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.jpg "Egyptian Relief with List of Offerings")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Eastern Roman Bust of the Daughter of Aqima")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Italic Bronze Triple-Disc Cuirass")
.jpg "Massive Stone Age British Bifacial Lanceolate Flint Handaxe")
.jpg "Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Three-Dimensional Urnes Stirrup Apex Mount")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
From Chelotriton paradoxus (Pomel, 1853) on a thin stone matrix mounted on a fibreglass box matrix. 808 grams, 18.5 cm
From Gacko Formation, Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia.
From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
From Gacko Formation, Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia.
From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Harpactocacinus punctatus on a matrix; rare. 600 grams, 13.3 cm
From Verona, Italy.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
From Verona, Italy.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
.jpg "Natural History - Large Banded Agate Sphere")
With attractive dense brown and white circumferential banding forming an 'eye' design at the top; accompanied by a display stand. 3.16 kg, 12.1 cm
Ex Harrods, London, UK.
Ex Harrods, London, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Freestanding and showing natural ribbing of the outer shell. 15 kg, 32 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
The matrix with well-formed, mainly light-coloured crystals. 823 grams, 13.8 cm
From Cumberland, UK.
Collected in person in 1960.
From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
From Cumberland, UK.
Collected in person in 1960.
From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Polished to highlight the Diptera inclusion. 4.54 grams, 39 mm
From Primorskoje mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Accompanied by an illustrated identification card.
From Primorskoje mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Accompanied by an illustrated identification card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Displaying the left side of the skull and jaws with teeth, with a number of vertebrae to the side, set on a sandstone matrix; possibly Argochampsa krebsi. 7.7 kg, 49 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur egg on matrix, retaining evidence of the original leathery surface. 3.66 kg, 16 cm wide
From a North London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs.
From a North London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The extinct nautiloid cephalopod polished to reveal the internal gas chambers and set on a textured freestanding matrix. 15.8 kg, 1.01 m
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
.jpg "Natural History - Large Multi Fossil Fish Plate")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
The large sandstone matrix with five Knightia alta specimens. 8.25 kg, 50.5 x 38 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.8 kg, 35.5 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
.jpg "Natural History - Cave Hyena Upper Jaw")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
From Crocuta crocuta spelaea, comprising the majority of the upper jaw with both canines, molars, premolars and carnassials. 160 grams, 12.8 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman.
The cave hyena is also known as the Ice Age spotted hyena, a paleosubspecies of spotted hyena in Eurasia. It was a highly specialised mammal that preyed on large mammals such as the woolly rhino and steppe bison.
From the private collection of a London gentleman.
The cave hyena is also known as the Ice Age spotted hyena, a paleosubspecies of spotted hyena in Eurasia. It was a highly specialised mammal that preyed on large mammals such as the woolly rhino and steppe bison.
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