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LOT 2480
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Other Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
21 1/2 in. (59.8 grams, 54.5 cm).
Composed mainly of polished irregular beads; metal hook-and-loop closure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2480
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Other Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising three Mosasaur Prognathodon teeth, each showing good enamel. 60 grams total, 46-65 mm
From Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, West Africa. 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.
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. -
Large Fossil Fish on Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Irregular slab of sedimentary rock with partial fossilised skeleton of a fish showing detailed spine, tailfins, and other details. 4.45 kg, 39 cm
Private collection, UK. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A freestanding matrix set with four Goniatite specimens. 2.35 kg, 24.7 cm
From Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
