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Yorkshire-shot sandgrouse fetches £70 at auction
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02 Jan 2023 20:45 - 02 Jan 2023 20:51 #6302
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Yorkshire-shot sandgrouse fetches £70 at auction was created by Jim Wright
This forlorn-looking bird failed to meet its target price of £80-120 when it went under the hammer at a pre-Christmas sale held by Tennants of Leyburn in North Yorkshire.
The price had only reached £70 when the hammer came down.
It is catalogued as a spotted sandgrouse, but can anyone verify this? Or might it be Pallas's
A label on the glass display case states: "Sand Grouse, shot by my father on Woodends Farm, Woodlesford in the 1880's, (Top of John o Gaunts Hill out of Leeds), W.W. Siseons."
Of historical interest but shockingly creepy by today's standards - funny lot, the Victorians!
The price had only reached £70 when the hammer came down.
It is catalogued as a spotted sandgrouse, but can anyone verify this? Or might it be Pallas's
A label on the glass display case states: "Sand Grouse, shot by my father on Woodends Farm, Woodlesford in the 1880's, (Top of John o Gaunts Hill out of Leeds), W.W. Siseons."
Of historical interest but shockingly creepy by today's standards - funny lot, the Victorians!
Last edit: 02 Jan 2023 20:51 by Jim Wright.
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