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LOT 2469
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
21 1/4 in. (58 grams, 54 cm).
Composed of polished polygonal, discoid and other beads, restrung with a metal hook-and-loop clasp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
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LOT 2469
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
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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Fossil Sand Dollar and Ediacaran Primitive Sea Anemone Colony Group
Ediacaran-Miocene Period, circa 600-25 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: a fossil 'sand dollar' on matrix, a rectangular section of Nemiana simplex in a box with an information card, a polished stone 'wand'. 366 grams total, 4.9-12.6 cm
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. -
Polished Amber with Crane Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £50
Rectangular translucent specimen with a crane fly or similar. 0.9 grams, 21 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Fossilised Leaves in Matrix
Paleocene Epoch, circa 66-56 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Limestone matrix showing one large leaf on one side and several overlapping fragments on the reverse. 670 grams, 13.5 cm
From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
