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Roup rolls.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Records of the items sold at a roup, listing the buyers and the prices paid. Source: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ (2018).

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Financial papers of James Seton., 1767-1800.

 File
Identifier: MS.19212
Scope and Contents

Although some personal accounts are to be found here, the majority of these papers relate to James Seton's tutorship of his nephew, George, 8th Baronet of Cariston. Included are a rental of Kennoway, circa 1767-1781, expenses for inclosing land, 1768-1769, and a roup roll for a sale of stock at Balbreikie in 1791.

Dates: 1767-1800.

Roup rolls of Dowell's auctions., 1904, 1918-1950.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7603/1-133
Scope and Contents Basic details recorded in manuscript for each roup, or sale, are: the date of sale; lot number; price fetched at auction; to whom sold; and, in many instances, a brief description of the lot. From 1930 printed catalogues of the sales are interleaved with the roup record, and provide together a more detailed description of items sold. Each volume is prefaced by a summary index of sales recorded within, and 'Out Door' sales are bound separately from auctions within the firm's...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1904, 1918-1950.