Stuffed menagerie goes up for auction
A collection of stuffed animals is expected to fetch thousands.
A set of 250 stuffed animals have been valued and is expected to go for thousands when it is put under the hammer this month.
The collection - which includes a komodo dragon, a hyena, a deer and a tiger that has been captured mid-leap - is going up for sale on the 13th at Duke's in Dorchester, Dorset, the Daily Mailreports.
It has been on display in the Branding Experience, a museum based on the Isle of Wight, since 1965 but, following the closure of the attraction, is now to be auctioned off. Other lots include a baboon, a giant tortoise, a zebra, a crocodile and a lion.
"The standard of some taxidermy is excellent.
The tiger is very good and could reach a figure in the thousands," said Matthew Denny of Duke's. Meanwhile, a series of 1,700 antique snuff bottles from China are expected to go for £20 million when they are put up for bidding in May.