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LOT 2767
A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America
1896 A.D.
8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (993 grams, 21.5 x 15 cm).
Thomas Nuttall - Vol.II Game and Water Birds - Boston, 1896, hardback with cloth covers, 431 pp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 2767
A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Large Cut and Polished Fossilised Tree Trunk Section
Triassic Period, circa 235 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lacquered and displaying beautiful red and brown banding. 2.55 kg, 19.7 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Meteoritic Tektite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A cigar-shaped specimen with dimpled surface. 12.3 grams, 68 mm
From South East Asia. Acquired from Organica Gems. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments. -
Polished Coral Head 'Heart' Palm Stone
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. 121 grams, 71 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
