An interesting auction of various Entomology and Natural History items, including a collection of commemorative horses’ hooves mounted by the notable taxidermist’s Rowland Ward, a good selection of modern taxidermy specimens by Tony Armitstead, Carl Church, and Robert Ellis, and historical taxidermy specimens mounted by Peter Spicer, John Macpherson, Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Rowland Ward, F.C. Waters, James Hutchings, W.C. Shelbrooke, Robert Duncan, W.F. Homer, John Cooper, A.S. Hutchinson of Derby, Henry Murray, and Thomas Jefferies, to name but a few.
Lot 2299 - Taxidermy: A Cased Little Grey Kiwi (Apteryx...
Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £3,500 - £4,500
Lot 2302 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Display of South...
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 2306 - Taxidermy: European Little Owl (Athene noctua),...
Sold for £500
Estimated at £350 - £450