A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection

A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection

Date: 10th Aug, 2022 12:00
Lots: 199

Strong prices were achieved for singular rarities in this, our inaugural Cabinet of Curiosities Auction.

The backbone of this most unusual sale was formed by a private Highland collection of natural history, with these important pieces selling for record sums. A rare quadruple sea lily crinoid dating to the Jurassic period made £5,750 on the hammer, whilst a Gibeon meteorite of good and attractive form fetched £5,000, and an unusual nest of six Hadrosaur eggs were snapped up at £4,200.

Fine books also permeated the auction, with the best sellers being a set of five of Andrews’ Botanist Repository at £1,300, and an important copy of the pre-Darwinian On Naval Timber by Patrick Matthew at £1,300.

A spy was amongst us too, with the early Demon Detective Camera produced by the American Camera Co. in the 1880s making £1,500, as well as a gold digger, a prospector’s blowpipe kit by Fletcher & Sons making £800.

This sale was such a rip roaring success, another is currently scheduled for February of next year. For a complimentary, no-obligation valuation, make an appointment to visit our Glasgow Galleries, send details to our specialists by clicking this link and completing the short form, or call us on 0141 810 2880. 

SOLD

Lot 664 - CURIOSITIES OF NATURE & ART IN TWO VOLUMES

Sold for £150
Estimated at £30 - £50

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Lot 668 - FIVE VOLUMES RELATING TO PLANTS AND GARDENS

Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £200

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Lot 669 - SIX VOLUMES RELATING TO BIRDS

Sold for £100
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 670 - SIX VOLUMES RELATING TO INSECTS

Sold for £110
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 671 - SIX VOLUMES RELATING TO NATURAL HISTORY

Sold for £95
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 672 - FIVE VOLUMES RELATING TO MOSSES, FERNS AND TREES

Sold for £160
Estimated at £80 - £120

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Lot 673 - BOTANICAL INTEREST - SEVEN VOLUMES

Sold for £140
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 674 - THE HEREFORDSHIRE POMONA

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £400

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Lot 675 - THE TEMPLE OF FLORA, ALONG WITH FLORA MAGNIFICA

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

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Lot 678 - AN INTRODUCTORY VIEW OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Sold for £80
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 679 - SPACE TRAVEL INTEREST

Sold for £120
Estimated at £30 - £50

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Lot 682 - A FEMUR BONE AND A PAIR OF HUMERI

Sold for £35
Estimated at £30 - £50

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Lot 686 - ANDREW'S HEATHERY

Sold for £130
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 690 - FOUR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENGLAND & WALES MAPS

Sold for £40
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 691 - SEVEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND FOLDING MAPS

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

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Lot 692 - A SET OF WRIGHT'S FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE

Sold for £160
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 693 - WOOD'S ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY

Sold for £90
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 694 - WOOSTER'S ALPINE PLANTS

Sold for £80
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 695 - LUCAS' BOOK OF BRITISH HAWK MOTHS

Sold for £190
Estimated at £30 - £50

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Lot 696 - EIGHT NATURAL HISTORY VOLUMES

Sold for £80
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 697 - AGASSIZ'S FOSSIL FISH

Sold for £90
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 699 - A SOLIDIFIED LAVA FLOW SPECIMEN

Sold for £260
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 700 - A LARGE QUARTZ MINERAL SPECIMEN

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250

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Lot 701 - AN ORTHOCERAS FOSSIL GROUP

Sold for £90
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 703 - A FOSSILISED FISH SKELETON

Sold for £60
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 704 - A LARGE AND RARE SCOTTISH FISH FOSSIL

Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600

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Lot 705 - A FOSSILISED MEGALODON SHARK'S TOOTH

Sold for £700
Estimated at £100 - £200

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Lot 706 - A LARGE BALTIC AMBER NODULE WITH INSECT INCLUSIONS

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

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Lot 707 - TWO FOSSILISED LARVAE AND A LEAF FOSSIL

Sold for £50
Estimated at £30 - £50

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Lot 708 - A FOSSILISED DROTOPS MEGALOMANICUS TRILOBITE

Sold for £110
Estimated at £80 - £120

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Lot 709 - TWO FOSSILISED DINOSAUR VERTIBRAE

Sold for £140
Estimated at £80 - £120

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Lot 710 - THREE TRILOBITE FOSSIL SPECIMENS

Sold for £40
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 711 - NINE FOSSILISED AMMONOID SPECIMENS

Sold for £65
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 712 - THREE FOSSILISED DINOSAUR TEETH

Sold for £60
Estimated at £30 - £50

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Lot 714 - COLLECTION OF BALTIC AMBER SPECIMENS

Sold for £360
Estimated at £300 - £500

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Lot 716 - COLLECTION OF FRAGMENTARY METEORITE SPECIMENS

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200

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Lot 719 - A COLLECTION OF MINERAL SPECIMENS

Sold for £100
Estimated at £50 - £100

SOLD
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Lot 721 - AN AMERICAN CAMERA CO. DEMON DETECTIVE CAMERA

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

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Lot 722 - TWO NAIVE PAINTINGS AFTER PAUL STAGG

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200

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Lot 724 - A TAXIDERMY STUDY OF A FOX, ALONG WITH ANTLERS

Sold for £130
Estimated at £50 - £100

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Lot 725 - A JAPANESE EROTIC NETSUKE AND ANOTHER NETSUKE

Sold for £95
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 726 - A TAXIDERMY DISPLAY OF MOUNTED BEETLES

Sold for £60
Estimated at £30 - £50

SOLD

Lot 727 - A FOSSILISED DELABOLE BUTTERFLY

Sold for £40
Estimated at £40 - £60

SOLD

Lot 728 - THREE RARE MINERAL SPECIMENS

Sold for £180
Estimated at £50 - £100

SOLD

Lot 729 - A TAXIDERMY TURQUOISE-FRONTED AMAZON

Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £150

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Lot 731 - AN EXTENSIVE VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD AMATEUR SPECIMEN CABINET

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £500 - £1,000

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Lot 732 - A SET OF SIX 19TH CENTURY COCK FIGHTING PRINTS

Sold for £65
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 733 - A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE MALACHITE MINERAL SPECIMEN

Sold for £750
Estimated at £500 - £1,000

SOLD
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Lot 735 - A LARGE QUARTZ POINT CLUSTER MINERAL SPECIMEN

Sold for £55
Estimated at £100 - £200

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Lot 736 - A LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE BARITE MINERAL SPECIMEN

Sold for £460
Estimated at £200 - £400

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Lot 738 - FOUR MINERAL SPECIMENS

Sold for £110
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 739 - FIVE MINERAL SPECIMENS

Sold for £120
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 740 - A PRISCACARA GREEN RIVER FORMATION FOSSIL

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200

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Lot 741 - ENTOMOLOGY INTEREST - FOLIO SOCIETY

Sold for £500
Estimated at £400 - £600

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Lot 745 - A SCORPION SPECIMEN

Sold for £55
Estimated at £20 - £30

SOLD

Lot 746 - SMALL COLLECTION OF INSECT AND OTHER SPECIMENS

Sold for £110
Estimated at £30 - £50

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Lot 747 - A LARGE CONCH SHELL

Sold for £55
Estimated at £20 - £30

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Lot 748 - A TAXIDERMY RHINOCEROS HORNBILL'S HEAD

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300

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Lot 749 - THE SPIRIT OF THE WOODS BY REBECCA HEY

Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £120

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Lot 750 - ON NAVAL TIMBER AND ARBORICULTURE BY PATRICK MATTHEW

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

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Lot 751 - A VICTORIAN ORNITHOLOGICAL TAXIDERMY DISPLAY

Sold for £70
Estimated at £80 - £120

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Lot 752 - A COLLECTION OF EARLY-TO-MID 20TH FISHING FLIES

Sold for £150
Estimated at £80 - £120

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Lot 754 - A GROUP OF FOSSILS

Sold for £100
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 755 - THREE ANATOMICAL CHARTS

Sold for £80
Estimated at £40 - £60

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Lot 757 - 'ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY' MEDICAL ROLLER CHART

Sold for £60
Estimated at £50 - £100

SOLD

Lot 758 - A PAIR OF ANATOMICAL CHARTS

Sold for £140
Estimated at £80 - £120

SOLD

Lot 759 - A PAIR OF ANATOMICAL CHARTS

Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £150