A little breeze is blowing the dust off stuffed animals.
After several years in the doldrums, all the signs are that taxidermy is again becoming popular, despite some quite strong editorial from people like Philip Hoare in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/taxidermy)
Jane Tennant, on the other hand, suggests that “taxidermy has brought a new cool” to a “much younger audience”
(http://www.tennants.co.uk/Buying-Taxidermy-at-Auction)
and she should know. Tennants’ recent specialist auction achieved almost 100% sale of 313 lots, at prices well above estimate.
Time to visit the attic and finally dispose of that moose with the disagreeable expression . . .?
Taxidermy Is Proving Popular At Auction In The UK.
