15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2055
Taxidermy: Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), circa 2019, Zimbabwe, Africa, by William Hales, Claxby St Andrew, Lincolnshire, an exceptional-quality large adult bull shoulder mount looking straight head, widest span 91cm, tip to tip 60.5cm, from the wall 106cm, height 104cm
Estimated at £700 - £900
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 15th Dec, 2023
An interesting auction of various Entomology and Natural History items, including a collection of commemorative horses’ hooves mounted by the notable taxidermist’s Rowland Ward, a good selection of modern taxidermy specimens by Tony Armitstead, Carl Church, and Robert Ellis, and historical taxidermy specimens mounted by Peter Spicer, John Macpherson, Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Rowland Ward, F.C. Waters, James Hutchings, W.C. Shelbrooke, Robert Duncan, W.F. Homer, John Cooper, A.S. Hutchinson of Derby, Henry Murray, and Thomas Jefferies, to name but a few.
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Wednesday 13th December 10am-4pm, Thursday 14th December 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am.
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