The James Harrison Collection of Birds

Date: 20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue
Lots: 216

The James Harrison Collection comprises over 200 lots of cased and freemount birds dating from the late Victorian era to the middle of the 20th century. The collection includes rare and unusual examples, such as a passenger pigeon and a kiwi, as well as mounts by the likes of Rowland Ward, James Gardner, Charles Kirk and George Bristow. 

James Maurice Harrison (1892-1971) was an ornithologist and one of the last great bird collectors, who gathered large numbers of specimens to study moult patterns, distribution, geographical and colour variation within and between species. A GP by profession, Harrison filled his family home and Doctor's Surgery, Bowerwood House in Kent, with his extraordinary collection. 

Name: Robbie Bright
Email: robbie.bright@tennants-ltd.co.uk

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Natural History and Taxidermy (216)

Artist/Maker/Brand

Henry. James Burton (8)

Charles Kirk (6)

Ernst Flukiger (5)

James Gardner (5)

George Bristow (4)

Rowland Ward (2)

Robert Duncan (1)

Edward Gerrard & Sons (1)

Graham Teasdale (1)

Archibald Thorburn (1)

 

Lot 97
Taxidermy: A Group of British Garden Song...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 98
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Colour Morph...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 99
Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Barn Owl...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 100
Taxidermy: A Group of British Garden Song...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 101
Taxidermy: A Group of Estuary Birds, dated...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 102
Taxidermy: A Cased Common Quail (Coturnix...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 103
Taxidermy: A Chaffinch & Albino Chaffinch...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 104
Taxidermy: A Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 105
Taxidermy: A Manx Shearwater (Puffinus...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 106
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Curlew...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 107
Taxidermy: A Hooded Crow & Rook, dated 1930 &...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 108
Taxidermy: A Very Rare Cased New Zealand...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £450 - £650

Lot 109
Taxidermy: A Pair of Leucistic Blackbirds...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 110
Taxidermy: A Group of Early 20th Birds of Prey,...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 111
Taxidermy: A Large Late Victorian Case of...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 112
Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 113
Taxidermy: A Group of British Garden Song...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 114
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Northern Gannet...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 115
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Colour Morph...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 116
Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Rough-Legged...

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Estimated at £280 - £380

Lot 117
Taxidermy: A Group of Rock Doves (Columba...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 118
Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Garganey Ducks...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 119
Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Barn Owl...

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Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 120
Taxidermy: Common Guillemot (Uria aalge),...

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Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 121
Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Tawny Owl...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 122
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Barbary...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 123
Taxidermy: A Red-Footed Falcon & Lesser...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 124
Taxidermy: A Red-Billed or Cornish Chough...

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Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 125
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 126
Taxidermy: A Rare and Unusual White Corn Crake...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 127
Taxidermy: A Pair of Arctic Skua's...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 128
Taxidermy: A Ring Ouzel & Bohemian Waxwing,...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 129
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 130
Taxidermy: A Velvet Scoter Duck (Melanitta...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 131
Taxidermy: A Preserved Study Skin of a Toco...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 132
Taxidermy: A Table Cased Garganey Duck...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 133
Taxidermy: A Mottled Variant Carrion Crow...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 134
Taxidermy: A Kentish Plover & Sanderling,...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 135
Taxidermy: A Cased Diorama of Various Snipe,...

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Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 136
Taxidermy: A Pair of Ruffs, Whimbrel, & Grey...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 137
Taxidermy: Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 138
Taxidermy: A Great Grey Shrike & Red-Backed...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 139
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 140
Taxidermy: A Tawny Owl & Little Owl, dated...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 141
Taxidermy: A Red-Breasted Goose & Red-Breasted...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 142
Taxidermy: A Group of British Garden Song...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 143
Taxidermy: A Cased Late Victorian Pair of...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 144
Taxidermy: A Trio of Bar-Tailed Godwit's...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 145
Taxidermy: A Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo),...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 146
Taxidermy: A Group of Garganey & Wigeon Ducks,...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 147
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 148
Taxidermy: A Pair of Fulmar Gulls & A...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 149
Taxidermy: A Herring Gull (Larus argentatus),...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 150
Taxidermy: A Great Black-backed Gull (Larus...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 151
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Common...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 152
Taxidermy: A Pair of Wigeon & Gadwall Ducks,...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 153
Taxidermy: A Pair of Black Grouse (Lyrurus...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 154
Taxidermy: A Pair of Pintail & A Pair of...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 155
Taxidermy: A Cased Hobby (Falco subbuteo),...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 156
Taxidermy: A Pair of Shags (Phalacrocorax...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 157
Taxidermy: A Pair of Red-Breasted Mergansers...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 158
Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Cased Pair of...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 159
Taxidermy: A Pair of Red Grouse (Lagopus...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 160
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £350 - £550

Lot 161
Taxidermy: A Greater Prairie Chicken...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 162
Taxidermy: A Pair of Caspian Terns...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 163
Taxidermy: An Unusual Cased Rook with Partial...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 164
Taxidermy: A Group of Four Ducks, dated...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 165
Taxidermy: A Preserved Trade Skin of a...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 166
Taxidermy: An Impressive Large Late Victorian...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 167
Taxidermy: A Group of Five Ducks, dated...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 168
Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Peregrine...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 169
Taxidermy: A Cased Common Eider Duck...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 170
Taxidermy: A Siberian Red Squirrel, European...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 171
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £700 - £900

Lot 172
Taxidermy: A Group of Five Ducks, dated...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 173
Taxidermy: A Pair of Spotted or Thick-Billed...

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Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 174
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Red-Billed...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 175
Taxidermy: A Group of Five Ducks, dated...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 176
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Osprey...

Sold for £1,900
Estimated at £700 - £900

Lot 177
Taxidermy: A Trio of Alpine Choughs...

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Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 178
Taxidermy: A Group of Four Ducks & Goose,...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 179
Taxidermy: A Cased Hen Harrier (Circus...

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Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 180
Taxidermy: A Group of Six Ducks, 1948-1970,...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 181
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 182
Taxidermy: A Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 183
Taxidermy: A Group of Five Hybrid Ducks, dated...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 184
Taxidermy: A late Victorian Cased Pair of Cory'...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 185
Taxidermy: A Group of European Oystercatchers...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 186
Taxidermy: A Pair of Male Ruffs (Calidris...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 187
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

Sold for £2,400
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 188
Taxidermy: A Group of Long-Tailed Ducks, dated...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 189
Taxidermy: A Juvenile White Grey Heron (Ardea...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 190
Taxidermy: A Velvet Scoter & Common Scoter...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 191
Taxidermy: A Large Late Victorian Cased...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 192
Taxidermy: A Red-Breasted Merganser &...

Not Sold
Estimated at £220 - £320