17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: European Barn Owl (Tyto alba), dated 2023, by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Darlington, Co Durham, a high quality full mount adult with head turning to the right, perched atop an ebonised pedestal, overall height 55cm, taxidermist's trade label to underside
with CITES article 10 (non transferable) licence no.23GBA10LX2B3E
Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024
This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release).
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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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