Someone paid £50 for a taxidermy "fox head" at a West Country antiques fair because its slightly ridiculous googly eyes made them laugh. Weeks later, it sold at auction for £60,000 — after two sharp-eyed bidders independently realized it wasn't a fox at all, but the head of a thylacine: the extinct Tasmanian tiger. A Mislabeled Rarity The mount had been catalogued at … [Read more...] about A £50 “Fox Head” Bought at a Market Just Sold for £60,000 — Because It’s an Extinct Tasmanian Tiger
