2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
Lot 103
 

103

Entomology/Coleoptera: A Large Collection of British & Tropical Butterflies, Including Insects & Beetles, circa early 20th - late 20th century, a superb large and interesting collection of five hundred and forty eight various British & European Butterflies, World Tropical Butterflies, large Leaf & Stick Insects, Bees, Wasps, Cicadas, Grasshoppers, Beetles, Dragonflies, Ants, Millipede, and Moths, the majority with accompanying hand written data index per drawer, interesting British Butterfly examples to include - Scotch Argus (extinct from local on data Grassington), Chequered Skippers (Northants), High Brown Fritillaries (extinct from local on data), Large Tortoiseshell New Forrest Surrey 1990-1901, Irish Marsh Fritillaries, Purple Emperor Symonds Yat July 1906, Large Copper Lycaena dispar batarvus Holland June 1954 genuine Dutch example, Black Hairstreaks (Miriam Rothschild estate), Large Blues (pair from Bude 1899-1903), Papiliomachaon Swallowtail (ex Wicken Fen, Cambs), Black Veined Whites (east Kent 1904), all contained within a thirty drawer converted 1960's television cabinet with bi-folding doors, each drawer with protective glass cover, 93cm by 42cm by 83cm

Sold for £950
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500


 

A very good collection, all specimens are of high quality and in good clean condition, no signs of any insect infestation, colours are strong and vibrant, all larger insect specimens are in good condition, no structural faults or visible repairs. 23/08/22

 


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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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