Hugh got his skates on in Edinburgh 221 years ago

The sale at The Auction Centre (20% buyer’s premium) in Runcorn, Cheshire, on September 30 included this rare George III Scottish silver member’s badge for The Edinburgh Skating Club – the world’s first figure skating organisation.

Stamped with the Edinburgh assay and the sponsor’s mark for James Douglas, it is engraved to the o…

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