30th Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Hybrid Duck & Long-tailed Duck, a full mount adult drake hybrid duck, probably cross bred between a Shelduck, Pintail and Red-crested Pochard duck, with head turned back and to the right in preening pose, stood upon a painted faux rock, with attached data label, previously part of the James Harrison Bird Collection, together with a full mount adult drake Canadian Long-tailed Duck, stood upon a rectangular base looking straight ahead, bearing data label to underside, (2)
Sold for £50
Estimated at £70 - £100
Some loose feathers to the breast of the Long-tailed Duck. 227/09/22
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Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 30th Nov, 2022
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