Natural History & Taxidermy

Date: 17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Lots: 295

This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release). 

Name: Robbie Bright
Email: robbie.bright@tennants-ltd.co.uk

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British and European Glass (1)

Natural History and Taxidermy (289)

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Lot 195 - Antler Furniture: A Late 19th Century...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 197 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Grey Heron...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 199 - Antlers/Horns: A Set of Kankrej Bull Horns...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 201 - Taxidermy: Hartlaub's Turaco (Tauraco...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 203 - Taxidermy: A Red-and-Green Macaw (Ara...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £450 - £650

Lot 204 - Taxidermy: A Large Cased Great Grey Owl (Strix...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 206 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Peregrine Falcon...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 207 - Taxidermy: Common Warthog (Phacochoerus...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 208 - Taxidermy: Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 210 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Ruff (Calidris...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 211 - Taxidermy: South African Giraffe (Giraffa...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 212 - Taxidermy: A Cased Red Kite (Milvus milvus),...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 214 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Northern White-faced...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 216 - Taxidermy: A Modern Cased Diorama of South...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 218 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of European Woodcock...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 219 - Taxidermy: A Cased Tawny Owl (Strix aluco),...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 220 - Antlers/Horns: A Collection of European...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 221 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Grey Heron (Ardea...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 222 - Taxidermy: Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 223 - Taxidermy: A Quartet of European Goldfinches...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 225 - Taxidermy: Scottish Pine Marten (Martes...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 226 - Taxidermy: Carrion Crow (Corvus corone),...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 227 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Display of South...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 228 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Ring-necked...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 229 - Taxidermy: Scottish Mountain Hare (Lepus...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 230 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of White Pheasants...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 231 - Taxidermy: Common Grey Duiker (Sylvicapra...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 232 - Taxidermy: A Cased Red-throated Diver (Gavia...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 234 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Robin (Erithacus...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 235 - Taxidermy: Cinnamon Coloured North American...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 236 - Taxidermy: Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula...

Sold for £340
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 237 - Taxidermy: A Bengal Tiger Skin (Panthera...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 238 - Taxidermy: A Large Cased European Red Fox...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 239 - Taxidermy: A Pair of White-crested Turaco...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 240 - Taxidermy: Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer),...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 243 - Taxidermy: A Cased Common Roach (Rutilus...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 244 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Common Carp...

Not Sold
Estimated at £800 - £1,000

Lot 246 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Perch (Perca...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 253 - Taxidermy: A Cased Regent Honeyeater...

Not Sold
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 254 - Taxidermy: A European Hare Mask (Lepus...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 255 - Taxidermy: A Cased Ruff (Calidris pugnax),...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 256 - Antlers/Horns: A Collection of European...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 257 - Taxidermy: A Cased Temminck's & Little Stint...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 258 - Taxidermy: A Re-creation of a Great Auk...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 259 - Taxidermy: A Cased Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000

Lot 260 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Golden Pheasant...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 262 - Taxidermy: Anthropomorphic Game Keeper Mouse,...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 265 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 266 - Taxidermy: European Barn Owl (Tyto alba),...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 271 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Tawny Owl (Strix...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 273 - Taxidermy: North American Puma or Mountain...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £700 - £900

Lot 274 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Bubble Dome of...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 278 - Skins/Hides: Burchell's Zebra Skin (Equus...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 280 - Antlers/Horns: A Group of African Game Trophy...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 283 - Antlers/Horns: A Group of African Game Trophy...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 284 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Jay (Garrulus...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 285 - Taxidermy: Scottish Mountain Hare (Lepus...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 289 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Woodcock (Scolopax...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300