Renowned as he is for promoting – indeed, creating – markets in art, advertising mogul Charles Saatchi appears to have over-estimated the taxidermy market when bidding at the sale of the Will Fisher Collection at Christie’s South Kensington in February 2012.
Taxidermy bulldog – £5800 at Tennants.
He famously bid £15,500 (£19,375 including premium) for a late 19th or early 20th century taxidermy bulldog which had been estimated at £800-1200 in the £3.9m sale of the collection of the highly respected dealer who founded London shop Jamb.