The James Harrison Collection of Birds

Date: 20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue
Lots: 216

The James Harrison Collection comprises over 200 lots of cased and freemount birds dating from the late Victorian era to the middle of the 20th century. The collection includes rare and unusual examples, such as a passenger pigeon and a kiwi, as well as mounts by the likes of Rowland Ward, James Gardner, Charles Kirk and George Bristow. 

James Maurice Harrison (1892-1971) was an ornithologist and one of the last great bird collectors, who gathered large numbers of specimens to study moult patterns, distribution, geographical and colour variation within and between species. A GP by profession, Harrison filled his family home and Doctor's Surgery, Bowerwood House in Kent, with his extraordinary collection. 

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

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Natural History and Taxidermy (216)

 

Lot 97 - Taxidermy: A Group of British Garden Song...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 98 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Colour Morph...

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Lot 99 - Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Barn Owl...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 100 - Taxidermy: A Group of British Garden Song...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 101 - Taxidermy: A Group of Estuary Birds, dated...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 102 - Taxidermy: A Cased Common Quail (Coturnix...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 103 - Taxidermy: A Chaffinch & Albino Chaffinch...

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Lot 104 - Taxidermy: A Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 105 - Taxidermy: A Manx Shearwater (Puffinus...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 106 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Curlew...

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Lot 107 - Taxidermy: A Hooded Crow & Rook, dated 1930 &...

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Lot 108 - Taxidermy: A Very Rare Cased New Zealand...

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Estimated at £450 - £650

Lot 109 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Leucistic Blackbirds...

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Lot 111 - Taxidermy: A Large Late Victorian Case of...

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Lot 112 - Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century...

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Lot 113 - Taxidermy: A Group of British Garden Song...

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Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 114 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Northern Gannet...

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Lot 116 - Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Rough-Legged...

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Estimated at £280 - £380

Lot 117 - Taxidermy: A Group of Rock Doves (Columba...

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Lot 118 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Garganey Ducks...

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Lot 119 - Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Barn Owl...

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Lot 120 - Taxidermy: Common Guillemot (Uria aalge),...

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Lot 121 - Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Tawny Owl...

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Lot 122 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Barbary...

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Lot 123 - Taxidermy: A Red-Footed Falcon & Lesser...

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Lot 124 - Taxidermy: A Red-Billed or Cornish Chough...

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Lot 125 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

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Lot 127 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Arctic Skua's...

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Lot 128 - Taxidermy: A Ring Ouzel & Bohemian Waxwing,...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 129 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

Sold for £190
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Lot 130 - Taxidermy: A Velvet Scoter Duck (Melanitta...

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Lot 131 - Taxidermy: A Preserved Study Skin of a Toco...

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Lot 132 - Taxidermy: A Table Cased Garganey Duck...

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Lot 133 - Taxidermy: A Mottled Variant Carrion Crow...

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Lot 134 - Taxidermy: A Kentish Plover & Sanderling,...

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Lot 135 - Taxidermy: A Cased Diorama of Various Snipe,...

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Lot 136 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Ruffs, Whimbrel, & Grey...

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Lot 137 - Taxidermy: Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops...

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Lot 138 - Taxidermy: A Great Grey Shrike & Red-Backed...

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Lot 139 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

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Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 140 - Taxidermy: A Tawny Owl & Little Owl, dated...

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Lot 142 - Taxidermy: A Group of British Garden Song...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 143 - Taxidermy: A Cased Late Victorian Pair of...

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Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 144 - Taxidermy: A Trio of Bar-Tailed Godwit's...

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Lot 145 - Taxidermy: A Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo),...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 147 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

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Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 148 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Fulmar Gulls & A...

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Lot 149 - Taxidermy: A Herring Gull (Larus argentatus),...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 150 - Taxidermy: A Great Black-backed Gull (Larus...

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Lot 151 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Common...

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Lot 152 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Wigeon & Gadwall Ducks,...

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Lot 153 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Black Grouse (Lyrurus...

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Lot 154 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Pintail & A Pair of...

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Lot 155 - Taxidermy: A Cased Hobby (Falco subbuteo),...

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Lot 156 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Shags (Phalacrocorax...

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Lot 157 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Red-Breasted Mergansers...

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Lot 159 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Red Grouse (Lagopus...

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Lot 160 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

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Estimated at £350 - £550

Lot 161 - Taxidermy: A Greater Prairie Chicken...

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Lot 162 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Caspian Terns...

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Lot 163 - Taxidermy: An Unusual Cased Rook with Partial...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 164 - Taxidermy: A Group of Four Ducks, dated...

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Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 165 - Taxidermy: A Preserved Trade Skin of a...

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Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 166 - Taxidermy: An Impressive Large Late Victorian...

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Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 167 - Taxidermy: A Group of Five Ducks, dated...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 168 - Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Peregrine...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 169 - Taxidermy: A Cased Common Eider Duck...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 170 - Taxidermy: A Siberian Red Squirrel, European...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 171 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £700 - £900

Lot 172 - Taxidermy: A Group of Five Ducks, dated...

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Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 173 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Spotted or Thick-Billed...

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Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 174 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Red-Billed...

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Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 175 - Taxidermy: A Group of Five Ducks, dated...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 176 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Osprey...

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

Lot 177 - Taxidermy: A Trio of Alpine Choughs...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 178 - Taxidermy: A Group of Four Ducks & Goose,...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 179 - Taxidermy: A Cased Hen Harrier (Circus...

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Lot 180 - Taxidermy: A Group of Six Ducks, 1948-1970,...

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Lot 181 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 182 - Taxidermy: A Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 184 - Taxidermy: A late Victorian Cased Pair of Cory'...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 185 - Taxidermy: A Group of European Oystercatchers...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 186 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Male Ruffs (Calidris...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 187 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

Sold for £2,400
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 189 - Taxidermy: A Juvenile White Grey Heron (Ardea...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 190 - Taxidermy: A Velvet Scoter & Common Scoter...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 191 - Taxidermy: A Large Late Victorian Cased...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800