2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Northern Pike (Esox lucius), dated 1986, a skin mount preserved and mounted within a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled and rock river bed, mounted against a pale blue/green painted backdrop, enclosed within a wooden single-glass display case, 105cm by 18.5cm by 39cm, bearing hand written paper legend to interior upper left - "Pike 14lbs 8ozs caught by D.J. Burr, River Ure, 23-12-86".
Sold for £250
Estimated at £300 - £400
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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