Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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North American Fossil Oreodont Mammal Tooth
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a section of the jaw with some teeth, from Merycoidodon sp. supplied in a plastic display box. 12.6 grams total, tooth: 23 mm (41 x 35 mm including case)
Acquired on the UK fossil and mineral market. Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Carved and Polished Nephrite Jade Galloping Horse Statue
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Modelled in the round in a galloping stance with its mane and tail flowing in the wind, dyed. 72 grams, 10.5 cm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed between the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Baby Woolly Mammoth Tooth Section
Devensian, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cut and polished section of a young Mammuthus primigenius tooth. 385 grams, 14.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a small insect inclusion. 0.98 grams, 18 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Set of Coasters
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a set of six round coasters and a holder, carved from fossiliferous stone. 692 grams total, 90 mm wide
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The spiny ammonite cut in half and having both internal faces polished. 612 grams total, 11.4 cm each
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Brittle Star on a Matrix
Ordovician Period, circa 485-443 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An irregular matrix with Ophiuroidea sp. specimens. 443 grams, 15.2 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with an insect inclusion. 0.57 grams, 23 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Large Polished Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite Display Specimen
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
A polished Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite revealing the attractive pattern formation. 2.73 kg, 25 cm
From Madagascar. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Midge
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a midge insect inclusion. 2.85 grams, 34 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Botryoidal Haematite 'Kidney Stone' Mineral Display Specimen
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Spherical and bulbous irregular formation with reflective surface. 3.32 kg, 20.5 cm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
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Polished Copal with Insect Inclusions
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Long, transparent droplet with an ant and other insects. 9.76 grams, 10.6 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
