Comments on: Bizarre Stuffed Animals To Be Sold At Auction

By: C R O

C R O — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:56:46 +0000

I own a stuffed King Charles spaniel, which I’ve had for about 25 years. It was given to a local theatre for a jumble sale but they decided they din’t want it in the jumble, so it was being thrown out. I gave it a home, as it seemed wrong for it to be binned and it intrigued me. I assume it belonged to some old woman who had her much loved pet stuffed when it died, then it was discarded after she died,
It’s in excellent condition but I’d like to know if I can wipe the fur with a damp cloth.
I have no idea if such a stuffed dog has any value but I like it for just being such an odd thing.

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:56:06 +0000

My friend bought the shrunken head!, he had it authenticated by a local museum, it still even had a south american newspaper dated 1931packed inside, ……I think “Robbo” must have been bidding on this one! LOL

By: ScreamingGreenConure

ScreamingGreenConure — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:34:23 +0000

everyone’s missing the point – who on earth was evil enough to kill that unicorn? It has to have been Voldemort.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:26:11 +0000

Oh god noooooo how can they close Brading wax works taxidermy section…i loved the place and went every year….even though i live on the mainland i am a caulkhead at heart….strange enough when i saw them being shown on the one show i thought they looked very familiar…what a sad loss….i really wanted to own the little cute mermaid monkey…remember him…he had a fish tail, monkey body and they attached long blonde hair to him and posed him so he was looking in a little mirror.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:18:22 +0000

“Others such as the Jackalope – a nearly extinct antlered species of rabbit “found almost exclusively on the
high plains of Wyoming” – not true. it’s well documented that the Jackelope ranges all through the Southwest.

By: Elephant's Child

Elephant's Child — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:49:45 +0000

I REALLY want the web-footed vampire monkey bird.
Well, who wouldn’t ?

By: roz

roz — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:35:41 +0000

flapjack, yes they did!
http://www.dukes-auctions.com/Catalogues/pf130410/page11.html

By: robbo

robbo — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:43:22 +0000

amazing…a mask fethed £18500 and the shrunken head made by a friend of mine from a species of tamarin monkey fetched £2400 plus premium..thats over £3000!..for a monkey head,….wow!

By: Flapjack

Flapjack — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:06:18 +0000

Brading Waxworks Museum… wow… that’s a trip down memory lane. If memory serves the mermaid was a halibut sewed onto the top half of a monkey!
Yep I visited this place when I was about 11, I also recall it had a siamese twin lamb in the same display. I think this is where my unhealthy obsession with freaky stuff in pickling jars and medical specimens originated. All good clean family fun!
BTW are they auctioning off the medieval torture instruments too?

By: roz

roz — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:52:42 +0000

the mermaid is a monkey…or half a monkey.