High bids for shop’s items are no pipe dream

A group of items from one of Perth’s most fondly remembered businesses has sold for more than £20,000. The tobacco jars and carved figures graced Charles Rattray at 160 High Street, occupied by the business from 1915 until 1981. The items were placed for auction with Lindsay Burns and Company by a descendent of Mr Rattray. The top price of the 15 lots was £7,800 paid by a Scottish buyer for a late 18th Century/early 19th Century carved figure of a Highlander. The two-day sale also featured a collection of memorabilia from local artist John Murray Thomson, (1885-1974), who was born in Crieff.