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.
Lot 260 - Taxidermy: Polar Bear Skin (Ursus maritimus),...
Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
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