Cape Buffalo (Synceros caffer caffer), probably Edward Gerrard & Sons, circa 1930, head mount, well modelled with open mouth, the horns 58cm tip to tip, 82cm from the wall, on original oak shield £50 - 80
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A Red Antler Six-Branch Chandelier, 20th century, the artfully arranged antlers issuing from an hexagonal bulbous silver plated body, the branches with brass pans and nozzles, 130cm diameter approx, 114cm high approx £200 - 300
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A Collection of Thirteen Various Horns, Antlers and Slot, Victorian-1950's, including two Blackbuck, three Cattle horns, Red Deer, Fallow and Roe Deer, the slot mounted, inscribed Shot by NB, Oct 5th 1920 Glenfinnan £80 - 120
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A Mahogany Glazed Drawer, containing collection of the Order of Coleoptera (beetles)another Order of Hemiptera (bugs), another Neuroptera (cicadas etc), each 34cm by 46cm £60 - 100
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Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsonii), circa 1930, full mount, standing, facing forward, on earth effect plinth, 103cm high overall, 83cm long £60 - 100
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A Rhinoceros Horn Handled Walking Stick, 1917, with plain horn pistol handle to an 18ct gold plain ferrule (maker's mark indistinct, London 1917) to a tapered malacca shaft, the metal tip now missing, the exposed rhino handle 19cm long, the handle 6.5cm deep (max), 88cm long overallSold with Animal Health Pre-Sale Approval 78-14/15 £300 - 500
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Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), early 20th century, horns on part upper skull, right horn 114.5cm, left horn 119cm, on ebonised shield £80 - 120
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), modern, shoulder mount, 6 points, right antler 22cm, left antler 21cm £120 - 180
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A Case of British Fritillaries, including Silver Washed, Dark Green, Glanville and Queen of Spain, all pre-1981, with British data, the case 29.5cm by 38cm £70 - 100
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A Case of British Butterflies, including Satyridae family, and Pieridae, and a single Swallowtail, all pre-1981, with British data, in stained wood case, 29.5cm by 38cm £70 - 100
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), modern, shoulder mount, 6 points, right antler 22.5cm, left antler 23cm £120 - 180
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), modern, shoulder mount, 6 points, right antler 24.5cm, left antler 24cm £120 - 180
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Spur-Winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis), modern, full mount, standing on a shaped circular sanded base, 59.5cm high, on a hardwood square plinth; and Yellow-Billed Duck (Anas undulate), modern, full mount, standing, 35cm high, on hardwood square plinth (2) £70 - 100
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European Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), circa 1935, head mount, forward facing with jaw agape, on original shaped shield, 56cm from the wall £120 - 180
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Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), modern, horns on upper skulls (3 examples) £60 - 90
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A Box Containing Numerous Specimens of Red Deer Antlers, on frontlets, some on shields, many of killer type £50 - 80
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Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), mainly 20th century, tusks, mainly mounted, on shaped shields (qty) £60 - 100
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), antlers on frontlets, several with inscriptions, all with shaped shields (including one Siberian) (29) £60 - 100
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), mainly 20th century, antlers on frontlets, on wood shields (qty) £50 - 70
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European Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), late 20th century, shoulder mount, forward facing, jaw closed, 56cm from the wall £80 - 120
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Impala (Aepyceros melampus), late 20th century, shoulder mount; and Oribi (Ourebia ourebi), shoulder mount (2) £50 - 80
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European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), 1966, shoulder mount, 10 points, on oak leaf carved wood shield, 67cm from the wall £50 - 80
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Impala (Aepyceros malampus), Brit.Ost Afrika, Februar 1909, R v. G, shoulder mount, turning to sinister, on original mahogany type shield with inscription, 48cm from the wall £60 - 100
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European Mouflon (Ovis aries), 20th century, horns on cut frontlets and upper skulls, three specimens, all on decorative projecting wall shields £120 - 180
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European Mouflon (Ovis aries), horns on cut frontlets and upper skulls, large and small examples, some on wooden shields/projecting wood wall mounts (10) £80 - 120
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Two Modern Glazed and Brass Effect Wall Cases, one containing a pair of Giant Atlas moths, the other with fourteen specimens of tropical butterflies, the largest 32cm by 97.5cm £40 - 60
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Two Modern Glazed Wall Cases, containing eighteen specimens of tropical butterflies, including Papilio zalmoxis, Ornithopta prianus, Papilio ulysses and two Troides, the largest 33cm by 48cm £50 - 60
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Four Glazed Small Table Cases, containing displays of tropical butterflies (including Morpho rhetenor and Ornithoptera croceus), beetles, a cicada, and giant grasshopper, the largest 33cm by 27.5cm; and Four Reference Books, on butterflies and moths of the world (8) £50 - 80
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Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), horns on cut upper skulls, mainly on decorative shields (a number dated and with hunting detail) (large qty) £120 - 180
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), 20th century, antlers on cut frontlets, including mainly abnormal types, with decorative wood shields (approx 150) £150 - 250
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), circa 1900 and later, antlers on cut frontlets, many on decorative shields (approx 55) £80 - 140
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Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), 20th century, horns on upper skulls and frontlets, some with wood shields; and Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), antlers on cut frontlets, on decorative wood shields (13) £80 - 120
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), 20th century, antlers on cut frontlets, on decorative wood and wood effect shields (27) £60 - 100
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Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), Sudan, 1910, F v. G, shoulder mount, forward facing, on original titled wood shield, 43.5cm from the wall £50 - 80
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A German Rustic Coat Rack, constructed from European Red Deer and Fallow Deer antlers, the points acting as hooks, 92cm wide; and A Three-Light Wall Chandelier, formed from three cast European Red Deer antlers, 84cm high, NB would require total rewiring - sold as a decorative item only (2) £40 - 70
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A Group of Twenty Miscellaneous Horns, Roe Deer slots, Mouflon horns on skull etc, the majority with wood shields, including five taxidermy birds and small animals (Germany), and two Wild Boar cut bone snout ends (qty) £100 - 150
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Ocelot (Leo pardus pardalis), by Rowland Ward, circa 1920, head mount, open snarling jaw and forward gaze, on original oak shield with The Jungle label, care label and gouged RW, 19.5cm from the wall; Cougar (Puma concolor), by Rowland Ward, circa 1920, head mount, turning slightly to the left with open jaw, on original oak shield with The Gallery of Natural History label, care label and gouged RW, 25.5cm from the wall; and A Pair of Greater Kudu Horns, 94cm (straight measured) (3) £500 - 700
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Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), horns on upper skull £100 - 150
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A Victorian Mahogany Specimen Collector's Cabinet, of two bands of ten drawers containing a diverse collection of beetles, foreign butterflies and insects, no data (generally a/f), 107.5cm by 54cm by 59cm £150 - 250
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A Pair of Cape Buffalo Foot Ashtrays; Two Boar Tusks, mounted on oak plaques (as a gun support); Badger, full mount; Chinkara, upper skull and horns; and A Spare Set of Horns £70 - 100
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Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), circa 1910, pair of full mounts, standing amongst grasses, leaves and ferns, light blue painted interior, single glass ebonised case, 48cm by 17cm by 33cm £80 - 120
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A Late Victorian Case of Birds, circa 1890, comprising duck and drake Shelduck and two chicks, Ringed Plover, Tern etc, amongst faux rocks, grasses and weeds against a blue painted background, in original single glass canted rectangular case, 91cm by 26cm by 61.5cm £100 - 150
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Elk (Cervus canadensis), New Zealand, shot 2004, shoulder mount, 12 points, right antler 115cm, left antler 111cm, on mahogany effect shield, 112cm from the wall £300 - 500
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Wapiti (Cervus canadensis), New Zealand, shot 2004, shoulder mount, 16 points (7+9), turning slightly to the right, right antler 112cm, left antler 96cm £300 - 500
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Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), modern, an assortment of sixteen various horns, varying lengths £150 - 250
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Dodo and Chick: A Re-creation by Carl Church, adult bird 58cm, chick 29cm, naturalistically set on a sandy beach with sea-washed wood, leaves and grass, in a five-glass wood case on turned legs, 114cm wide (max) by 72cm by 177cm overallThis specimen featured in The Great Dodo Exhibition held at Kendal Museum in 2013, and featured in the exhibition catalogue. In the catalogue Carl Church writes "I began my first re-creation Dodo out of curiosity in 2006 and was fortunate enough to be able to take measurements from a real Dodo skeleton". The glazed case containing the Dodo and chick is built to museum standards with strengthened glass and is lockable, and with four copies of the Kendal Museum "The Great Dodo Exhibition" catalogues £3500 - 4500
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Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), horns on cut frontlet, on perspex stand, 66cm high £60 - 100
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Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis), horns on cut frontlet, 66cm (straight measured), on perspex stand, overall 89cm £80 - 120
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A Case of Three Taxidermy Birds, by Cecil H Bisshopp, Sportsman's Depot, Oban, circa 1900, comprising Grey Heron, Gull and Oyster Catcher, on faux rocks amongst grasses, with sky painted background, in three-glass ebonised case, original label verso, 93cm by 27.5cm by 78cm £70 - 100
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A Case of Four Taxidermy Birds, circa 1900, comprising Grey Heron, Snipe, Little Grebe and Kingfisher, naturalistically set amongst grasses and ferns, in a single glass ebonised case, 51cm by 26cm by 21.5cm £70 - 100
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