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Goofy ‘fox’ bought for £50 at market was actually natural history ‘holy grail’

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Andew Stowe holds a rare Thylacine tiger that sold at auction after being found at a carboot sale. // A taxidermy ???fox head??? bought for just ??50 at a market has sold for ??60,000 at auction - after it turned out to be the world's only surviving head of an extinct tiger. The 'one of a kind' discovery of the rare Thylacine mounted head, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, has since been described as "priceless" and sent shockwave in the scientific community. The species has been extinct since 1936 and only a handful of specimens - mostly skins made into rugs - have previously been sold over the years for hundreds of thousands of pounds. This week's surprise auction was the first time a fully preserved head has ever been discovered - and its initial mistaken identity saw its auction begin with a lowly guide price of between ??30-50. Its previous owner had bought it at an antiques market as it found it's "googly eyes" amus... </div> <div class= Read Entire Article
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