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From: "Isobel Chiswell" <>
Subject: RE: [ABERDEEN] Roup
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:18:56 -0400
In-Reply-To: <429D6B9D.7000202@which.net>


Hi Gavin and everyone else who has talked about Roup
I really would like to thank you all. I have really got an insight into the
meaning of the word and what it meant not only to the people involved, but
the community around.
Thanks again.
isobel

-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Bell [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:03 AM
To:
Subject: Re:[ABERDEEN] Roup


Further to what Alex has told us about country roups, or auction sales,
I recall attending various roups within the last 20 years and there was
one unusual feature to several of them. This was the presence of a
person described as "Judge of Sale". He was not a member of the firm of
auctioneers who actually organised and ran the sale, but appeared to be
a well-known member of the community, whose function it was to describe
each item as it came up to be auctioned (or "rouped") - but as he knew
many of the public, was able on occasion to address various of them by
name, and prompt bids from them.

As Alex said, such roups generally occurred after a death, or at the end
of a tenancy. I got the impression that people sometimes bid for items
not so much because they needed them, but more as a sort of farewell
gift to the family. I think the "Judge of Sale" was there to signify
the community's involvement and help make the roup a success.


Gavin Bell



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