Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

Narrow section of an agatised wood, the upper face highly polished. 580 grams, 14.5 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.

Section of the ribbed body of an ammonite showing raised ribs on both sides. 1.5 kg, 26.5 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Showing the almost complete skeleton of Barasaurus besairiei; some restoration. 486 grams, 20.9 cm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile.

Long leg bone with dark brown patina. 764 grams, 33cm



From Doggerland, the now-disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fishermen. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Ice Age horses were smaller than their modern relatives, and were well-adapted to the harsh cold climate, resembling the modern Przewalski's horses.

Fragment of the fossilised bill of a Xiphiorhynchus or similar fish; in a glazed case with backing material and illustrated label. 230 grams total, 10 cm (16 cm including case)



Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

An iron-nickel medium octahedrite meteorite specimen, supplied in a display box with an information label. 54 grams total including case, 22 mm



From Xinjiang, China. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Rectangular matrix with a good-sized Diplomystus specimen; some restoration. 336 grams, 18.3 cm



From Green River formation, Wyoming, 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 Uinta, 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 period. 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.

Scutellum sp. trilobite from the family Styginidae on a matrix. 178 grams, 88 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Triangular section of a fossilised coral head showing the side and top view of the polyps. 160 grams, 85 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Large specimen of dark green and emerald green serpentine. 2.22 kg, 33.2 cm



From Ottawa, Canada. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Rounded geode section with polished borders, lined with snowball-like formations of grey, white and light blue quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 23.95 kg total, 51 cm including stand



From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady.

Shallow oval dish showing contrasting colours. 1.68 kg, 30 cm



Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.