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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): £52
Comprising three rounded matrices, one with two complete Knightia alta specimens, one with a single, and one with two partial specimens. 150 grams total, 73-84 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Composed of biconical beads; restrung. 6.7 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A magnificent display tower of several polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured background; repaired. 43.4 kg, 1.28 m
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Displaying vivid green emerald inclusions in greyish white quartz, collection number 415, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 50 grams, 42 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): £7
In a card folder with a short information text and twelve labelled mineral specimens: limestone, marl, sandstone, flagstone, flowstone, calcite, pyrite, a fossil crinoid, limonite, galena, barytes and wad. 57 grams total, 12 x 12.5 cm including folder
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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. 6.78 kg, 52.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
![Natural History - Satin Spar Wand Group [50]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/207980-s(1).jpg "Natural History - Satin Spar Wand Group [50]")
With silky lustre, crystallised form of gypsum; each cut to a length. 782 grams total, 50-71 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying creamy-white, white, colourless and yellowish white colours, collection number 271. 299 grams, 96 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
Displaying a spray of well-formed acicular crystals on a light grey matrix, the stilbite crystals with bluish iridescence, collection number 598; bought from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd for £48.00 in the 1980s, with an old label. 481 grams, 12.5 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.
.jpg "Natural History - Historic Micaceous Haematite Mineral Specimen")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The large nugget with metallic lustre; supplied in a display box. 235 grams total, 58 mm
From Great Rock mine, Devon, UK.
Collected in person in 1964.
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.
The mineral was an important ingredient in the rust-resistant paint used on Royal Navy ships and bridges. Shiny ore has also been used in glaze for pottery, decorative bricks and tiles giving it a sparkly finish.
From Great Rock mine, Devon, UK.
Collected in person in 1964.
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.
The mineral was an important ingredient in the rust-resistant paint used on Royal Navy ships and bridges. Shiny ore has also been used in glaze for pottery, decorative bricks and tiles giving it a sparkly finish.
.jpg "Natural History - Mineral Specimen Collection")
Comprising: a dolomite and quartz specimen from Nentsbury Mine, Northumbria, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a cassiterite specimen from Old Beam Mine, Bugle, Cornwall, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a geode section with a cluster of amethyst crystals, from Brazil; both halves of a quartz geode from Morocco; a group of thirty-five pyrite crystal nuggets of various sizes. 318 grams total, 9-57 mmFine condition.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
![Natural History - Polished Amethyst Crystal Pebble Group [100]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/207938-s(1).jpg "Natural History - Polished Amethyst Crystal Pebble Group [100]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Displaying attractive banding, the colouring varying from light to dark purple. 232 grams total, 12-30 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).
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