Taxidermy and Natural History

July 9th, 2026 at 11:30 AM
69400 Villefranche-sur-Saône - France

General informations
Sale location
Fees and conditions

Featured lots by the auctions House:

a black bull head mounted on a white wall
an antelope head mounted on a wall in a white room
statue of an antelope standing on its hind legs on a wooden base
a stuffed hippo with its mouth open and teeth wide open
a bull head mounted on a wall with a white background
an image of a close up of a dinosaur skull on a stand
a close up of a dinosaur skull on a stand
Terms of sale
Taxidermy and Natural History Exhibition: Wednesday 8 July from 2 pm to 6 pm and Thursday 9 July from 9 am to 11 am For further information and orders: 04 28 39 00 20 / [email protected]
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Sale commission: 25 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Nature of the sale
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
Contact:
Maison de Ventes Richard
04 28 39 00 20
[email protected]
Operator: Maison de Ventes Richard - HOTEL DES VENTES DE VILLEFRANCHE

Sale commission: 25 % incl. taxes for voluntary sales

Internet fees: 1.5% excluding VAT of the hammer price for judicial sales, 1.5% excluding VAT for voluntary sales or €60 excluding VAT per vehicle. No additional fees will be applied on charity auction lots.

Adjudication: As the Live auction report is not binding, the winning bids are confirmed after the sale by the auctioneer.

Terms of sale: Download the auctioneer's conditions of sale

Legal notice for voluntary sales: Maison de Ventes Richard - HOTEL DES VENTES DE VILLEFRANCHE Declaration date or accreditation number: 046-2013 Intra-Community VAT: FR12798214649

Exposures:
Lot no. 1
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnu…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 2
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Equatorial buffalo (Syncerus caffer ae…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 3
Stuffed stag mounted on a wooden shield, Height of shield: 5…
Val.: €30 - €50
Lot no. 4
Massacre, Red Bushbuck (Alcelaphus buselaphus), mounted on a…
Val.: €40 - €60
Lot no. 5
Stuffed stag mounted on a wooden shield, Height of shield: 7…
Val.: €30 - €50
Lot no. 6
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, African buffalo or greater black buffa…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 7
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, Buffon’s kob (Kobus kob), sometimes kn…
Val.: €80 - €100
Lot no. 8
Massacre, Impala (Aepyceros melampus), a species of artiodac…
Val.: €20 - €40
Lot no. 9
Massacre, Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), mounted on a w…
Val.: €30 - €40
Lot no. 10
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Crescent-horned Kob (Kobus ellipsiprym…
Val.: €50 - €100
Lot no. 11
Antlered stag (probably a Lechwe stag, Kobus leche), mounted…
Val.: €20 - €40
Lot no. 12
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii), or wat…
Val.: €50 - €100
Lot no. 13
Massacre, Derby’s eland or giant eland (Taurotragus derbianu…
Val.: €50 - €80
Lot no. 14
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Greater Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), …
Val.: €50 - €150
Lot no. 15
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Impala (Aepyceros melampus), Taxidermi…
Val.: €50 - €100
Lot no. 16
Antelope (probably an Impala, Aepyceros melampus), mounted o…
Val.: €20 - €40
Lot no. 17
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Sassabi or tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatu…
Val.: €80 - €100
Lot no. 18
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, Ourebi (Ourebia ourebi), Set of three …
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 19
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Lechwe (Kobus leche) Taxidermied head …
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 20
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros…
Val.: €100 - €150
Lot no. 21
Massacre, Impala (Aepyceros melampus), a species of artiodac…
Val.: €30 - €60
Lot no. 22
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, Buffon’s kob (Kobus kob), sometimes kn…
Val.: €80 - €100
Lot no. 23
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Grimm’s duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), s…
Val.: €30 - €60
Lot no. 24
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, White-fronted Damalisque (Damaliscus p…
Val.: €60 - €100
Lot no. 25
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Greater Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), …
Val.: €50 - €150
Lot no. 26
[TAXIDERMY] A collection of buffalo hooves mounted in cross-…
Val.: €20 - €30
Lot no. 27
Antelope (probably a black hippo, Hippotragus niger), Mounte…
Val.: €30 - €40
Lot no. 28
Massacre (probably a guib), a species of antelope recognisab…
Val.: €20 - €40
Lot no. 29
Pair of unidentified African antelope tails
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 30
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Oryx gazelle (Oryx gazella), taxidermi…
Val.: €80 - €100
Lot no. 31
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, Saddle-backed guib (Tragelaphus script…
Val.: €150 - €200
Lot no. 32
Antelope (probably a springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis), a l…
Val.: €30 - €40
Lot no. 33
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Saddle-backed guib (Tragelaphus script…
Val.: €60 - €80
Lot no. 34
Massacre (probably a Lechwe antelope, Kobus leche), mounted …
Val.: €20 - €40
Lot no. 35
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Black Hippotragus (Hippotragus niger),…
Val.: €80 - €100
Lot no. 36
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Oryx gazelle (Oryx gazella), preserved…
Val.: €60 - €100
Lot no. 37
Cast of a hippopotamus head (Hippopotamus amphibius), H: 54 …
Val.: €600 - €800
Lot no. 39
Trophy (impala or springbok), Mounted on a wooden plaque,
Val.: €30 - €40
Lot no. 40
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Pygmy buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus),
Val.: €60 - €100
Lot no. 41
[TAXIDERMY] - AFRICA, Bubale (Alcelaphus buselaphus), possib…
Val.: €50 - €80
Lot no. 42
[TAXIDERMY] – AFRICA, Derby’s eland, or giant eland (Tragela…
Val.: €200 - €400
Lot no. 43
MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS, Pleistocene, A fragment of a fossilis…
Val.: €600 - €700
Lot no. 44
TYRANNOSAURUS REX (T-Rex) Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, p…
Val.: €2,300 - €2,800
Lot no. 45
TRICERATOPS HORRIDUS, Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, in th…
Val.: €2,300 - €2,800
Lot no. 46
PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS WYOMINGENSIS, Upper Cretaceous, Maastrich…
Val.: €600 - €700
Lot no. 47
CHONDRITE, stony meteorites composed of silicates with some …
Val.: €500 - €600
Lot no. 48
OVIRAPTOR sp. Museum-quality cast of theropod dinosaur eggs.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 50
POTAMON sp. Quaternary, Pleistocene Freshwater crab fossil p…
Val.: €180 - €220
Lot no. 51
GIGANTOPITHECUS BLACKI, From the Miocene to the Pleistocene,…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 52
SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS, (“Toumai”), Upper Miocene, approx…
Val.: €50 - €60
Lot no. 53
DUNKLEOSTEUS TERRELLI, From the Silurian to the Devonian, Mu…
Val.: €150 - €300
Lot no. 54
Set of eleven fossilised shark teeth, Origin: Morocco
Val.: €30 - €50
Lot no. 55
OTODUS MEGALODON, From the Miocene to the Pliocene, A Megalo…
Val.: €30 - €40