Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String with Axe-Shaped Pendant
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of tubular, polygonal and coin-shaped beads with a large pendant, restrung. 61.6 grams, 36 cm
Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a small fly inclusion. 1.39 grams, 30 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookends
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Pair of bookends carved from fossiliferous stone with raised Orthoceras specimens. 2.14 kg total, 12 cm high each
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Whale Verebra
Pliocene Period, circa 2 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Showing the edges of the neural arch and the base of transverse processes. 7.4 kg, 22 cm
Dredged from the North Sea. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Iridescent Fossil Ammonite Collection
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three fossilised ammonites showing areas of iridescence. 265 grams total, 47-78 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Fossil Parkinsonia Ammonite Specimen
Middle Jurassic, circa 170-160 million years B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large specimen with slightly overlapping whorls and clear ribbing. 4.39 kg, 26.5 cm
From Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Dicranurus Fossil Trilobite in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 444-439 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus, an odontopleurid trilobite; restored. 579 grams, 11.3 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Quartz Crystal Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An aggregate of translucent white quartz crystals. 3.65 kg, 19 cm
From Brazil. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
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. 3.07 grams, 31 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Brittle Star on Matrix
Ordovician Period, circa 485-443 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An irregular matrix with a partial Ophiuroidea sp. specimen. 40 grams, 11.6 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fluorite Mineral Collection
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of mineral crystal clusters. 1.34 kg total, 4.2-12.6 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Arizona Sandstone Display
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Freestanding display of layered sandstone showing attractive contrasting banding. 960 grams, 15.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
