Stuffed Fish for Bonhams Henley Auction
Published July 21st, 2007
A huge stuffed pike caught in Norfolk in 1956 is being sold at auction.
The pike, weighing in at 30lband measuring 4ft in length, was mounted by a taxidermist after it was caught by Donald Tate.
The Herts angler landed the fish in Hickling Broad. The pike is expected to fetch up to £6,000 when it is auctioned at Bonhams in Henley-on-Thames.
It is thought to be the last pike mounted by J Cooper and Sons, Hounslow, before the company closed in the 1960s.
Charles Kewley, of Bonhams, said: “It took 15 months for the huge fish to be completed by the company and was collected on 8 January 1958.”
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