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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary")
.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
.jpg "Natural History - Fossil Mamite Ammonite")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The horned ammonite with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell. 369 grams, 92 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Comprising: pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, collection number 568, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; chalcopyrite on bornite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 33; annabergite from Laurium, Greece, collection number 493, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished slice of labradorite from Labrador, Canada, collection number 444; green fluorite crystal from Queensland, Australia, collection number 524; biotite from Canada, collection number 17; amazonite, collection number 323; a polished slice of crazy laced agate, collection number 397; kyanite from Brazil, collection number 356. 215 grams total, 27-81 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
.jpg "Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antennae; on a matrix. 177 grams, 70 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
![Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Geode Section Group [20]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/207913-s(1).jpg "Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Geode Section Group [20]")
Comprising large sections of geodes with variously sized amethyst crystals. 1.6 kg total, 45-64 mm
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Displaying attractive brown banding, probably due to wind-weathering, collection number 363. 315 grams, 10.5 cm high
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Showing a large quantity of ammonites. 358 grams, 97 mm
Found Lyme Regis, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Found Lyme Regis, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
.jpg "Natural History - Framed Spinicrus Tarantula")
Entomological specimen of Eurypelma spinicrus, in glazed wooden display case. 253 grams, 15.1 x 15.1 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying the rarer white coloured acicular crystal habit, collection number 627, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 29 grams, 82 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The colour ranging from light to dark green. 516 grams total, 4-15 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
.jpg "Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Knightia alta specimen on a rectangular matrix. 397 grams, 13.3 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA.
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 Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA.
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.
Displaying iridescent milk-opal in a pale creamy-brown matrix, collection number 625. 105 grams, 65 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Primarily consisting of a single 'ball' of acicular crystals, the main spherical structure on a white matrix with a number of massive globules, collection number 550, with an old Gregory. Bottley & Lloyd label. 43.2 grams, 69 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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