A very rare Victorian cased pair of extinct New Zealand Huia leads the Natural History and Taxidermy Sale. The superb quality male and female huia full mounts were mounted by James E. Whiting, Naturalist, of 19 Heath Street, Hampstead, and are presented perched on a branch and surrounded by hummingbirds, rocks and foliage.
Also on offer in the sale are a Monumental Late Victorian Cased Display of Tropical Birds Native to South America & South East Asia & Oceana, circa 1870-1900 (estimate: £8,000-12,000), an impressive large late Victorian cased White Pelican and White Ibis mounted in 1879 by James Gardiner (estimate: £3,000-5,000), a fine cased diorama of Eurasian Bullfinches by T.E. Gunn, Naturalist of Norwich (estimate: £700-900), an early 20th century Giant Clam Shell (estimate: £500-700), and a modern re-creation of a Toco Toucan by the renowned taxidermist Carl Church of Pickering, North Yorkshire (estimate: £1,500-2,500).
Lot 305 - Taxidermy: A North American Caribou (Rangifer...
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 310 - Taxidermy: An Anthropomorphic Huntsman Red Fox...
Sold for £900
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 315 - Taxidermy: A Cased Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus),...
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 338 - Taxidermy: Men & Chicken (Homo sapien / Gallus...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 343 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Barn Owl (Tyto alba),...
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 353 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Atlantic Puffins...
Sold for £1,450
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 356 - Hyper Realism: "Lucy" The Chimpanzee, dated...
Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 357 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Peregrine Falcons...
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 382 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Extinct New Zealand...
Sold for £220,000
Estimated at £15,000 - £25,000