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Auction date Wednesday 4 October 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Wednesday 4th October at 10.30am


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Head of Sale:

Julian Smith

Page:

of 14

Lots per page:

Total lots: 323

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
288 TAXIDERMY: A CHUB
by J. Cooper & Sons, London, within a naturalistic setting in a bow front glazed display case, with gilt inscription "Chub caught by A. Parkes at Glasbury-on-Wye, 26th November 1933. Weight 3 3/4…
£200 - £400 £480 View
289 TAXIDERMY: A TENCH
by Homer, London, within an aquatic setting, in a bow front glazed display case, with gilt inscription "Tench 5lbs caught by C.E. Porter, Wallingford. 21/11/38", 67cm x 37cm

Provenance: From a…
£200 - £400 £650 View
290 TAXIDERMY: THREE BROWN TROUT
by J. Cooper & Sons, London, within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed bow front wrap-around display case, with gilt inscription "Caught by The Reverend P. R. Tarbuck, May & June 1896",…
£1,000 - £2,000 £1,600 View
291 J. COOPER, LONDON: A TAXIDERMY DACE
within a naturalistic setting, in a bow front case, 28cm x 47cm

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if this Lot is sold and/or shipped outside of the UK. This is the…
£100 - £200 £180 View
292 TAXIDERMY: A CARP
within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, with paper label to the back "E. Allen & Co. Bird, Fish and Animal Preservers. York", 89cm x 64cm

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be…
£50 - £100 £90 View
293 TAXIDERMY: A ROACH
within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, with paper label "Roach 1lb 8ozs. Caught at Wilford Pond", 33cm x 44cm

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if this Lot is sold and…
£50 - £100 £80 View
294 TAXIDERMY: A LARGE PIKE
in the style of Cooper & Sons, within an aquatic style setting, in a bow-fronted gilt-lined case, 50cm x 120cm

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if this Lot is sold and/or…
£400 - £800 £420 View
295 TAXIDERMY: A VERY RARE TARPON SKIN
mounted on a stained oak board, circa 1890's, the board 158cm long, 58cm wide, believed to have been set up by Edward vom Hofe

Provenance: A private Hampshire fishing tackle collection.

Note to…
£500 - £1,000 £500 View
296 TAXIDERMY: A TUNA TAIL FIN
mounted on an oak board with gilt inscription "Scarborough September 3rd 1933, 688lbs Tuna 4 hours and 35 minutes H.A.B.", 59cm x 90cm

Provenance: A Single Owner Collection Part III.

Note to buyers…
£300 - £500 £1,000 View
297 TAXIDERMY: A VICTORIAN MALE GOLDEN EAGLE
within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, preserved in the style of John MacPherson & Sons, Taxidermists of Inverness (1887-1930), 102cm x 84cm

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will…
£3,000 - £5,000 - View
298 TAXIDERMY: A BUZZARD
by James Hutchings, Aberystwyth, 1860-1942, with its kill of a baby rabbit, within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed display case with gilt-lined border, 58cm x 56cm

Provenance: A Single Owner…
£400 - £600 £400 View
299 TAXIDERMY: A TAWNY OWL
on a perch within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed display case, by P.J. Taylor, with EC Certificate no. 206390/01, 50cm x 28cm

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required by the buyer…
£200 - £400 £180 View
300 TAXIDERMY: A LATE 19TH CENTURY WOODCOCK GROUP
with chicks in a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 37cm x 64cm

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required by the buyer if this Lot is sold and/or shipped outside of the UK. This is…
£100 - £200 £100 View
301 TAXIDERMY: A VICTORIAN WHITE PIGEON
within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 22cm x 42cm; and a Victorian taxidermy blackbird within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case (2)

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be…
£50 - £100 £60 View
302 TAXIDERMY: A VICTORIAN SPOTTED WOODPECKER
within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 68cm x 31cm; and a Victorian taxidermy female common yellowthroat in a naturalistic setting, in a Victorian domed glass case, 26cm high (2)

Note to…
£50 - £100 £70 View
303 TAXIDERMY: A VICTORIAN MACAW
perched on a stump within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 40cm x 37cm

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if this Lot is sold and/or shipped outside of the UK. This is…
£50 - £100 £100 View
304 TAXIDERMY: VICTORIAN TROPICAL BIRDS
in naturalistic settings, in two oak glazed display cases, 80cm x 32cm (2)

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if this Lot is sold and/or shipped outside of the UK. This is the…
£100 - £200 £340 View
305 TAXIDERMY: A LATE19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
perched on a branch in a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 66cm x 36cm

Provenance: From the Gladwell Shooting Collection.

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if this Lot is…
£200 - £400 £160 View
306 TAXIDERMY: A LATE 19TH CENTURY TAWNY OWL
perched on a tree stump in a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 24cm x 36cm

Provenance: From the Gladwell Shooting Collection.

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if this…
£150 - £250 - View
307 TAXIDERMY: A LATE 19TH CENTURY FEMALE SPARROW HAWK
with its kill of a sparrow in a naturalistic setting, in a glazed oak case, 84cm x 26cm

Provenance: From the Gladwell Shooting Collection.

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if…
£100 - £200 - View
308 TAXIDERMY: A VICTORIAN MALE SPARROWHAWK
perched on a branch within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case, 40cm x 30cm

Provenance: From the Gladwell Shooting Collection.

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit will be required if this…
£100 - £200 £100 View
309 TAXIDERMY: A LATE 19TH CENTURY FEMALE KESTREL
perched on a stump within a naturalistic setting with its kill of a mouse, in a glazed case, 54cm x 24cm

Provenance: From the Gladwell Shooting Collection.

Note to buyers: A CITES export permit…
£100 - £200 - View
310 TAXIDERMY: A GREAT HORNED OWL
late 19th century, perched on a branch within a naturalistic setting, in a glazed case with painted landscape backboard signed 'P. Morris', D.O.E. no. 004007, 80cm x 47cm

Provenance: From a private…
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
311 TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF BARN OWLS
within a naturalistic setting, one owl on a wooden perch, the other owl perched on a rock, with a painted landscape scene to the blackboard, set in a glazed case, 64cm x 84cm

Provenance: From a…
£1,000 - £2,000 - View

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