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.jpg "Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II")
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A Morocconites malladoides specimen displaying the characteristic upcurved, frontal medial spine. 152 grams, 69 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Morocconites malladoides is thought to have been a epifaunal detritivore.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Morocconites malladoides is thought to have been a epifaunal detritivore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Showing wear in life to biting surfaces, from Mammuthus primigenius. 2.23 kg, 19 cm
Dredged from the North Sea, probably from Brown Bank, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK.
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
See Lister & Bahn, Mammoths, for general information (a useful introduction).
Mammoths were animals of the Ice Age; they co-existed with and were hunted by early man. The North Sea basin is a drowned landscape, flooded after the end of the last Ice Age. Fishing trawlers occasionally bring up bones and relics from when the area was inhabited as dry land.
Dredged from the North Sea, probably from Brown Bank, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK.
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
See Lister & Bahn, Mammoths, for general information (a useful introduction).
Mammoths were animals of the Ice Age; they co-existed with and were hunted by early man. The North Sea basin is a drowned landscape, flooded after the end of the last Ice Age. Fishing trawlers occasionally bring up bones and relics from when the area was inhabited as dry land.
Comprising a large group of attractive seashells in a variety of colours and types, including a number of small spiral gastropod shells. 747 grams total, 1.2-11.1 cm
Acquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Acquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Showing a complete and a partial Petraster sp. specimen; repaired. 711 grams, 15.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising six specimens, including three Perisphinctes sp. and two iridescent Cretaceous Period specimens. 148 grams total, 30-48 mm
Acquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Acquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The triangular box and lid carved from fossiliferous stone containing Orthoceras sp. and Goniatite sp. fossils; the lid set with a large goniatite fossil. 470 grams, 12 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Comprising three labelled resin display blocks with a field grasshopper from Australia, a blue weevil from New Guinea, and a golden stag beetle from Papua New Guinea. 259 grams total, 73 x 41 mm each
Acquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Acquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon teeth with roots, set on composite matrices. 669 grams total, 10.3-12.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising two Ophiuroidea sp. specimens on an irregular matrix. 898 grams, 17 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Showing two central polished Orthoceras specimens showing internal chambers. 831 grams, 17 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
The rectangular matrix with three Euloma sp. specimens. 186 grams, 89 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
NATURAL HISTORY - FOSSIL SHRIMP AND FISH ON MATRIX
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The rectangular matrix with a fossil shrimp and faint remains of a fish showing the spine and head. 172 grams, 90 mm
From Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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1933 - 1944 of 2809 LOTS
1933 - 1944 of 2809 LOTS
