*** | A brass and ebonised fusee movement orrery, after the antique, with a glass dome and fitted wooden base, the dome 42 cm high | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied Panthera Pardus (leopard) skin rug, early 20th century, 272 x 170 cm | *** | |
*** | Rug, South African, 20th century an Equus quagga (zebra) skin rug, 290 cm long, 200 cm wide (variable) | *** | |
*** | An Equus quagga (zebra) skin rug, South African, 20th century, 325 cm long, 200 cm wide (variable) | *** | |
*** | A taxidermy Panthera pardus (leopard) skin, 180 cm wide (variable) | *** | |
*** | A spotted leopard skin rug with full head mount 180 cm high, 120 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A giant clam shell with a collection of smaller shells, 81 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A shoulder mounted red stag (Cervus Elaphus), Y, with eighteen points, greatest spread 102 cm, nose to chest 114 cm, projection from wall 110 cm | *** | |
*** | A shoulder mounted red deer (Cervus Elaphus), Y, with nineteen points, greatest spread 101 cm, nose to chest 90 cm, projection from wall 78 cm | *** | |
*** | A large giraffe skin, 395 cm (with tail) x 330 cm | *** | |
*** | A taxidermy shoulder mounted Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus), 120 cm high, 70 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A taxidermy Panthera pardus (leopard) skin with fully taxidermied head and glass eyes 179 x 115 cm | *** | |
*** | A zebra hide, South African, 270 cm long from tail to snout, 190 cm wide at hindquarters | *** | |
*** | A shoulder mounted taxidermy stag head, with glass eyes and original antlers, 121 cm high | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied shoulder mounted Oryx Gazella (South African gemsbok) 160 cm high | *** | |
*** | A collection of polished nautilus shells, comprising eleven pieces, the largest 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | A small shoulder mounted taxidermied deer, 74 cm long, 78 cm wide from each uppermost tine | *** | |
*** | Y a zebra skin rug, 292 cm long, 175 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A shoulder mounted elk, 90 cm high, 78 cm wide from each uppermost tine | *** | |
*** | A collection of polished nautilus shells, comprising twelve pieces, the largest 16.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large shoulder mounted gazelle, 100 cm high, 72 cm wide between the tip of each horn | *** | |
*** | A glass cased taxidermy prize freshwater pike, English, circa 1900 Piccadilly, London taxidermy label verso the case 41 cm high, 101 cm wide, 18 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied Taurotragus Oryx (Livingstone eland) shoulder mount, 143 cm high | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied Oryx Gazella (Gemsbok) shoulder mount, 140 cm high | *** | |
*** | A shoulder mounted taxidermied deer, 85 cm high, 58 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A shield mounted wild boar's head trophy, Awenne, Belgium, 1913, professionally taxidermied, the shield bearing a plaque engraved 'Awenne December 1913', 74 cm high. Provenance: Lot 971, The Owston Collection, Sydney, 26 June 2010 | *** | |
*** | An Equus quagga (zebra) skin rug, South African, 20th century, 309 cm from tail to snout, 223 cm wide at the hindquarters | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied shoulder mounted South African gemsbok, (Oryx gazella), 160 cm high (with horns), 73 cm protrusion from wall | *** | |
*** | A Trilobite fossil, probably Cambrian period, the anthropod specimen with finely preserved and delineated features embedded in a matrix, trilobite: 4 cm long, 6.5 cm wide; rock matrix: 11.5 cm high, 11 cm wide, 11.5 cm deep, $800-1,200 | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied Odocoileus Virginianus (white tail deer) shoulder mount, 120 cm high | *** | |
*** | A diorama taxidermy of a Great Crested Grebe, (Podiceps cristatus), the specimen depicted in natural grassy setting and housed in a wood case, 49 cm high, 45 cm wide, 20 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Two deep sea natural clam shells, the largest 43 cm long | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied Ovis dalli (mountain sheep), Northwestern America, 91 cm high | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied shoulder mounted Taurotragus Oryx (Livingstone Eland) 130 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large natural giant clam shell, 62 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A natural giant clam shell (Tridacna Gigas), 73 cm long | *** | |
*** | Y a vintage taxidermied tortoiseshell converted lamp base, the shell 60.5 cm high, 83 cm high to the top of finial | *** | |
*** | Y a taxidermied green sea turtle, 20.5 cm high, 53 cm x 42 cm | *** | |
*** | A shield mounted kudu skull with horns, 82 cm high | *** | |
*** | 400Three large clam shells three large clam shells, the largest 48 cm long | *** | |
*** | A panthera pardus (leopard skin), 19th/20th century with a fully taxidermied head, together with a taxidermied lion head the leopard skin 145 cm long | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied bird diorama, 19th century, composed of waterbirds and sparrows in a stylised landscape, 35 cm high, 40 cm wide, 10 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A taxidermy shoulder mounted goat, 80 cm high, 95 cm wide from the tip of each horn | *** | |
*** | Two antique whale vertebrae on stands 49 cm high | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied kangaroo paw bottle opener, 34 cm long. | *** | |
*** | A shell cameo by R. Rajola, Sydney, featuring the finely carved profile of a lady, signed R.R to verso, measures 6 x 4.5 cm. Comes in original fitted box from R. Ragola, Sydney. | *** | |
*** | A black Gorgonia fan coral specimen, housed in a box frame, 50 cm x 41.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied African bird diorama under dome, with four colourful and exotic birds, 44 cm high | *** | |
*** | A rare giant specimen of Melo amphora, 40 cm long | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied African bird diorama under dome, with three colourful and exotic birds, the dome 54 cm high | *** | |
*** | A small novelty taxidermy tortoise and toad, 15 cm high | *** | |
*** | A diorama of a bar-tailed godwit bird surrounded by quails in glass case, 19th century 34 cm high, 47 cm wide, 28 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A large unmounted red deer buck skull and attached antlers 76 cm long | *** | |
*** | Y, A framed Hawksbill turtle shell, 44 x 40 cm | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill sea turtle), late 19th century, 25 cm long | *** | |
*** | An Equus quagga (zebra) skin rug 226 cm high, 136 cm wide. Other Notes: this item will require a CITES certificate for export and cannot be shipped to the USA or Territories. Please visit www.cites.org for further information | *** | |
*** | An American beaver skull with intact incisors, 10.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A boxed set of biology specimen microscope slides, each slide 8 x 2.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Three polished turbo marmoratus (green Turban) shells, the largest 10.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A 19th century conch shell and a small collection of sea shells, the conch 14.5 cm | *** | |
*** | An unusual brass mounted donkey skin and resin ice bucket by Aldo Tura, Italy, 1960's, with original mechanical ice claw, makers label to wood base, 26 cm high | *** | |
*** | A collection of fossilised teeth, mineralised mammoth tusk and mammoth ivory, the largest piece 6 cm long | *** | |
*** | Large European mount deer skull with antlers a European mount deer skull with antlers with near symmetrical antlers 76 cm high | *** | |
*** | European mount large a large European mount deer skull with antlers with near symmetrical antlers 80 cm high | *** | |
*** | Set of mounted red deer antlers a red deer skull mounted with antlers 110 cm high | *** | |
*** | A red deer skull and antlers, 84 cm long, 65 cm wide | *** | |
*** | An unmounted Sambar deer buck skull and antlers 68 cm long | *** | |
*** | A European mount deer skull with antlers with one asymmetrical antler 73 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large branching coral specimen (Acropora Florida), 17 cm high, 27 cm x 27 cm | *** | |
*** | A collection of four various leather and snake skin women's belts | *** | |
*** | An unmounted deer skull and antlers 57 cm long | *** | |
*** | Vintage fox fur and mink Stoles a collection of Vintge fox fur and mink Stoles, comprising two fur stoles, a pair of cuffs and a possible sable taxidermy | *** | |
*** | A mounted rams horn and two cattle horns, the largest 56.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | Five taxidermied fox tails, the largest 38 cm long | *** | |
*** | A collection of shells and fossils, comprising approximately twelve pieces, the largest shell 9 cm high | *** | |
*** | A taxidermied Shingleback Lizard, Australia, 32 cm long | *** | |