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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")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two teeth with partial root; one repaired. 31 grams total, 57-59 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A freestanding display of bullet-shaped Orthoceras sp. specimens. 1.63 kg, 22 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying pale sapphire-blue aquamarine crystals on a pink matrix, collection number 375; accompanied by an old James Walker label and invoice dated 1979. 390 grams, 10.4 cm
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): £91
A freestanding Mellitella sp. ammonite showing well preserved ribs, information sticker to the base. 923 grams, 11.8 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
A freestanding display comprising two Mellitella sp. ammonites showing well preserved ribs. 9.6 kg, 31 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
A selection of taxidermy birds including manakin, bay-headed tanager, hummingbird, oriel, and others; most seated on a branch in a dynamic pose. 2.1 kg, 45.5 cm
Ex property of a Hertfordshire lady since before 1974; thence by descent.
Ex property of a Hertfordshire lady since before 1974; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Chocolate-brown matrix with vibrant opal inclusions, collection number 411. 47.4 grams, 43 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.
.jpg "Natural History - Boxed Fluorite with Hematite Mineral Specimen")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a cluster of large clear fluorite crystals with speckles of haematite; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. 48 grams, 48 mm
From Tri-State, U.S.A.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
From Tri-State, U.S.A.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying fine examples of hopper quartz crystals and well-formed sphalerite crystals; purchased for £30.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 1.08 kg, 12.7 cm
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.
Comprising: pyrolusite from Cornwall, England, collection number 362; hematite on a granite base from Cumbria, England; septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite from Sandwich Bay, Kent, England, collection number 184; pyrolusite from Solenhofen, Bavaria, collection number 256, with an old James Walker label; granite from Scotland(?), collection number 466; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 454; granite from A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 507; halite from Brazil, collection number 220. 1.37 kg total, 3.8-14.6 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Six specimens 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.
Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Comprising: galena, collection number 250; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 236; pyrite, collection number 94; pyrite and copper from Norway, collection number 230; agate geode half from Mexico, collection number 83; rose quartz from Brazil, collection number 64; hematite, collection number 392; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; dolomite from Avant, Arkansas, USA, collection number 285. 4.28 kg total, 7.2-12 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Eight specimens 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.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: Athleta luctator shell from Barton Beds, Hampshire, UK, ex professor Gordon Walkden collection, UK; Cretaceous Micraster species sea urchin from St. Margaret's Bay, near Dover, Kent, UK; Silurian fossil seabed section with brachiopods, crinoid stems, and remains of other sea creatures from Wenlock limestone, Dudley, East Midlands, and from an old British collection. 282 grams total, 5.5-10.8 cm
From Dudley, West Midlands, UK.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page for the shell.
From Dudley, West Midlands, UK.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page for the shell.
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