Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Polished Copal with Mosquito Inclusion
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Large specimen of transparent copal with a mosquito inclusion showing fine iridescence on its back, as well as several other insect inclusions. 15.3 grams, 63 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Edmontosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Bone
Cretaceous Period, circa 70 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large section of a bone showing the honeycomb-like structure keeping the bone structure light while retaining its strength. 881 grams, 12.8 cm
From South Dakota, USA. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
Edomontosaurus was a herbivorous dinosaur that was one of the last non-avian dinosaurs to have existed. -
Fossil Goniatite Polished Letter Holder
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cut and polished letter holder with two slots at the rear and set with a Goniatite specimen. 404 grams, 84 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Carved Bowenite Bird Figurine
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Perching bird with head turned to one side and beak open. 207 grams, 11 cm wide
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Agate Nodule Mineral Display Specimen
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex nodule with pitted surface, hollow to underside polished with striations. 3.22 kg, 17.5 cm
From Brazil. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton in Matrix
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Showing the almost complete skeleton of Barasaurus besairiei; some restoration. 249 grams, 18 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. -
Fossil Orthoceras Polished Trinket Dish
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shallow dish carved from fossiliferous stone with a raised Orthoceras sp. specimen. 465 grams, 13.2 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Dactylioceras Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 178 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large opened nodule half with a Dactylioceras commune specimen. 552 grams, 12.5 cm
From the Lower Jurassic, Charmouth, Dorset. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Mixed Fossil and Tooth Collection
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: an opened nodule with a trilobite, a polished ammonite 'button', a rib section, a sawfish rostral tooth in a labelled box, various shark teeth, and others. 380 grams total, 24-80 mm
Acquired on the UK fossil and mineral market. Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Cidaris Sea Urchins with Spines
Middle Jurassic Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Group of fossilised pencil urchins on a matrix with numerous spines. 2.69 kg, 27 cm
From Ardennes, France. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Large Polished Banded Agate Pebble Collection
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Irregular polished pebbles, many with linear swirls. 1.04 kg total, 48-66 mm
From Brazil. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Purple Grape Agate Crystal Display Specimen
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cluster of small spherical crystals coated with druzy quartz. 5.9 grams total, crystal: 19 mm
From Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
