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Polished Copal Specimen with a Large Fly and Termites
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Flat-section fragment with a large fly and a number of other insects; mounted on cardboard backing. 17.9 grams, 71 mm
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Group
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three bullet-shaped examples. 271 grams total, 12.3-16 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Cut and Polished Agate Display Section Group [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two irregular sections, one dark green with red and grey banding, one pale purple with light green and red banding. 3.35 kg total, 16.5-22 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Chalcopyrite 'Peacock Ore' Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying mainly rich purple and orange colours. 2.24 kg total, 28-51 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Quality Quartz Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £36
Comprising three large display specimens of quartz, one of 'popcorn quartz' type and two with prismatic crystals. 563 grams total, 10.9-13 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Megalodon Extinct Giant Shark's Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying some enamel. 9.96 grams, 44 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic, circa 199-190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
An irregular matrix containing Arnioceras sp. (?) and Cymbite ammonites. 512 grams, 12.5 cm
From the Yorkshire coast. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Spinosaurus Fossil Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two Spinosaurus maroccanus teeth, one with with some root, each in a card collector's tray. 58 grams total, 79-80 mm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Large Quantity of Polished Tourmaline Crystals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Small specimens exhibiting mainly green and black colours. 1.01 kg total, 5-12 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Massive Green Malachite Boulder Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A very large botryoidal malachite boulder, unpolished. 6.55 kg, 27 cm
From Congo, Central Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Vertebra
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With neural arch, from the woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis. 305 grams, 11.8 cm
Fine condition.
From Brown Bank, Dogger beds, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three ammonite halves, possibly Dactylioceras commune. 651 grams total, 7.3-10 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.