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LOT 2501
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Glass Bead Necklace String
16 1/8 in. (47.5 grams, 41 cm).
Composed of spherical beads interspersed with barley twist beads and a large fish-shaped bead at the centre; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
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LOT 2501
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Glass Bead Necklace String
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Knightia Fossil Fish Plate Group
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three circular plates, each with a Knightia alta fish, and a fourth plate with small remains of one. 165 grams total, 71-80 mm
From Wyoming, USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah), in the Green River Formation, are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Uinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
Manganese Dendrite Landscape Plaque Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A group of three sawn rectangular shale specimens, each displaying manganese oxide dendrites resembling ferns and branching vegetation. 397 grams total, 10.9 x 7.2-13.7 x 7.7 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Large Polished Ammonite Platter
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
A circular composite plate of overlapping Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. 583 grams, 22.7 cm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
