Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect and Other Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a small insect and other inclusions. 2.18 grams, 32 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth in Composite Jaws
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five teeth set in a sandstone matrix with jaw fragments. 883 grams, 17.7 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Oval Fossil Goniatite Dish
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Large shallow dish carved from fossiliferous stone and set with a Goniatite specimen. 780 grams, 22.5 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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A Collection of Twelve [12] Large Amethyst Mineral Specimens
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A boxed group of geode sections with amethyst crystals, the colours ranging from very pale purple to dark purple. 3.51 kg total including box, 5.6-12 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Hematite Fossil Ammonite Group
Lower Jurassic Period, circa 170 million years B.P.Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of ammonite fossils in lustrous haematite. 267 grams total, 22-45 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
North Sea Fossil Bison Vertebra
Devensian, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising the body, neural canal and the arch of the vertebra, with the majority of the processes. 460 grams, 12 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Amethyst Crystal Display Heart
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Natural crystal cluster formed into a heart-shaped plaque. 718 grams, 12.9 cm
From Brazil. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Fossil Goniatite Polished Round Dish
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Large shallow dish carved from fossiliferous stone and set with a Goniatite specimen. 1.15 kg, 22.5 cm wide
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Cluster in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 444-439 million years B.P.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Mortality plate of Flexicalymene trilobites mounted on a synthetic or matrix base, showing over twenty different-sized specimens. 2.44 kg, 28.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Crimson Healer Quartz Crystal Collection
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Clusters of quartz crystals with acquired colouration. 650 grams total, 52-97 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Polished Amethyst Crystal Display with Calcite
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
A free-standing polished geode section lined with dark purple amethyst crystals, calcite with small black crystals to one side. 12 kg, 35.5 cm
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Manganite Crystal Collection
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of irregular dark blue-black crystals with reflective surfaces. 966 grams total, 31-55 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
