2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), captive-bred, circa 2015, by Dave Spatcher, Taxidermist, Leicester, a full mount adult female, perched atop a painted faux rock bolder with head turning slightly to the right, set above grit and soil covered groundwork, enclosed within an oak framed five-glass table display case, 41cm by 28cm by 49.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to underside, closed ring number 32897W.
With CITES Article 10 (non-transferable) licence no. 540650/01
Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £500
. Date of bird death : November 2012, previous certificate number 514167/02 issued 19/06/2013. Rob 07-04-21
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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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