The great auk : a record of sales of birds and eggs by public auction in Great Britain, 1806-1910 : with historical and descriptive notes ... / by Thomas Parkin.

  • Parkin, Thomas, 1845-
Date:
1911
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Credit: The great auk : a record of sales of birds and eggs by public auction in Great Britain, 1806-1910 : with historical and descriptive notes ... / by Thomas Parkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    — 7 EGG III. (Sale number four.) A Great Auk’s egg, on December 5th, 1856. According to the sale catalogue, from “ Collections of objects of Natural History, etc., of the late William Yarrell, Esq., V.P.L.S., F.Z.S., Birds’ Eggs, amongst them, one of the Great Auk.” Egg III. - “ Lot 399, The Great Auk.” Bought by Mr. James Gardner, for Mr. Frederick Bond, F.Z.S.. of Kingsbury, Middlesex, afterwards of Staines, for £21 O O This egg again came to the hammer in these rooms on February 22nd, 1894, when it realised £315 — vide pp. 12-14, where its previous history will be found. EGGS IV., V., VI. and VII. (Sale number five.) Sale catalogue No. 2478. Four eggs of the Great Auk, on July 11th, 1865. Egg IV - “Lot 140. A very fine and beautifully marked example of the egg of the Great Auk very rare.”—[vide PI. II.] Bought by the Rev. G. W. Braikenridge, of Clevedon, Somerset, for £29 O O After his death in 1882, the egg became the property of his sister who sold it in 1884 to Mr. Edward Bidwell, of Fonnereau House, Twickenham, in whose possession it remained for twenty-seven years, when it was disposed of in April, 1911, to Mr. Thomas Parkin, of Fairseat, High Wickham, Hastings. Egg V, - “Lot 141. Another differently marked.” Purchased by Mr. John Gould, for Mr. G. Dawson Rowley, of Brighton, for £33 O O Now (1911) in the possession of Mr. G. Fydell Rowley, being one of six eggs inherited by him from his father, Mr. G. Dawson Rowley. Egg VI. - - “Lot 142. Ditto.” Bought by the Rev. Henry Burney, of Wavendon Rectory, Bucks, for £31 10 O This egg was again sold at Stevens’ rooms on December 13th, 1887, when £168 was given for it— vide p. 11.