More than 1,000 lots are on offer at Mitchells’ Country Sporting Sale – including a private collection of African and European taxidermy from a West Cumbrian home.
The sale from Wednesday April 27 to Friday April 29 will be held in Cockermouth and online.
The most valuable lot amongst the taxidermy is expected to be a Van Ingen of Mysore Leopard shoulder mount which should make £1,200-£1,800.
Several artistic modern mounts by Robert Reed, of Sussex Taxidermy, have estimates of £200-£300 and include a pair of Ermin stoats, a brown trout catching a mayfly, a hooked trout and a metre tall taxidermy of a of a pair of mink underwater, their bodies wrapped around green reeds.
There are also some African and European shoulder mounts including a water buck, a nyala and a red lechwe which should make £200-£300 each.
Most valuable lot
The most valuable lot in the sale is expected to be a fine pair of J Lang 12 bore side by side ejectors with an estimate of £6,000-£8,000.
The guns have been in the same family since they were made in 1914.
Also for sale in the gun section are a George Armstrong Whitworth-type rifle valued at £700-£1,000, a WW Greener 12 bore shotgun and an Enfield Military 303 rifle dated 1919 which are both expected to make £400-£600 each.
The fishing section comprises a range of rods, reels and tackle by well-known makers and includes a Hardy Zenith Sintrix salmon fly rod with an estimate of £200-£300 and 3 Hardy ultralite fly reels with estimates of £100-£150 each.
A Judi Mendelson watercolour and gouache should make £80-£120.
An illustrated catalogue can be viewed online at www.the-saleroom.com/Mitchells where buyers can also register to bid live online.
A printed, text only catalogue is also available for £2 from the saleroom.
Alternatively, lots can be viewed in person at Mitchells town centre saleroom in Cockermouth on Monday April 25 and Tuesday April 26 from 10am till 5pm and throughout each day of the sale.
Anyone requiring further information about these and other lots featured in the auction are asked to contact Auctioneer James Moore on 01900 827800.
Salegoers can view catalogues and bid online for all Mitchells sales at
www.the-saleroom.com/Mitchells
- Entries for Mitchells next Antiques & Fine Art Sale on June 15 to June 17 are still invited with a closing date of May 18. Contact Mitchells office on 01900 827800 for a free valuation of items for sale.
