Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Sporting, Fishing, Taxidermy & Natural History
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 17th May 2013 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing:
Wednesday 15 May 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Thursday 16 May 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Morning of sale
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Auction Lots - Page 9
401
Sri Lanka Sambar (Cervus unicolor unicolor), circa 1900, antlers on upper skull, right antler 62.5cm, left antler 54cm, tip to tip 43.5cm, on ebonised wood shield; and Indian Sambar (Cervus unicolor niger), Sir Edmund Loder Collection, antlers on part frontlet, right antler 99cm, left antler 98cm, 37.5cm tip to tip, on wood shield with original green stained Loder label and numbered 49A (frontlet cracked) (2) £180 - 250
402
Suleiman Markhor (Capra falconeri falconeri), Kyber Pass, O.L.R. 1906, horns on cut frontlet, right horn 73.5cm (63.5cm straight up), left horn 69cm (63cm straight up), on crude black painted shield with inscription in white paint (as above)A straightening of the horns and the accentuation of the spiral twist reaches its extreme with this race. Found in the Suleiman Mountains in the Trans-Indus districts of the Punjab £450 - 550
403
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), W A Macleay, Bird Stuffer & Fishing Tackle Maker, Church Street, Inverness, early 20th century, full mount, perched on heather-strewn faux rocks against a painted sky background, original taxidermist's label bottom right, in three-glass ebonised case, 64.5cm wide, 89.5cm high, 32cm deep £1500 - 2000
404
Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)?, 18th/19th century or Tartaruga (podocnemis expansa)?, polished carapace, lacking scutes, 64cm long
Registered with Natural England, Class licence CL07/2013 £600 - 900
405
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), 18th/19th century, carapace, internally painted and with old cord for suspension, 72cm long, 62.5cm wideRegistered with Natural England, Class licence CL07/2013/12 £50 - 80
406
Bearded Tits (Panurus biarmicus), Robert Higginbottom Taxidermist, circa 1880, male and female full mount, naturalistically perched amongst mossy twigs and grass, in a four-glass case, 38cm high, 28cm wide, 14cm deep £50 - 90
407
A Pair of Cow Horns, circa 1880, conjoined by leather and on wood shield, tip to tip 127cm; Another Smaller, with ring for suspension, tip to tip 68.5cm; and Goat, head mount, on wood shield (poor condition) (3) £70 - 100
408
A Collection of Thirty-Four Assorted Sea Shells, including a polished ammonite specimen, cowries, conches and other decorative specimens £40 - 60
409
Siberian Lynx (Lynx lynx wrangeli), full mount, lying on a mossy tree branch, 102cm nose to tail
CITES Annex A Appendix I £1000 - 1500
410
A Collection of British Moths, circa 1910, some with collection data, in three glazed "drawer" cases, containing some rarities including Death's Head Hawk, Convolvulus Hawk and Poplar Hawk, each 46cm by 54cm £300 - 500
411
A Collection of British Moths, circa 1910, some with collection data, in three glazed "drawer" cases, including Clouded Magpie, Dingy Shell, Common Bedstraw Carpet, Yellow-Line Quaker, Pearly Underwing, 58.5cm by 43cm and two 46cm by 46cm £250 - 400
412
Woodcock (Scolopax) minor, circa 1950, full mount, standing; Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), late 20th century, full mount, standing; and A Domed Display, containing a Kingfisher, Moths and grasses (3) £80 - 120
413
Fallow Deer (Cervus dama dama), William Hope, 11 George Street, Edinburgh, head mount, 21 points, tip to tip 43cm, on golden oak shield with taxidermist's label verso; Fox Mask, on shield, with brass mounted Brush, 25cm from the wall; Otter (Lutra lutra), by E Allen & Co, 20 Stonegate York, circa 1920, shoulder mount, jaw agape, on oak shield with original taxidermist's label, 19cm from the wall (3)Registered with Natural England Class Licence CL07/2013 £120 - 180
414
A Pair of Victorian Moth and Butterfly Displays, circa 1875, by Pratt & Sons, 15 Cranbourne Street, Brighton, arranged amongst sedge grasses against a blue painted background, in chamfered glazed cases with ebonised frames, 73cm high, 48cm wide, 14cm deep (one with taxidermist's label verso)Registered with Natural England Class Licence CL07/2013 £50 - 80
415
Fox (Vulpes vulpes), late 20th century, full mount, seated, 59cm high; and Badger (Meles meles), 20th century, full mount, standing, on gritted plateau, 78cm long (2) £50 - 80
416
A Badger and Fox Group, late 20th century, full mounts, the badger upstanding on a sea-washed log over a crouching young fox amongst faux rockwork, on octagonal beechwood flat plinth, overall length 92cm £60 - 90
417
German Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), circa 1981, two piglets, full mounts, 24cm and 26cm high £50 - 70
418
German Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), early 20th century, head mount, jaw agape, 46cm from the wall; and Another, female, on wood shield, 35.5cm from the wall (2) £80 - 120
419
Seven Fox Full Mounts, late 20th century, including cubs, various poses £100 - 200
420
Mouflon (Ovis aries), 20th century, shoulder mount, on decorative German wood and leaf effect shaped shield, 37cm from the wall; and Another Similar, no shield (2) £100 - 150
421
A Group of Seven Small Mammals, 20th century, including stoats and weasels, all on natural wood branch/log sections £60 - 100
422
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), 20th century, head mount, jaw agape, on wood shield, 50cm from the wall; and Another, circa 1990, taken at Torgelow, on wood shield with brassed metal title plaque (2) £80 - 120
423
A Collection of Twenty-Five German Pottery Stoneware and Glass Steins, mainly 20th century; A Saltglaze Flask; and A Collection of Nineteen Ceramic Dishes, on hunting subjects (45) £40 - 80
424
Badger (Meles meles), 20th century, full mount, in standing pose on naturalistic sanded wood plateau, 73cm long; Another, early 20th century, head mount, on pine cone and branch carved decorative wooden shield, 20cm from the wall; Rabbit, full mount; and A German Hare (4) £60 - 100
425
A Group of Twenty-One Red Deer Antlers, on part upper skulls, six on wooden shields, mainly young killer and juvenile types £40 - 70
426
A Group of Twelve Austro-German Plaques, in ceramic, wood and metal, including Roe Deer heads, game trophies, hunters and landscapes (qty) £50 - 80
427
A Small Collection of German Antler and Wood Carvings, mounted thermometers and light brackets (qty) £50 - 80
428
A Deer Antler Drinks Stand; A Fallow Deer Antler Fire Iron Support; An Antler Mounted Thermometer; Three Green Man of the Woods Carvings; and A Small Collection of Miscellaneous Hunting Related Items, including four shooting targets (qty) £50 - 80
429
A Collection of Forty, Mainly Wild Boar, Tusks, 20th century, on wood shields £50 - 80
430
A Collection of Approximately Sixty-Six Wild Boar Tusks, all on wood shields (inclusive of panel mounted with five sets of tusks) £50 - 80
431
A Collection of Seventy-Five Pairs of Wild Boar Tusks, mounted on wood shields £60 - 80
432
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), abnormal antlers on cut frontlets, on shaped wood shields; and Fifteen Decoratively Mounted Wild Boar Tusks, on shields, some carved (22) £60 - 100
433
Northern Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), circa 1950, shoulder mount, on decorative carved wood shield; Another, no shield; and Three Roe Deer, head mounts, on carved wood shields (5) £100 - 150
434
Mouflon (Ovis aries), late 20th century, head mount, 36cm from the wall; Badger (Meles meles), late 20th century, full mount, standing on a piece of driftwood; and Skins of Mouflon, Coyote, Badger, Two Wild Boar £50 - 100
435
Seven Assorted Full Mount Taxidermy Birds, including Jay, Partridge and Pochard; and A Coat Rack, composed of four upturned hooves supporting leather items, a balance scale, and two other upturned single hoof coat hooks £50 - 80
436
A Large Collection of Paintings and Prints Relating to Hunting, Game Animals and Birds £100 - 150
437
Red Kite (Milvus milvus), circa 1910, perched on a mossy cut tree branch amongst grasses on a sanded base, re-cased in a mirror-back four-glass oak cabinet, 49cm wide, 65.5cm high, 35cm deep £200 - 300
438
A Glazed and Multiple Division Wooden Hanging Wall Cabinet, containing numerous natural history small specimens, including fossils (trilobite, ammonite, fossil sponge, sharks' teeth), sea shells, minerals etc, 42cm by 82cm by 3cm; and Three Loose Fossils £50 - 80
439
A Snow Leopard Skin (Panthera uncia), circa 1930, stitched at the belly, 233cm long nose-to-tail £300 - 400
440
Gaur or Indian Bison (Bos gaurus gaurus), circa 1890, horns on full skull, right horn 70cm, left horn 72cm, tip to tip 76cm, length of skull 54cm, on wood shield
Ex Sir Edmund G Loder Bart Collection. £250 - 300
441
Indian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalus bubalus), Cambodia, circa 1910, horns on upper skull, right horn 133cm, left horn 142cm, circumference 45.5cm, tip to tip 160cm, length of skull 66cm, tip to tip 157cm, on oak shield £350 - 400
442
Dwarf Buffalo or Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis), circa 1900, horns on frontlet, right horn 33.5cm, left horn 34cm, tip to tip 15.5cm, on wood shield with ebonised edgeThis is the smallest wild member of the Ox tribe and little is known of this animal whose numbers are very low £150 - 200
443
Four Assorted Sheep Skulls, comprising Sardinia Mouflon (Ovis orientalis), ENB 1889; Ladakh Urial or Shapu (Ovis vignei vignei), Shigar Valley, Baltistan 30th Aug 1935, on oak shield; Ladakh Urial or Shapu (Ovis vignei vignei), circa 1920, horns on skull, on wood shield; Bharal or Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur), horns on skull, on wood shield £150 - 200
444
Thamin or Eld's Deer (Cervus eldi thamin), circa 1910, shoulder mount, 10 points (front right antler point cut/re-connected), on oak shield £200 - 300
445
A Late Victorian Taxidermy Display of Exotic Birds, circa 1880, perched and swooping amongst grasses and twigs, beneath glass dome, on plinth, 55cm high £120 - 180
446
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), painted shell, dated 1811 and inscribed WT 13st 0lb, with small black oval white edged reserve with above information, 82cm long, 71cm wide, pierced at the head end for suspension £300 - 500
447
A Rhinoceros Foot Bottle Stand, Rowland Ward, London, circa 1910, oak edged rim and half round moulding, bearing original ivorine plaque inscribed Rowland Ward Ltd, 167 Piccadilly W, 19cm high £300 - 500
448
Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), horns on associated animal head, right horn 78.5cm, left horn 76.5cm (straight), on mahogany effect shield £40 - 60
449
Warnham Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), antlers on upper skull, 19 points, right antler 95cm, left antler 90cm, tip to tip 67cm £450 - 650
450
Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii), horns on frontlet, on hardwood shield; and Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), horns on cut frontlet, on wood shield (2) £60 - 80
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Sporting, Fishing, Taxidermy & Natural History
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 17th May 2013 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing:
Wednesday 15 May 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Thursday 16 May 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Morning of sale
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