2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: An Anthropomorphic Diorama of Card Playing Crabs, a fictional diorama comprising a pair of card playing crabs, constructed from the limbs and body of a single large crab, seated upon wine corks at a crab shell table playing cards and drinking, set against a grey painted back drop, enclosed within an ebonised single-glass display case, 51cm by 18cm by 36.5cm, inspired by a similar Victorian example featured on page 99 of Voodoo Salon, a book by Errol Fuller (2014).
Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 2nd Sep, 2022
Over 360 lots of Natural History and Taxidermy, including a superb recreation of a Dodo by Carl Church, a Giant Clam Shell from the early 20th Century, fine collectors cabinets and rare pieces such as a taxidermy Ocean Sun Fish and a Pair of Oilbirds by Rowland Ward.
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Thursday 1 September 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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