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In 1999, Lyon & Turnbull was acquired by a group of auctioneers who had left Phillips, an auction house which was the third largest in the world during the 1990s.They were joined in the enterprise by Sir Angus Grossart, Chairman of Noble Grossart, a Scottish merchant bank, and a past chairman of the trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland.
British and Irish country house contents auctions are usually held on site at the country house, and have been used to raise funds for their owners, usually before selling the house and estate. Such auctions include the sale of high quality antique paintings , furniture , objets d'art , tapestries , books , and other household items.
Central Fife Times and Advertiser – weekly tabloid newspaper and classified advertiser in the Cowdenbeath, Kelty and Lochgelly area; Dunfermline Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for West Fife; East Fife Mail – tabloid weekly sister paper of Fife Free Press for the Levenmouth area; Fife Free Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for the ...
The present three-storey house is probably of late 16th century or early 17th century date. It was purchased by John Ellis, an advocate in Edinburgh, around 1663. He added a Renaissance gateway inscribed with his initials and the date 1665. Later it became the property of the Earl of Hopetoun. It is now a private house. [16] [17] Linlithgow Palace
The former offices of The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, and the Edinburgh Evening News. The building is on Holyrood Road, Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Evening News is a daily newspaper and website based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded by John Wilson (1844–1909) and first published in 1873. [2] It is printed daily, except on Sundays.
In 2006 he was filmed for the BBC Television show Bargain Hunt, conducting an auction. He was subsequently asked to screen test for the show, and now makes regular appearances as an expert advisor, [ 1 ] where his role is to assist a team of two lay people in competition with another team, who aim to make the most money by buying antiques and ...
Newliston is an 18,146 sq ft (1,685.8 m 2) country house near Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Kirkliston , and 8 miles (13 km) west of the city centre. The house, designed by Robert Adam in the late 18th century, is a category A listed building . [ 1 ]
Mavisbank House, main (NE) front in 2023. Mavisbank is a country house outside Loanhead, south of Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland.It was designed by architect William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and was constructed between 1723 and 1727. [1]