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A man bought a 'fox head' at a flea market. It turned out to be a rare, extinct animal worth $85,000.
An antique collector thought he bought a weird-looking fox, but X-rays proved he owned a piece of history.
A mounted animal head that looks like a fox, which was actually identified as an extinct thylacine.
By John Doe
Reporting from United Kingdom 
Sept. 5, 2026, 4:51 p.m. - 16 hours ago
An antique collector in the UK recently got the surprise of a lifetime. He went to a flea market and bought what he thought was a simple, mounted fox head. He paid a small price for it, thinking it was just a strange-looking decoration.
After taking it home, he started to wonder if the animal was really a fox. The skull looked a bit different. He decided to get it checked out by experts. They used X-rays to look inside the mount without damaging it. What they found shocked everyone.
The skull inside the mount did not belong to a fox at all. It belonged to a thylacine. The thylacine is also known as the Tasmanian tiger. This animal has been extinct for decades.
Experts say the find is like finding the 'holy grail' for collectors. Because thylacines are so rare and impossible to find in the wild anymore, the value of the piece shot up immediately.
The item is now estimated to be worth about $85,000, or roughly £62,000. It is a wild reminder that you never know what kind of history might be hiding in plain sight at a local market stall.
Source: nypost.com
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