At the auction house we called this the “mythical beast of legend known as the nilgai”. The nilgai on the left I photographed in Gurgaon, India, March 2009. The mount on the right we sold today.
Your blog is amazing! Your following my antique [nothing-but-antiques] and i've followed back with my main blog [royale--with--cheese] because i cant follow on my antique blog. But i love your blog :)
Thanks! Antiques auction is a great business to be in… Never a dull moment, always different and interesting stuff. But depending on the day, I’m just in it for the money. ;)
Antique slot machine. Late 19th century. Overall wood frame with copper colored paint. Applied scrolling leaf details to body. Ballerinas at center. It still works!
Bengal Tigress, killed December 1962. Antique taxidermy is hard to sell. So many laws and one misstep could land you in jail. Auctioneers are exempt from many laws providing the taxidermy is antique and sold instate only.
