2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: Scottish Red Deer (Cervus elaphus scoticus), dated 1999, Avonvogie, Isle of Islay, Scotland, by Willie Forbes, Taxidermy, Braemar, Scotland, a high quality adult Royal Red Deer stag shoulder mount looking straight ahead, 12 points (6+6), widest span 84cm, from the wall 78cm, height 138cm, mounted upon a shaped oak shield, bearing brass plaque - "B.L.S, Avonvogie, 23rd Sept, 1999".
Provenance: From the Collection at Dunlossit Castle, Isle of Islay
Sold for £700
Estimated at £700 - £900
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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