him by his heroes. In addition he holds scores of signed photographs, paintings, souvenirs and tricks given to him by the great and the good of magic that now fill his apartment in Maida Vale.

He has now decided to pass these items into other hands to preserve the historic value of these unique pieces and so he has put up much of his private collection for auction. It will take place at the Bloomsbury Auction Rooms on the 16th May at 24 Maddox Street, London W.1. at 11.00 am. A catalogue would be worth acquiring but if you want more information contact www.bloomsburyauctions.com.You’ll find a rare Aladdin’s cave of magic.

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