This report was printed in The Daily Chronicle after the first day of the sale by auction, conducted by Christie, Manson & Wood within Hamilton Palace itself, of those contents of the palace not sold by Christie's in the recently concluded five days' sale held in London and the fittings and fixtures of the palace.

A Petition brought by the Trustees of the 12th Duke of Hamilton to the Court of Session in Edinburgh, seeking authority to sell the fabric of Hamilton Palace and its contents, was dismissed by the Court in June 1919 on the grounds that the Trustees already possessed the powers of sale which they were asking the Court to grant them.

Reference is made in The Daily Chronicle to one of the marvels of the palace, the portico of 12 monolithic Corinthian columns, copied from the Temple of Vespasian in Rome, but the feature of the palace which had, it is said, attracted connoisseurs from all parts of Britain was the black marble used so extensively in its construction and especially in the magnificent staircase 'which experts agree must realise at least £20,000'.