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Auction House:
Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:76
Lots with images:76
Prices available:76
Category:
Natural History
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** 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 ***