13th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
75
Taxidermy: A Very Large Late Victorian Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta), circa 1870-1900, a very large full mount adult male, approximately 50-60 years in age, with limbs outstretched in swimming pose, beak to tail tip 172cm, width across front flippers 134cm, width across rear flippers 86cm
CITES Annex A, Appendix I (exempt)
Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Historical supportive restoration and filler to the underside of the body, wall hanging metal plate fitted to the underside. Although an antique specimen, this would require a CITES re-export licence to be shipped from the UK, please check if bidding overseas that this species of Turtle can be imported into your chosen country, a CITES Import permit would need to be in place prior to shipping, Tennants do not supply any re-export or import permits.
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 13th Nov, 2024
The November Natural History and Taxidermy Sale will offer a varied range of antique and good modern taxidermy, with examples by leading names such as Rowland Ward, Peter Spicer, Van Ingen & Van Ingen and more.
The sale will also feature two good private collections: the first being a sixty-lot private collection of bird and animal specimens including many by John Burton, Natural Craft Taxidermy, Gloucestershire; the second is the thirty-five-lot Robert Chinnery Collection. Chinnery is a well-known collector and dealer in taxidermy, and he has widely researched and authored books on the subject.
Also on offer will be four lots by Walter Potter of Bramber, Sussex, which were once included in Bonhams' 2003 auction of The Contents of Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities held at Jamaica Inn, Cornwall. The auction comprised of 613 Lots of the interesting and World-famous Mr Walter Potter’s collection, previously housed within his very own museum at Bramber, Sussex.
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Sunday 10th November - Monday 11th November 11am-4pm, Tuesday 12th November 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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