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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Natural History and Taxidermy | |||
| Auctioneer: | Tennants Auctioneers | Location: | The Auction Centre, Leyburn |
| Contact: | Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281 | ||
| Date: | 26th April 2014 | Time: | 12:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 24 April 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Friday 25 April 9.00 am to 6.00 pm Saturday 26 April morning of sale |
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| Auction Lots - Page 4 | |||
| 2150 | |||
| Little Owl (Athene noctua), Morepark, circa 1882, full mount, perched on a mossy twig against grasses, and on a sanded ground, roseate tinted papered interior, in original case with ink written labels, 33cm high, 27cm wide £80 - 120 |
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| 2151 | |||
| Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), 20th century, head mount, 45cm from the wall; and Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), early 20th century, head mount, jaw agape, on wood shield, 48cm from the wall (2) a/f £100 - 150 |
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| 2152 | |||
| Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), antlers on frontlets, on similarly shaped (but variously sized) scroll edged carved wood shields, with hunting descriptions in the 1957-61 period (some abnormals) £200 - 300 |
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| 2153 | |||
| A Group of Nine Taxidermy Garden Birds, circa 1920, including Song Thrush, Hawfinch, Bullfinch, Magpie and Great Tit, perched on mossy twigs amongst grasses, cream painted background, in single glass slim ebonised case, 44cm high, 55cm wide £60 - 90 |
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| 2154 | |||
| Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), tusk sets, mounted on decorative mainly wood shields (approximately 55 examples - box full) £120 - 180 |
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| 2155 | |||
| Sooty(?) Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus), circa 1910, two full mounts, perched amongst sanded rocks and grasses, in single glass ebonised case, 40.5cm high, 29.5cm wide; and Two Other Individually Cased Sea Birds, Puffin and Sanderling?, 33cm wide, 25cm high and 23cm high, 31cm wide (3) £100 - 150 |
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| 2156 | |||
| European Mouflon (Ovis aries), shoulder mount, on decorative carved wood oak leaf shield, 39cm from the wall £60 - 100 |
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| 2157 | |||
| Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), tusks, including some cut and skull fore-parts, mounted on wood shields (approximately 25 examples) £50 - 80 |
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| 2158 | |||
| Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), 10,000 years, Polish Gravel Pit, skull, 40cm £900 - 1100 |
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| 2159 | |||
| A Group of Three Taxidermy Birds, circa 1910, comprising two Swifts and a Tern, one Swift in flight, the other perched on twigs, the Tern on a naturalistic sanded background, in a single glass ebonised case, 38.5cm high, 53.5cm wide £60 - 90 |
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| 2160 | |||
| A Group of Taxidermy Birds, comprising three Jays (two on one wood mount), two Woodcock, Cock Pheasant, Magpie (7) a/f £50 - 80 |
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| 2161 | |||
| Nine Assorted Stuffed Animals, including European Red Squirrel, Marmot, European Pine Marten, Fox etc, all 20th century £120 - 180 |
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| 2162 | |||
| Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), nineteen antlers on frontlets, on similarly shaped lozenge form shields with hunting detail, all circa 1964-89 £100 - 150 |
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| 2163 | |||
| Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), circa 1920, full mount, perched amongst rocks and grasses, in a single glass ebonised case, 32cm by 32cm; and Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba), circa 1920, pair of full mounts, amongst moss covered twigs and grasses, in a single glass ebonised case, 23.5cm high, 34cm wide (2) £60 - 80 |
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| 2164 | |||
| Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), circa 1910, full mount, perched and plucking its Green Finch prey amongst ferns and sedges and sanded faux rocks, in a chamfered ebonised three-glass case, 37cm high, 43cm wide £50 - 80 |
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| 2165 | |||
| Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), circa 1950, horns on cut upper skull, on wood shield; Two Deer Slot Coat Hooks; Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), horns on upper skull, on carved wood shield; Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), approximately fifteen sets of tusks, on plaques; Assorted Skins and Furs (qty) £50 - 70 |
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| 2166 | |||
| A General Collection of Decorative Items, ceramics and plaques relating to hunting and deer, including a Warthog tusk magnifying glass, an antler bottle pull and a cow horn powder flask £30 - 70 |
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| 2167 | |||
| Two Boxes of Assorted Antlers, including Red Deer and Fallow, some on shields (approx 24 specimens) £60 - 100 |
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| 2168 | |||
| A Box of Miscellaneous Antlers, mainly on shields, some unmounted £60 - 100 |
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| 2169 | |||
| Badger (Meles meles), by J Crewdson, Darwen, Lancashire, mask, turning to the left with open snarling jaw, on wood shield, taxidermist's label verso, 23cm high; and Fox, mask, with brush on oak shield, 27cm high (2) £100 - 150 |
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| 2170 | |||
| Gyr Falcon (Falco rusticolus), 2012, female, full mount, perched on faux rocks amongst lichens and moss, wearing closed ring no.1106X, in a five-glass case with oak plinth, 64.5cm highCITES Appendix I Annex AWith CITES A10 (non-transferable) licence no.516638/01 £400 - 600 |
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| 2171 | |||
| A Pair of Polished and Mounted Cow Horns, early 20th century, 122cm wide overall, on period oak shield £50 - 80 |
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| 2172 | |||
| An Indonesian Carved Horn Kukri Pommel as a Parrot Head, 19th century, with open beak and bone inlaid eyes, with formalised engraved plumage, 14cm long; and An Indian Black Horn Arched Cane Handle, 11.5cm wide (2) £100 - 150 |
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| 2173 | |||
| A Victorian Rhinoceros Horn Handled Riding Crop, London 1897, with slightly arched and undercut handle over a ribbed silver ferrule, embossed leather below, with malacca shaft and original leather thong, 63.5cm overall (excluding thong), the handle 9cm long, 2.5cm high max, weight 885gSold with Animal Health permission letter 184-13/14 £300 - 500 |
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| 2174 | |||
| A Victorian Rhinoceros Horn Handled Walking Stick, circa 1895, the plain cylindrical handle with notched underside and brass rivets, soft metal ferrule, on tapered cherrywood shaft, 83.2cm long overall, the handle 9.3cm longSold with Animal Health permission letter 186-13/14 £300 - 500 |
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| 2175 | |||
| A Buffalo Horn Whip, circa 1900, the white metal mushroom knop handle on a plain tapering stem, 83.5cm long £200 - 300 |
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| 2176 | |||
| A Victorian Horn Handled Walking Stick, Birmingham 1898, the arched handle with foliate silver mounts, with ebonised (painted?) stem and metal tip, 91cm long overall; and A Horn Handled Malacca Walking Stick, 78cm long (2) £50 - 80 |
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| 2177 | |||
| Tiger (Panthera tigris), circa 1930, by Rowland Ward, skin rug with head mount, 260cm long, 190cm across forelimbs £2000 - 3000 |
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| 2178 | |||
| Beisa Oryx (Oryx beisa), Erongo Lodge, 2010, shot at 400m, horns on cut upper skull, right horn 82.5cm, left horn 82cm, on shield with title plaque £100 - 150 |
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| 2179 | |||
| Springbok (Antidorcus marsupialus), circa 2010, shoulder mount, turning slightly to the left, 44cm from the wall £300 - 400 |
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| 2180 | |||
| Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), circa 2010, horns on cut upper skull, on wood shield, overall length of skull 13.5cm; Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), set of mounted tusks on shield; and A Pair of Antelope Feet and Hooves, copper mounts, as bookends, 25cm high (3) £100 - 150 |
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| 2181 | |||
| Hartmann's Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae), circa 2010, shoulder mount, raised on zebra skin covered cylindrical socle with stained wood shelf and plinth, overall height 184cm, head only 106cm £1600 - 2200 |
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| 2182 | |||
| Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), circa 2010, full mount, in prowling pose and turning slightly to the left, on a gravel strewn faux grass shaped plinth, 125cm long £1200 - 1800 |
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| 2183 | |||
| Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), upper and lower skull, 27cm long £50 - 80 |
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| 2184 | |||
| Skunk, circa 2010, full mount, on rock effect base, 38cm long overall £120 - 180 |
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| 2185 | |||
| Cape Buffalo (Synceros caffer caffer), hoof with copper ashtray mount, 21cm high; A Small Ice Bucket, made from Buffalo skin, 14cm high, with plated tongs; and A Very Similar Lidded Box, 12cm high (3) £50 - 70 |
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| 2186 | |||
| Auracaria (Monkey Puzzle) Fossil Wood Round, Arizona, Triassic period 280 million years, 55cm by 48cmArizona fossil wood is renowned for having the brightest colours of any fossil wood worldwide £700 - 1000 |
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| 2187 | |||
| Peacock (Pavo cristatus), 20th century, full mount, standing with tail feather display, on faux moss encrusted split lot, 155cm high overall £250 - 350 |
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| 2188 | |||
| White Peacock (Pavo cristatus), 20th century, full mount, 158cm long overall, perched atop a spirally fluted and knopped torchere, 158cm high overall £200 - 300 |
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| 2189 | |||
| Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), a general collection of mounted tusks, on graduated sized wood shields (approximately 50 tusk sets on a reduced number of shields) £50 - 80 |
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| 2190 | |||
| Cave Bear (Ursus speleus), Carpthian Mountains, Romania, 10,000 years, claw, 19cm by 22cm £3200 - 3600 |
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| 2191 | |||
| Perisphinctes Ammonite, Madagascar, Middle Jurassic Period 150 million years, 42cm by 37cm £400 - 600 |
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| 2192 | |||
| Arietites Bucklandi Ammonite, Lyme Regis, Dorset, Lower Jurassic Period, 195 million years, 55cm by 40cm £1000 - 1500 |
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| 2193 | |||
| Hybrid Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus x Falco pelegrinoides), 2011, female, full mount, perched on faux rocks amongst mosses and lichens, wearing closed ring no.19616W, in a five-glass case with oak plinth, 48.5cm highCITES Appendix I Annex AWith CITES A10 (non-transferable) licence no.516647/01 £200 - 400 |
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| 2194 | |||
| A Taxidermy Horse Head, 20th century, with leather bridle, 90cm from the wallCommissioned by George Harrison for his film company used in the film The Missionary starring Michael Palin £750 - 950 |
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| 2195 | |||
| American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), circa 1900, full mount, perched on small section of wood amongst grasses and pebbles, against a painted background, in a three-glass wooden case, 33cm high, 35.5cm wide £70 - 100 |
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| 2196 | |||
| A Victorian Glass Dome of Seven Exotic Birds, arranged around a moss encrusted vertical branch twig, 48cm high £100 - 150 |
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| 2197 | |||
| A Taxidermy Dog, "Scruffy", Terrier Type, 20th century, in seated pose, 49cm high £60 - 100 |
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| 2198 | |||
| Gannet (Morus bassanus), early 20th century, full mount, squatting on rocks on wood plinth, 65cm long £100 - 150 |
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| 2199 | |||
| Fox Cub, Bill Cox, Taxidermist, Liverpool, ref no.16-1937, full mount, seated pose, on textured base with original taxidermist's label underneath, 35cm high £65 - 100 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Natural History and Taxidermy | |||
| Auctioneer: | Tennants Auctioneers | Location: | The Auction Centre, Leyburn |
| Contact: | Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281 | ||
| Date: | 26th April 2014 | Time: | 12:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 24 April 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Friday 25 April 9.00 am to 6.00 pm Saturday 26 April morning of sale |
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