2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Collection of Various Pigeon, Dove & Grebe Cabinet Study Skins, circa late 19th-early 20th century, by James Gardner, Museum of Natural History, 52 High Holborn, London, ten various Grebe cabinet study skins, including Slavonian Grebes, Black-necked Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, one Slavonian Grebe with attached James Gardner trade label to the leg, three others with attached data labels, together with a collection of six various Pigeon / Dove cabinet study skins, including two Turtle Doves (one with attached data label dating to 1888), a Rock Dove (with attached data label dating to 1887, Tenerife) and another, a Bolle's Pigeon (with attached data label dating to 1887, Tenerife), and Stock Dove, (16)
Sold for £180
Estimated at £80 - £120
two Grebes have detached heads.
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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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