2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Large Cased Northern Pike (Esox lucius), dated 1999, a large skin specimen, preserved and mounted within a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled and rock river bed, mounted against a pale blue painted backdrop, enclosed within an ebonised three-glass display case with internal gilt border, 127cm by 21cm by 51cm, bearing hand written paper legend to interior upper left - "Pike 28lbs, caught by D.J. Burr, River Ure, Nr Middleham, 13-3-99".
Sold for £400
Estimated at £500 - £700
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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