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LOT 2807
British Stone Age Flint Handaxe
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, 7,000-5,000 B.P.
5 1/2 in. (276 grams, 13.9 cm).
Leaf-shaped in plan and lentoid in section with light tan colouration shading to a deep amber at the edges.
ProvenanceFound Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2022.
With old Noonans auction lot ticket.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 3.1.
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LOT 2807
British Stone Age Flint Handaxe
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Large Welsh Stone Age Inscribed Knapped Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped edge scraper with old painted legend 'Craiglwyd / Penmaenmawr / 19.8.39'. 255 grams, 14.2 cm
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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