Pick of the week: Replica great auk is real winner at auction

A Rowland Ward replica of a great auk – the flightless seabird that became extinct in the mid 19th century – sold at auction in Gloucestershire for £25,000.

The buyer at Dominic Winter of South Cerney on October 8 was a French taxidermy collector.

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