Sealed Bid

Home, Garden and Natural History (Sealed Bids)

Start date Wednesday 8 March 2023 End date Wednesday 29 March 2023

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This is a sealed bid auction and all bids must be received by 16.00 BST Wednesday 29th March

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Lots with a ▲ symbol are subject to the Artist Resale Right

Lots with a (‡) are subject to import duty at 5% on the hammer

Lots with a (†) are subject to VAT at 20% on the hammer

BP 25% (plus VAT)

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
462	An anthropomorphic red squirrel case late 19th century 46cm by 60cm	£1,500 - £2,500	-	View
463	A set of three mounted starfish (poraster superbus and phidiaster spp) on metal bases	£300 - £500	£440	View
464	A set of four soft mounted coral fans soft corals: gorgonacea 100cm x 70cm 70cm x 80cm 70cm x 60cm 60 x 60 cm each on metal stands 12 x 12 cm (all non-CITES): Melithaeidae sp. (Sulawesi, Indonesia), from old collection	£600 - £1,000	£700	View
465	A large wall case of tropical crabs recent 60cm by 82 cm	£500 - £800	£700	View
466	A case of golden plover and snipe early 20th Century 43cm high	£60 - £100	£280	View
467	Two wall cases of Hawk moths 1st half 20th century the larger 59cm by 59cm	£500 - £800	£420	View
468	‡A juvenile Ichthyosaur fossil Stenopterygius quadriscissus Lower Jurassic Holzmaden Germany the specimen 64cm long	£4,000 - £6,000	£4,617	View
469	A leopard skin first half 20th century 228cm long by repute from the same plantation as Lot 470	£500 - £800	-	View
470	A collection of snake skins Malaya first half 20th century by repute these represent all the snakes killed on a plantation in one year	£80 - £120	-	View
471	A freestanding New Guineau crowned pigeon 20th century 45cm high	£500 - £800	-	View
472	A freestanding satyr tragopan late 20th century 39cm high	£150 - £250	-	View
473	A dome of a curl crested toucan late 19th century 52cm high	£1,200 - £1,800	-	View
474	Two deer trophies a Roe deer trophy mid 20th century, 22cm high together with an unusual Fallow deer trophy, on shield 2nd half 20th Century, 60cm high	£20 - £30	-	View
475	A very unusual folk art pair of black swans made from mussel shells late 19th / early 20th century 74cm long	£500 - £800	-	View
476	A pietra dura table top modern India 122cm by 77cm	£300 - £500	-	View
477	In the manner of Henry Ward: A wall case of starlings and a chaffinch late 19th century 35cm high by 40cm wide	£400 - £600	-	View
478	A quartz and calcite crystal bed Arkansaw 34cm high by 39cm wide	£800 - £1,200	-	View
479	A Campo de Cielo meteorite Argentina 18cm high, 6.9kg See footnote to 496	£1,800 - £2,200	£2,300	View
480	A large nephrite freeform 44cm high by 35cm wide	£2,500 - £4,000	-	View
481	Two rose quartz points Madagascar on wooden stands 84cm high overall	£2,000 - £3,000	-	View
482	An aquamarine and muscovite freeform 18cm by 24cm high by 18cm Weight 5.6kg	£1,800 - £2,500	-	View
483	A large quartz point Madagascar on wooden stand 102cm high overall	£2,000 - £3,000	-	View
484	A large kyanite in quartz specimen Brazil 49cm high	£800 - £1,200	-	View
485	A moss agate sphere South Africa 18cm diameter	£200 - £400	-	View

Total lots: 395

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