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| Sad-looking. How did this Great Northern Diver and Shag meet their ends? |
ONLY modest hammer prices were achieved for various stuffed and mounted birds that went up for auction yesterday in Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
Not surprising, really, given that most were in less than perfect condition.
For instance, a note in the catalogue said of the juvenile Shag: "Has a broken neck - still attached but broken".
At the sale, conducted by Tennants auction house, this bird was included with a Great Northern Diver as Lot 1401.
Between them, the two fetched a modest £40.
This was the same sum that changed hands when it was the turn of a bedraggled Green Woodpecker to go under the hammer - but at least its glass dome habitat was included.
A Capercaillie fared even worse, selling for only £30.
Meanwhile, a Little Auk - perched, bizarrely on a log - sold for £50.
Bucking the trend, a pair of Merlins, one feeding in the corpse of a Chaffinch, fetched £160 against a pre-sale estimate of £150 to £200.
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