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 97 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Cheer or...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 98 - Entomology: A Group of Framed Butterflies and...

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 99 - Entomology: A Group of Framed Butterflies and...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 100 - Entomology: A Folding Album of African...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 103 - Entomology: A Pair of Glazed Tropical...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 104 - Entomology: A Pair of Glazed Tropical...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 105 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Bearded Tits...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 106 - Taxidermy: A Common Rhea Chick (Rhea...

Not Sold
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 107 - Taxidermy: A European Red Squirrel (Sciurus...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 108 - Taxidermy: European Barn Owl (Tyto alba),...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 109 - Taxidermy: Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 111 - Taxidermy: Indian Peacock (Pavo cristatus),...

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

Lot 112 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Stone Curlews...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 113 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Golden Pheasants...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 114 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Gunslinger Wood Mice,...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 115 - Taxidermy: A Roan Antelope Pedestal Mount...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 117 - Taxidermy: A Pair of European Green...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 119 - Taxidermy: A Cased Barbary Falcon (Falco...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 120 - Skins/Hides: Colobus Monkey Hide Rug (Colobus...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 121 - Taxidermy: A Cased Collection of Pigeons and...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 122 - Taxidermy: A Pink-Backed Pelican (Pelecanus...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 123 - Taxidermy: Common Marmoset Monkey (Callithrix...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 124 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Diorama of South...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 125 - Taxidermy: Wall Cased European Robin...

Not Sold
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 127 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Swallow-tailed...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 129 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Common...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 130 - Taxidermy: A European Kingfisher (Alcedo...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 131 - Taxidermy: A Mid-20th Century Cased Gannet...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 132 - Taxidermy: Mid-Asian Ibex (Capra sibirica...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 133 - Taxidermy: An Edwardian Cased Common Buzzard...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 134 - Taxidermy: A Black Swan (Cygnus atratus),...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 135 - Taxidermy: Lady Amherst's Pheasant...

Not Sold
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 136 - Taxidermy: Royal Palm Turkey (Meleagris...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 138 - Taxidermy: A North American Beaver (Castor...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 139 - Taxidermy: Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 140 - Taxidermy: A Re-Creation of a Toco Toucan,...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 142 - Taxidermy: Gemsbok Oryx (Oryx gazella), dated...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £280 - £380

Lot 143 - Hides/Skins: Burchell's or Plains Zebra Hide...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £280 - £380

Lot 145 - Taxidermy: A Cased Parma Wallaby (Macropus...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 146 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian King...

Not Sold
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 148 - Taxidermy: A Cased Northern Pike (Esox lucius),...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 149 - Taxidermy: A Cased Roach (Rutilus rutilus),...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 150 - Taxidermy: A Cased Perch (Perca fluviatilis),...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £700 - £900

Lot 151 - Taxidermy: A Cased Common Bream (Abramis...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £750 - £950

Lot 152 - Taxidermy: A Cased Perch (Perca fluviatilis),...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 153 - Taxidermy: A Cased Tench (Tinca tinca), by...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 154 - Taxidermy: A Large Late Victorian Case of...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 155 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Common Roach...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 156 - Taxidermy: A Cased Chub (Squalius cephalus),...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 157 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Northern Pike (Esox...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 158 - Taxidermy: A Cased Perch (Perca fluviatilis),...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 159 - Taxidermy: A Cased Ruffe, Pumpkinseed and...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 160 - Taxidermy: A Preserved Triggerfish, modern, a...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 161 - Natural History: A Framed Indo-Pacific...

Sold for £60
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 162 - Taxidermy: Gannet (Morus bassana), late 20th...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 163 - Taxidermy: A Cased Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes),...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 164 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Mink (Mustela...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 168 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Case of British...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 169 - Taxidermy: A Cased Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 170 - Taxidermy: A Pair of Cased Great Crested...

Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £150

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

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 173 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Common Snipe...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 174 - Taxidermy: A Cased Greater Spotted Woodpecker...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 176 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of European Swallows...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 177 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Hoopoe (Upupa...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 178 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Siskins (Carduelis...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 180 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 181 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Montagu's...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 182 - Taxidermy: A Cased Common Buzzard (Buteo...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 183 - Taxidermy: A Cased European Nuthatch (Sitta...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 184 - Taxidermy: A Cased Green Woodpecker (Picus...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 185 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Ring-necked...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 186 - Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of European...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 187 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Pair of Blue Tits...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 188 - Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Pair of Bramblings...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 189 - Taxidermy: Wall Cased White-Spotted...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 190 - Taxidermy: Temminck's Tragopan (Tragopan...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 191 - Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Indian Roller...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £180 - £280

Lot 192 - Taxidermy: A Victorian Cased Pair of Western...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 193 - Taxidermy: A Table Cased White-Crested...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300