Natural History & Taxidermy

Date: 13th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Lots: 299

The November Natural History and Taxidermy Sale will offer a varied range of antique and good modern taxidermy, with examples by leading names such as Rowland Ward, Peter Spicer, Van Ingen & Van Ingen and more.

The sale will also feature two good private collections: the first being a sixty-lot private collection of bird and animal specimens including many by John Burton, Natural Craft Taxidermy, Gloucestershire; the second is the thirty-five-lot Robert Chinnery Collection. Chinnery is a well-known collector and dealer in taxidermy, and he has widely researched and authored books on the subject.

Also on offer will be four lots by Walter Potter of Bramber, Sussex, which were once included in Bonhams' 2003 auction of The Contents of Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities held at Jamaica Inn, Cornwall. The auction comprised of 613 Lots of the interesting and World-famous Mr Walter Potter’s collection, previously housed within his very own museum at Bramber, Sussex.

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

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Natural History and Taxidermy (299)

 

Lot 194 - Taxidermy: Ferruginous Hawk / Buzzard (Buteo...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 195 - Taxidermy: Red-breasted Toucan (Ramphastos...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 197 - Taxidermy: Cape Bushbuck (Tragelaphus...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 198 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Banded...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 199 - Entomology: A Glazed Display of African...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 200 - Taxidermy: A Cased Wigeon (Anas penelope),...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 201 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Common Redstart...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 203 - Taxidermy: A Large Cased Pair of Western...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 204 - Taxidermy: A Cased White Ring-necked Pheasant...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 205 - Taxidermy: A Cased Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 207 - Taxidermy: A Cased Least or Common Weasel...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 208 - Taxidermy: Scottish Pine Marten (Martes...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 209 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Garganey Ducks...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 210 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 212 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Pair of Chaffinches...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 214 - Taxidermy: Northern White-Faced Scops Owl...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £280 - £380

Lot 215 - Taxidermy: A Cased Golden Pheasant...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 216 - Taxidermy: A Large Cased Grey Heron (Ardea...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 218 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 220 - Taxidermy: Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 221 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Eurasian...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 222 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Badger (Meles...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 223 - Antlers/Horns: A Rare Set of Tibetan or Shou...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 225 - Taxidermy: Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 226 - Antlers/Horns: Asian Water Buffalo (Bubalus...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 227 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Hobby (Falco...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 228 - Taxidermy: Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 229 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Laughing Kookaburra...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 232 - Taxidermy: A Pair of European Kingfishers...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 234 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Blyth's Kingfisher...

Sold for £260
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 235 - Taxidermy: Cape Greater Kudu (Strepsiceros...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £280 - £380

Lot 237 - Taxidermy: Scottish Red Deer (Cervus elaphus...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 238 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Diorama of Great and...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 241 - Taxidermy: A Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £350 - £550

Lot 242 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Display of World...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 243 - Taxidermy: Bengal Tiger Head Mount (Panthera...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £350 - £550

Lot 244 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Osprey...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 245 - Skins/Hides: Burchell's Zebra Skin (Equus...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 247 - Taxidermy: South African Cape Buffalo...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 248 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Grey Seal Neck...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 251 - Taxidermy: North American Lynx (Lynx...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 252 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Large Cased...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £450 - £650

Lot 253 - Antlers/Horns: Astor Markhor (Capra falconeri...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 254 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Display of South...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 255 - Taxidermy: Indian Peacock (Pavo cristatus),...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 256 - Taxidermy: An Early Cased Pair of English...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 257 - Taxidermy: Scottish Red Deer (Cervus elaphus...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £700 - £900

Lot 258 - Taxidermy: Gyr Falcon (Falco rusticolus),...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 259 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Scottish...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £700 - £900

Lot 260 - Taxidermy: Polar Bear Skin (Ursus maritimus),...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 261 - Taxidermy: A Cased Great Grey Owl (Strix...

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

Lot 262 - Taxidermy: Bengal Tiger Skin Rug (Panthera...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 263 - Taxidermy: A Cased Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus),...

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

Lot 264 - Taxidermy: Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus...

Sold for £1,550
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 265 - Taxidermy: A Cased Red Kite (Milvus milvus),...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 266 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Glossy Starling...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 267 - Glass Dome: A Period Glass Dome, of squat...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £50 - £80

Lot 269 - Taxidermy: A Wall Domed Variegated Yorkshire...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 271 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Brambling...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 273 - Natural History Books: "The Victorian...

Sold for £70
Estimated at £70 - £90

Lot 274 - Glass Dome: Period Glass Dome, of circular...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 275 - Taxidermy: A Cased White-headed Duck (Oxyura...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £280 - £380

Lot 276 - Natural History: A Silver Plate Mounted Horse...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 278 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Winter Robin and...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 279 - Glass Dome: A Period Glass Dome, of circular...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 280 - Natural History Books: "Record of Spicers",...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 282 - Natural History: A Bronzed Horse Hoof...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 284 - Natural History: A Silver Plate Mounted Horse...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 285 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Regent Bowerbird...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 286 - Glass Dome: A Period Glass Dome, of squat...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 287 - Natural History Minerals: A Victorian Mineral...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 289 - Glass Dome: A Period Glass Dome, of circular...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £150