Natural History & Taxidermy

Date: 17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Lots: 295

This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release). 

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

Lot 291
Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Common Snipe...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 292
Antlers/Horns: Two Sets of Indian Blackbuck...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 293
Taxidermy: A Cased European Red Fox Cub...

Not Sold
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 294
Taxidermy: Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus),...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 296
Taxidermy: Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris...

Sold for £16,500
Estimated at £7,000 - £10,000