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Fossil, Mineral and Bone Artefact Collection
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of items, comprising an antler section, fossilised 'sand dollars', a tusk, and others. 600 grams total, 1.9-21 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Oviraptor Fossil Dinosaur Egg
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 88-71 million years B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Fossilised Oviraptor philocerataops egg, retaining some matrix; repaired. 666 grams, 14 cm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Lunar Meteorite Specimen
Discovered 2022 A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Feldspathic breccia, Bechar NWA 003, supplied in a display box with an information label. 45 grams total including case, rock: 11 mm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Insect and Other Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with an insect and other inclusions. 1.93 grams, 26 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display Stand
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A freestanding textured matrix set with a Goniatite and an Orthoceras. 1.02 kg, 18 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Amethyst Crystal Display with Calcite
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
A polished geode section with deep amethyst-lined cavity, intergrown white calcite crystals at the base; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 7.46 kg, 36.5 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Group of Three Lebanese Fossil Shrimp
Late Cretaceous, circa 100.5-93.9 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three roughly rectangular matrices, each with a fossilised shrimp. 350 grams total, 70-89 mm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Cut and Polished Fossil Tree Slice
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thick section of a fossilised tree trunk with some bark detailing. 355 grams, 15.9 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Group of Three Lebanese Fossil Shrimp
Late Cretaceous, circa 100.5-93.9 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three rectangular matrices, each with a fossil shrimp. 230 grams total, 62-85 mm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Large Fossil Woolly Mammoth Hip Joint
Ice Age, circa 20,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large part of the ball from the femur of a woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius, revealing the inner structure. 3.14 kg, 31.5 cm
From Doggerland, the now disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fisherman. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Fossil Coral Actinocyathus Specimen
Lower Carboniferous Period, circa 360-300 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Unpolished specimen of an extinct genus of colonial horn coral, showing the typical honeycomb-like polyps. 975 grams, 16.4 cm
From Assa Za, Western Sahara. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Cambropallas Fossil Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large specimen on a textured matrix. 1.74 kg, 22.1 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
