The sale of a slice of Scottish skiing history attracted an avalanche of bids on Saturday.
Glenshee Ski Centre auctioned off 45 chairlifts from its famous Tiger Run, which is being replaced with a more modern system.
Matt McNaughton, of J&J Howe auctioneers, which carried out the sale for free, said each chair was expected to sell for at least £400, however frenzied bidding saw the price soar to up to £740 each.
The final total was more than £22,000. Half the cash will be split between Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance and Disability Snow Sports Scotland, with the other half going to the ski centre.
Among those who managed to snap up a chair was cyclist Mark Beaumont, who has a personal attachment to Glenshee.
He said: “I grew up in Bridge of Cally and was a ski instructor between the ages of 16 and 18. There’s so many people here today that I haven’t seen in 10 or 12 years.
“Like a lot of people I don’t know what I’m going to do with it, but you are buying a bit of history.”
Another buyer with a personal connection to the chairs was Stuart Fyvie, of Dunblane.
He said: “In the 1960s my father was a Scout and they provided the first aid at Glenshee.
“He told a story about a bloke breaking his leg and he had to go and help this was before the professional ski patrol.
“My father passed a few years ago and I wanted to have a bit of skiing history.
“If I’d gone away empty handed I wouldn’t have forgiven myself but my wife is going to kill me for spending twice as much as I expected.”
One of the furthest travelled buyers was Gary Brown, who made the journey up from Liverpool and crammed his £600 purchase into a Citroen Picasso for the return trip.
He said: “We’ve been coming to Scotland for years and finally found Glenshee last winter.
“My mate saw the auction advertised on the internet and we thought we’d get one for £150.
“I mountain bike and snowboard so that’s two times I could end up using the air ambulance so I was happy to pay that much.
“After coming so many miles we couldn’t really leave without one.
“It’s now going to live in my garden, next to the chiminea.”
Kate Hunter of Glenshee Ski Centre said she was delighted by the turnout.
“I would like to thank everyone for supporting us and the charities,” she said. “It was an amazing turnout and it was fantastic catching up with old friends.
“I would like to also thank the auctioneer Matt McNaughton of Howe’s for helping us raise so much money.
“We are all looking forward to the new chair on the Tiger and hopefully lots of snow for the season.”