7th Aug, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: Gemsbok Oryx (Oryx gazella), 21st century, South Africa, by Craig Pidduck, "Bulls Eye Taxidermy", a high-quality large adult male shoulder mount looking straight ahead, right horn 83.5cm, left horn 85cm, tip to tip 29.5cm, from the wall 74cm, height 122cm, taxidermist's oval trade label to verso
Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £400
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 7th Aug, 2024
To include an array of period and fine modern taxidermy featuring three good private collections. Highlights include a large Late Victorian Diorama of Sea and Estuary Birds, circa 1880-1900 and a cased Late Victorian King Charles’ Spaniel “Charlie”, circa 1860-1880 from the Harold Soar Collection, a cased Mandarin Duck, late 20th century from a private collection of cases mounted by David Keningale, and a Diorama of Red-Legged Partridge, 1997 from a private collection of cases by Colin Dunton.
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