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LOT 2420
Box of Thirty [30] Individually Boxed and Labelled Realgar Orpiment Specimens
3/4 - 1 5/8 in. (762 grams total, 18-40 mm).
Boxed group of red-orange realgar orpiment specimens set on foam bases inside labelled specimen trays. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Getchel, Nevada, USA.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
This is a toxic arsenic mineral.
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LOT 2420
Box of Thirty [30] Individually Boxed and Labelled Realgar Orpiment Specimens
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Woolly Rhinoceros Juvenile Milk Tooth
Devensian Period, circa 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Displaying roots and folded enamel. 43.6 grams, 48 mm
Perma frost of Siberia. From a Netherlands collector in the 2020s. From a private collection. -
British Unidentified Fossil Fish in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 419-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
On a curving matrix and showing good detail, especially on the scales. 557 grams, 21.2 cm
From Cheddar, Somerset, UK. 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 Orthoceras Fossil Display Plaque
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An irregular matrix with several polished bullet-shaped Orthoceras specimens. 3.2 kg, 26 cm high
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
