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29th September 2009
Fish mounts come in several shapes sizes, colors and materials. There is much more to them than you might at first think. Whether you want to bring home a trophy to remind you of your recent fishing vacation or you simply want an attractive wall decoratio... Read >
Author: wbdoyle28th September 2009
Most anglers agree that bass fishing in the Everglades is a unique and captivating experience. Many people visit this unique environment expecting the stereotypical swamplands of old black and white movies; what they find is one of the country’s most ex... Read >
Author: wbdoyle27th March 2009
What's the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? Humorist Mark Twain says, "The taxidermist only takes your skin!" That's the opinion of many Americans. Indeed, ridiculously high tax bills seem prevalent. Thankfully, tax breaks give you le... Read >
Author: Ron Finkelstein02nd December 2008
The purpose of this article is to provide an invaluable insight into the UK's leading specialists in British Historical Taxidermy.
There are clubs who are interested in this subject and keen collectors throughout the UK. Perhaps the most prolific and ... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com17th August 2008
Taxidermy, from the Greek for "arrangement of the skin", is essentially the art of mounting and reproducing dead animals for display purposes. It is a controversial element of life that has long been popular, but with new philosophies springing forth out ... Read >
Author: Jeanie Smith27th April 2008
When your husband is a devoted fisherman, you get used to sharing him with his favorite pastime. You know how to make space on the wall for the record-setting fish he wants mounted. You're on a first-name basis with the local taxidermist, and you've got h... Read >
Author: Xeal11th April 2008
I have been collecting historic taxidermy for over 30 years and have only ever bought, never sold, with the inevitable consequence that I have now run out of space. It is time now to make some room for new purchases and so I am offering here a few cases f... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com11th April 2008
I have been collecting historic taxidermy for over 30 years and have only ever bought, never sold, with the inevitable consequence that I have now run out of space. It is time now to make some room for new purchases and so I am offering here a few cases f... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com09th April 2008
The art of taxidermy as practiced at Wards was very simple by any standards, yet typical of the era. To stuff an animal the skin would first be treated with salt, alum and arsenical soap, the bones wired and wrapped and put back inside the legs, and once ... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com01st April 2008
We have just completed a review of Major European Bird Collections. This was partly due to the term "value" being attributed to cases of birds either by certain artists and their rarity in terms of availability. This term has always intrigued, given the f... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com01st April 2008
Interesting article published by "The Times" recounting an expidition by a Victorian Taxidermist C.E.Akerley
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“Kneeling on the leopard’s stomach and holding the forelegs apart with his elbows, the gasping taxidermist loosened his grip on the animal... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com09th May 2007
Anything you do in life you need to achieve goals. It doesn’t matter if you want to be a meat cutter, long distance runner, taxidermist or anything in life. It doesn’t matter if you work for another company or work for yourself you still have to ha... Read >
Author: stcajo03rd May 2007
This company is perhaps the finest exponent of taxidermied fish certainly in Europe. They pioneered the use of materials and techniques that in the main are still in use today, if you wish to have a fish prepared and not just a cast replica. The company i... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com01st March 2007
Anything you do in life you need to achieve goals. It doesn’t matter if you want to be a meat cutter, long distance runner, taxidermist or anything in life. It doesn’t matter if you work for another company or work for yourself you still have to hav... Read >
Author: stcajo22nd December 2006
Taxidermy forgeries
Forgeries can range from the technically excellent, where you "cannot see the join", to moronic attempts to deceive. Monetary gain appears to be driving this type of activity, so no surprise there really. The frequency of forging atte... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com19th December 2006
When to restore and when not to restore?. This is the question that is often posed and seldom answered these days. So many cases seemingly beyond repair now are being split / dismantled and turning up on internet auction sites. It would appear that the... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com15th December 2006
We get asked to recommend Taxidermy Resources by our friends, if you don't find what your looking for then please feel free to contact us. If you also wish to link to us then your taxidermy information shall only be placed in the appropriate class.
P... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com12th 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 ... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com04th 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... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com04th 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... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com29th 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 ... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com24th November 2006
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 the highest quality renowned for their picture fra... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com23rd 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 ... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com22nd 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... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com22nd 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... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com22nd November 2006
Born in 1804 at Lyme Regis on the English coast, he was one of 5 children and the only son of John and Elizabeth Gould. Gould junior was nearly thirteen years old when his parents moved from Stoke Hill to Windsor where his father had taken the position of... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com18th November 2006
We have always been interested in creating dioramas, with nest eggs and chicks and to also closely match the birds that associate together and also near as possible the habitat in which they would be likely to be found. The case that is outlined below dem... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com17th November 2006
RICHARD LYDEKKER (1849-1915)
English naturalist and geologist, was born in London July 25 1849. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a first-class in the Natural Science tripos (1871). He joined the staff of the geological survey of Ind... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com16th October 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... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com06th October 2006
The aim of this webpage is to bring together the taxidermy work of Peter Spicer and the Peter Spicer Company so that you can appreciate the depth and extent of the work carried out. For a definitive opinion on the work carried out by the firm of Peter Sp... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com03rd October 2006
Carl E.Akeley was born on May 19th, 1864, on a farm near Clarendon, New York. At the age of thirteen, Akeley became interested in birds and by his own admission stated that he felt much out of place on the farm as he was more interested in taxidermy than ... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com02nd October 2006
Taxidermy HouseKeeping
This page follows extensive research with various entities, namely, The Natural History Museum, The Booth Museum in Brighton, Rentokill and numerous PhD Entomologists here in the UK. This is our interpretation of those discussion... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com28th September 2006
It seemed that natural history and taxidermy ran in the veins of the Ward family. Both Henry and Frederick Ward were at various times of their early careers employed by naturalists of the likes of John Gould, William Swainson (refer to biopic later in the... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com28th September 2006
James Gardner, 426 Oxford Street, London. This taxidermy business is thought to have been founded in the 1840's by James Gardner and continued by his son James Gardner. It is thought that a third generation of the same family was also involved as the busi... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com28th September 2006
We have just completed a review of Major European Bird Collections. This was partly due to the term "value" being attributed to cases of birds either by certain artists and their rarity in terms of availability. This term has always intrigued, given the f... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com28th September 2006
Taxidermy HouseKeeping
This page follows extensive research with various entities, namely, The Natural History Museum, The Booth Museum in Brighton, Rentokill and numerous PhD Entomologists here in the UK. This is our interpretation of those discussion... Read >
Author: www.Taxidermy4cash.com
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