143. AN UNUSUAL CASED TAXIDERMY STUDY FEATURING A GREAT SPOTTED KIWI (APTERYX HAASTII) AND A KAKAPO (STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS).
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Description
Condition
The two birds appear to be in good order with some light fading to plumage. Glass in good order, some scratches and marks to top, slight separation at the top edges, beading slightly loose to the top right hand corner, slight staining to back of case, chips and scuffs to case edges.
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- House
- Bishop & Miller
- Catalogue no
- 143
The Collector - October 2025
Bishop & Miller present The Collector, a sale spanning three centuries of design, fine art and historical curiosities.
Headlining the sale are a Louis Vuitton Vuittonite canvas cabin trunk and Le Triomphe, a monumental bronze sculpture by Louis Auguste Moreau.
The auction includes Asian art, including Meiji period satsuma porcelain and a bronze articulated cicada by Watanabe a
Highlights from the Fine Art category include Cottage Garden with Figures under a Parasol by Friedrich Fehr, alongside works by William Edward Webb, John Linnell and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
The sale also includes a Charles II carved oak tester bed, furniture by Gillow and an RMS Olympic Paperweight.
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