12th December 2006
This is an article prior to the disposal of the collection by Bonhams, a few years agao. The emtire collection wass disbanded and sent to all corners of the globe. However we have created a web page which contains most of Potters work. Thanks to the ...
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12th December 2006
Squirrels playing cards, kittens taking tea and bunnies learning their ABC will be among the extraordinary and intriguing lots to be sold when international fine art auctioneers Bonhams sell the contents of Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities in Cornwall on...
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11th December 2006
Collectors very frequently acquire specialized knowledge about their collections. To understand how this works, one would have to be a collector or to understand the collector mentality. Most collectors do not collect just to possess the items in their co...
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08th December 2006
We get asked to recommend Bird Taxidermists in the UK and America. This craftsman produces modern egg creations, given that it is now illeagal to collect birds eggs from the wild and also to sell Victorian taxidermy cases that contain real eggs. Therefore...
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04th December 2006
The Museum was established by Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, who spent forty years exploring Africa and Asia and collecting in the UK. Once he'd run out of room in the house, he built a 'Pavilion' alongside. This was opened to family and friends...
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04th December 2006
We get asked to recommend Bird Taxidermists in the UK and America. This taxidermist produces modern creations utlising many of the design features and case building techniques created by the Victorian Taxidermists. This taxidermy art form has changed litt...
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29th November 2006
Taxidermy Collectors and Collections
We are in contact with many serious collectors globally sharing both knowledge and experiences of taxidermy colecting and regulations that govern this trade, I was on the path of becoming a serious collector myself (f...
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29th November 2006
The Victorian Taxidermist, Murray of Carnforth
The business of Murray was established in 1872 by Henry Murray working from premises in Scotland Road, Carnforth and continued with his son Albert Jamesuntil Albert retired in 1961. Murray's work was of th...
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23rd November 2006
Thomas Richard Jefferies & Sons
King Street Carmarthen, Wales
Very little is known about this company of taxidermists. It is understood that Jefferies of they were initially master carvers and guilders and moved to Wales from London and operated from ...
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22nd November 2006
General observation relating to taxidermy preservation
If you posses taxidermy, that has been handed down the generation or are just starting out collecting taxidermy. Firstly welcome to this interesting and diverse world of collecting. From our experi...
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22nd November 2006
George Bristowe of St Leonards
1870-1947
George Bristow of St Leonards. This man it is understood taught ET Booth the art of taxidermy and it is further understood stuffed some of the birds that now form part of the Booth Collection in Brighton. Brist...
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22nd November 2006
William Borrer, Naturalist
William Borrer was born at Barrow Hill, Henfield, West Sussex on January 18th 1814. He inherited a love of natural history from his father the noted botanist William Borrer senior, friend of Sir Joesph Banks and William Hooke...
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22nd November 2006
Hutchings Family
It would appear that James Hutchings began working as a taxidermist in Aberystwyth in the 1860s. His sons, James (Fred), George and Walter and daughter (Poppy), followed him in the taxidermy trade and the firm continued until 1942. The...
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22nd November 2006
A.S Hutchinson of Derby
It would appear that This company began business around 1870's. The company was one of the most prolific taxidermist firms in Britain and their work is considered to be of a very high standard. Although British birds features in...
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22nd November 2006
What Price Natural History Collections, or 'Why do we need all these bloody mice?' by Charles Pettitt, Manchester Museum [publ. 1991 in Mus. Journal 91 (8): 25-28]
The Under-valuation of Natural History Collections
'Why do we need all these bloody mic...
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We are perhaps some of the largest collectors of taxidermy in the United Kingdom. We are always interested in purchasing taxidermy and anything with be considered and advice given if asked for. Collection considered for purchase can be either single items and or large collections. We do however specialise in Victorian taxidermy by then famous taxidermists. Please contact us either via the number contained within the site or via email, we would be delighted to talk with you and discuss what you have for sale. We will always provide an opinion as to value, based upon condition and the artist involved. Alternatively you can go to www.Taxidermy4cash.com Many thanks
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