The Golden Age of Glasgow’s Art Trade: 1856 – John and Richard Edmiston Have Commenced Business as Auctioneers

An advertisement on the front page of The Glasgow Herald, on Monday the 8th of September, 1856, reads:

 

“J. & R. EDMISTON,

AUCTIONEERS AND VALUATORS.

JOHN EDMISTON (Late with Messrs. Hutchison & Dixon,

Auctioneers), and

RICHARD EDMISTON (Late with George Wink, Esq.,

Accountant),

HAVE COMMENCED BUSINESS as AUCTIONEERS and

VALUATORS at 33 Buchanan Street.”

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, April 2022.