2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Pair of Ring-necked Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), dated 1990, by David Astley, Taxidermist, York, a high quality pair of full mount adult cock and hen birds, both perched upon a cut tree branch, set against a pale blue sky painted back drop, enclosed within a wall hanging five-glass display case, 52cm by 27cm by 110cm excluding outer frame, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso
Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £400
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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