BANNATYNE CLUB
£2,200
Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT
Description
2 albums of autographs of the members of the Club, which Robert Graham of Redgorton, one of the founding members of the Club, regularly obtained from the Club Secretary David Laing, mostly on sealed election slips, but also including some MS letters or notes. The items are arranged in order of election date and the collection begins with signatures of the original members as at February 1823 commencing with Walter Scott's election slip and cover, both signed by Scott, a further election slip signed "W. Scott", and a short letter to Robert Graham of Redgorton from Scott apparently with reference to the date of a Club dinner, (Scott also appears to have added the words "The Duke of" to The Duke of Buccleuch's election slip ) and including signatures on election slips and correspondence from John Clerk of Eldin, Lord Cockburn, James Maidment, Patrick Fraser Tytler, etc.; four further members were elected on 27 February, 1823, William Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court, Sir Samuel Shepherd, Lord Chief Baron of Scotland, the Hon. Lord Bannatyne, and Sir William Arbuthnot, and their signatures follow. The collection continues apparently complete until about 1842 when there are a few gaps in the signatures of members. The collection concludes with a number of printed ephemera, receipts to Robert Graham for his subscription, notices of publications, minutes, etc. [2]