Natural History & Taxidermy

Date: 8th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue
Lots: 382

A very rare Victorian cased pair of extinct New Zealand Huia leads the Natural History and Taxidermy Sale. The superb quality male and female huia full mounts were mounted by James E. Whiting, Naturalist, of 19 Heath Street, Hampstead, and are presented perched on a branch and surrounded by hummingbirds, rocks and foliage.

Also on offer in the sale are a Monumental Late Victorian Cased Display of Tropical Birds Native to South America & South East Asia & Oceana, circa 1870-1900 (estimate: £8,000-12,000), an impressive large late Victorian cased White Pelican and White Ibis mounted in 1879 by James Gardiner (estimate: £3,000-5,000), a fine cased diorama of Eurasian Bullfinches by T.E. Gunn, Naturalist of Norwich (estimate: £700-900), an early 20th century Giant Clam Shell (estimate: £500-700), and a modern re-creation of a Toco Toucan by the renowned taxidermist Carl Church of Pickering, North Yorkshire (estimate: £1,500-2,500).

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

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Lot 193 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Regent Bower Birds...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 195 - Taxidermy: Western Tsessebe (Damaliscus...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 196 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Grey Heron...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 197 - Taxidermy: A Fire-Tufted Barbet & Carolina...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 198 - Taxidermy: South African Giraffe (Giraffa...

Not Sold
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000

Lot 200 - Taxidermy: A Case of North American Birds,...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 201 - Glass Dome: A Large Period Oval Glass Dome, a...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 205 - Taxidermy: A Cased Arctic Char (Salvelinus...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 209 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Rainbow Trout...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 211 - Natural History: A Carved Half Block Atlantic...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 213 - Taxidermy: A Cased Cast Perch (Perca...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 215 - Taxidermy: A Cased Common Chub (Squalius...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 217 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Salmon (Salmo salar),...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 218 - Taxidermy: A Cased Tench (Tinca tinca), circa...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 220 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Rainbow Trout...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 221 - Taxidermy: A Cased Common Chub (Squalius...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 225 - Taxidermy: An Anthropomorphic Diorama of Card...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 226 - Taxidermy: Big Horn Sheep (Ovis canadensis),...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 227 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Green Woodpecker...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 229 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 230 - Taxidermy: North American Bison (Bos bison...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 232 - Taxidermy: European Woodcock (Scolopax...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 234 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Ring-necked...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 235 - Taxidermy: A Large Cased Golden Eagle (Aquila...

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

Lot 236 - Taxidermy: Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 237 - Taxidermy: A Cased Reeves & Melanistic...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £450 - £650

Lot 239 - Taxidermy: A Cased Egyptian Vulture (Neophron...

Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 241 - Taxidermy: Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer),...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 243 - Taxidermy: A Free Standing Cased Pair of Marsh...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000

Lot 245 - Taxidermy: Cape Greater Kudu (Strepsiceros...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 246 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Bohemian Waxwing...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 248 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Baby Rabbit...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 249 - Skins/Hides: Burchell's Zebra Skin (Equus...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 250 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Two-Barred Crossbill...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 251 - Taxidermy: A Hare Head Mount (Lepus timidus),...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 252 - Taxidermy: Lesser Spot-Nosed Guenon Monkey...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 253 - Taxidermy: Indian Leopard Skin Rug (Panthera...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 255 - Taxidermy: A Leucistic Eurasian Skylark...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 257 - Taxidermy: A Venezuelan Troupial, African...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 258 - Taxidermy: Common Impala (Aepyceros Melampus)...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 259 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Grey Squirrels...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 260 - Taxidermy: Brindled Gnu (Connochaetes...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £220 - £320

Lot 261 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Badger (Meles...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 262 - Taxidermy: Common Impala (Aepyceros Melampus)...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 264 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Eagle Owl (Bubo...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £800 - £1,000

Lot 265 - Taxidermy: Regent Parrot (Polytelis...

Not Sold
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 266 - Taxidermy: Blesbok (Damaliscus phillipsi),...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 268 - Antlers/Horns: A Group of White-tailed,...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 271 - Taxidermy: A Cased Peregrine Falcon (Falco...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 272 - Taxidermy: The Anthropomorphic Distinguished...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 273 - Taxidermy: A Cased Group of Little Auks (Alle...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 274 - Taxidermy: A Pair of South African Springboks...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 275 - Taxidermy: A Family Group of Corncrakes (Crex...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 277 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Indian...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 278 - Taxidermy: Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 279 - Taxidermy: An Edwardian Cased Pair of Merlins...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £350 - £450

Lot 280 - Taxidermy: An Anthropomorphic Grave Digger...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 282 - Taxidermy: White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 284 - Taxidermy: Pied Crow (Halcyon smyrnensis),...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 285 - Taxidermy: Australian Red Deer (Cervus...

Not Sold
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 286 - Taxidermy: A Cased Black Grouse (Lyrurus...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 288 - Taxidermy: A False Gharial (Tomistoma...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600