8th Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
Lot 239
 

239

Taxidermy: Polar Bear Skin (Ursus Maritimus), circa 1960-1970, Alaska, young adult skin rug with head mount, limbs outstretched, backed onto red felt backing material with a pale blue serrated border, nose to tail 184cm, across the forelimbs 152cm

CITES Annex B, Appendix II (exempt)

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 

Yellowish colour to fur overall (not a bright white colour), all claws remain, some small areas of staining to outer blue felt trim, split to lower area of right ear lobe, plastic jaw set fitted, no skull within, small flakes of paint missing from nose side and front, tongue loose within mouth, small visible stitched seam to lower jaw front.

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Tennants Auctioneers do not cover damage to gilded wood or plaster picture frames, or to picture frame glass whilst the item is in our possession.

 

Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 8th Dec, 2021

A superb quality auction comprising over 300 lots, including Victorian, Mid-Century, and modern Taxidermy and Natural History specimens by some of the most prolific and renowned taxidermy companies of the last 140 years, to include a private collection of cased Victorian birds and animals from a private vendor, numerous antique and modern African game trophies from various private vendors, rare and unusual Natural history specimens including a large Narwhal Tusk, and three wonderful Blonde Turtle shells.

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