15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2207
Natural History: A Replica of an Extinct Elephant Bird Egg (†Aepyornis maximus), a high quality large replica egg, presented upon a turned wooden stand, egg dimensions 28cm by 21cm, overall height including stand 37cm. The extinct elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus, laid the largest bird egg known, with a bulk weight equal to 10,000 hummingbird eggs.
Sold for £250
Estimated at £120 - £180
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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