Reply With QuoteAre there any local natural history museums or stately homes that need a bit of 'set dressing' you could donate to?
If not stick it on ebay for as long as possible with a £0 start (if you truly want rid of it).
Advice sought from the wisdom of the forum please .
I have in my office this monstrosity bought by my father many years ago .
Not really my thing and I’m at a loss with what to do with it .
I did think about donating it , but who would take it ?
if only it was a stuffed beaver .
Any ideas ?
Are there any local natural history museums or stately homes that need a bit of 'set dressing' you could donate to?
If not stick it on ebay for as long as possible with a £0 start (if you truly want rid of it).
Catawiki sell this kind of thing quite successfully - I’d try there. Christ knows how you would post it though
they look like scottish wildcats , if they are a natural history museum might want them.
*if they are scottish wildcats the price they would sell for might suprise you
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Why don't you club together with the chap selling the Beaver on SC and offer a package deal?
Its an instant Taxidermy collection
I’d love one to place in the lounge when my cat is going feral to bring him under control!!
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Thanks for the replies.
They are indeed Scottish wild cats , Ill research that thanks.
Unfortunately stately homes are thin on the ground around here!
Tennants the auctioneers in Leyburn have quarterly sales for that kind of stuff, some of it makes decent money.
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McTear's Auctioneers in Govan seem to do well with taxidermy items. Perhaps worth a call for a valuation?
0141 810 2880 or by email to: auction@mctears,co.uk
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I think taxidermy was all the rage a while back! I remember hearing some of the old stuff really isn’t done that well. So, depending on quality it could be worth a bit.
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Putting them in auction is of course the correct answer. Depending on who did the stuffing, it could be more valuable than you might expect.
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My mum and dad had a pair of stuffed 'Woodcocks' done quite well but one of our cats chewed a leg off one of them...
interesting site dedicated to the 'Scottish Wildcat'
https://www.scottishwildcataction.or...t-us/#overview
this is my favourite
Thats great, if I owned that it would cheer me up every time I looked at it, I can only assume the taxidermist had never seen a fox before and then he found an Axel Scheffler book and said "oh that's what they look like"
this is my favourite
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I think they must have run out of stuffing that day and decided to use a couple of toilet roll tubes instead!....this is my favourite
Donate it..............to the tip
Some crackers on here!
https://www.badtaxidermy.com/
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The ferret with a can of John smiths is great
That is grotesque, but brought a big smile to my faceMy mum and dad had a pair of stuffed 'Woodcocks' done quite well but one of our cats chewed a leg off one of them...
interesting site dedicated to the 'Scottish Wildcat'
https://www.scottishwildcataction.or...t-us/#overview
this is my favourite
Hilarious. 👏👏👏My mum and dad had a pair of stuffed 'Woodcocks' done quite well but one of our cats chewed a leg off one of them...
interesting site dedicated to the 'Scottish Wildcat'
https://www.scottishwildcataction.or...t-us/#overview
this is my favourite
I absolutely love that. It’s modern art, a bit like a Giacomettl. I sent the photo to my dad & he said ‘it looks a bit sharp!’My mum and dad had a pair of stuffed 'Woodcocks' done quite well but one of our cats chewed a leg off one of them...
interesting site dedicated to the 'Scottish Wildcat'
https://www.scottishwildcataction.or...t-us/#overview
this is my favourite
My late father in law had a mounted tiger's head, which he shot in India in the 40s . It had been attacking natives as it had an infected foot and could no longer hunt effectively. To the casual observer it would be an highly objectionable. What to do with it?
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It’s a difficult one, do you have any proof it was shot in the 40s? If so you might be able to move it on, if not there is not a lot you can do, maybe donate to a museum?
The Mrs a similar issue, there are a few keepsakes she would like to bring back from the family home in Africa, everything was hunted legally (under current rules back then) but there is no proof so it will likely need to be destroyed when the time comes. (I don’t want to spin the thread on to the rights and wrongs of big game hunting for sport) but these are items her family have obtained over the years, and they do mean something to her.
We have an Indian newspaper article from the time detailing the hunt for the man/woman/child eater, and it is remembered as being in the family home in 1956. It really needs to find a new home but no idea where. As mentioned above, there must be many of them about, from a time when shooting big game wasn't deemed unacceptable.
That could well be used as evidence. It might be worth while just having a conversation with a dealer or auction house.
Advice sought from the wisdom of the forum please .
I have in my office this monstrosity bought by my father many years ago .
Not really my thing and I’m at a loss with what to do with it .
I did think about donating it , but who would take it ?
if only it was a stuffed beaver .
Any ideas ?
I have some taxidermy - and while not an expert, I know a little. As others have said, yours looks potentially valuable to me. The quality of the mount, the posing, the subjst matter etc all suggests a high-quality piece.
I'd be very interested to hear what that gets valued at - personally I would expect at least four figures, and possibly not starting with a "1"...
So clever my foot fell off.
I don't know why but every time I look at this I just think pencil Sharpener.
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You may need to check up on this and the legality of selling Scottish Wildcats.
Many years ago I found a dead Otter on the farm and picked it up to have it stuffed. I approached a taxidermist who would not touch it until I had a licence. Apparently there were only two species that require a licence in the UK to possess when dead or stuffed. They are the Scottish Wild cat and the Otter.
I had to apply to Natural England for a licence to possess the Otter. Once I had the licence tje taxidermist took the animal, with the licence and stuffed it for me. Wife wasn’t too keen on having an Otter in the freezer for a while.
Here is the final result of the Otter
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Here is a completed auction listing with a piece similar to the one you own.
https://antiques-atlas.com/antique/t...ess/as466a1356
You could donate some of the proceeds to an endangered species protection fund of some sort or local animal shelter.
Good luck!
Limo fox?
Good idea.
https://fivesisterszoo.co.uk/donations-zoo/
LOL!Thats great, if I owned that it would cheer me up every time I looked at it, I can only assume the taxidermist had never seen a fox before and then he found an Axel Scheffler book and said "oh that's what they look like"
That's exactly the fox I had in mind when I saw it! :0)
"Would you like them mounted?"
"No, just holding hands will be fine."
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
I'm a big fan of house clearance auctions, presently curtailed. For a long time, taxidermy was a dirty word but since there is acceptance that the thing has been long dead, there was a rising interest in it.
I would look at the smaller country style auction houses like British Bespoke Auctions, Tayler & Fletcher etc.
That fox looks like it having a crisis...
"how am I going to tell her I bought another watch"...
LOL! :0)
[QUOTE=Mr Curta;5669948]"Would you like them mounted?"
"No, just holding hands will be fine."[/QUOT
I always loved that joke and every time I hear it a sweet little cartoon is trigger in my imagination, thanks for making it happen again. There is even a little backing music as well.
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That's brilliantly hilarious. It's funnier than an entire series of HIGNFY.My mum and dad had a pair of stuffed 'Woodcocks' done quite well but one of our cats chewed a leg off one of them...
interesting site dedicated to the 'Scottish Wildcat'
https://www.scottishwildcataction.or...t-us/#overview
this is my favourite
Seeing this has just had me laughing until tears roll down my cheeks for the first time in ages. How utterly bizarre. Even more so than the fox/dachshund cross further up.
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