Dead as a Dodo but definitely alive as a specialised collecting market
Last week a taxidermy display including the extinct Huia bird of New Zealand sold for £38,000 at Kinghams’ sale. On September 24, it is the turn of another long-gone species to be brought to life in auction terms, at least.
Summers Place Auctions is offering the Dodo collection of Ralfe Whistler (1930-2023), a British natu…