2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Wall Cased European Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), dated 1993, by David Astley, Taxidermist, York, a high quality full mount adult male Common Kestrel looking straight ahead, perched upon a cut tree branch, set against a pale blue sky painted back drop, enclosed within a wall hanging five-glass display case, 29cm by 14.5cm by 44.5cm excluding outer frame, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso.
with Cites Article 10 (non transferable) licence no. 617014/01
Sold for £400
Estimated at £250 - £350
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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