7th Aug, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Record Sized Brown Trout (Salmo trutta), dated 1991, by David. L. Keningale, Taxidermy, Warwickshire, a large skin mount preserved and mounted amidst reeds and weeds, above a sand and rock riverbed below, set against a pale green painted backdrop, enclosed within an ebonised three-glass display case, 83cm by 12.5cm by 31.5cm, bearing hand written legend to interior upper right - "Record Brown Trout of 7lbs 12oz weight, Caught by R. Curtis, Damerham Fisheries, 14th June 1991"
Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 7th Aug, 2024
To include an array of period and fine modern taxidermy featuring three good private collections. Highlights include a large Late Victorian Diorama of Sea and Estuary Birds, circa 1880-1900 and a cased Late Victorian King Charles’ Spaniel “Charlie”, circa 1860-1880 from the Harold Soar Collection, a cased Mandarin Duck, late 20th century from a private collection of cases mounted by David Keningale, and a Diorama of Red-Legged Partridge, 1997 from a private collection of cases by Colin Dunton.
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Tuesday 6th August 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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