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Edinburgh Zoo auctioning century old painting of polar bear hunt
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https://www.thetimes.com/uk/sc...-of-values-qdnx8m2p7



Link to photos and article.


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Too bad they don’t have a link to the auction site…


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Painting went for 13000 pounds.


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We'll make money off this even though it hurts our feelings.


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Following on from Franks comment -

Not a zoo but a museum - the Natural History Museum in London has two solid ivory West African style lions studded with brass nail pins on exhibit in the W Africa art section 'on loan' from no other than the Queen (RIP). Makes me smile every time I see them especially with Harry and William running around as WWF ambassadors and anti ivory trade messengers!

I imagine that the Royal Household is not even aware that the lions are still there let alone on exhibit as loans from the Queen!

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"The painting, The Last Cartridge, was completed by William Burn Murdoch, of Edinburgh, in 1913 and depicts the artist aiming his rifle at a polar bear."



I'm not sure if the artist has just shot the bear or is only thinking about shooting it, but he is certainly not aiming at it!

Ah, well.


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I looked at the results on that link Kathy provided.

Most of the stuff was going for around their estimates and was in the 100-300 pound range.

The bear hunter painting went for essentially twice its estimate (excluding fees) and was by a order of magnitude the highest price paid of the ones I saw.

I didn't see the "banksy" ones that were supposed to be the ones driving this one down, though.
 
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