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LOT 3097
Carved Bowenite Bird Figurine
4 3/8 in. (207 grams, 11 cm wide).
Perching bird with head turned to one side and beak open. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 3097
Carved Bowenite Bird Figurine
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Two Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
From Mosasaur prognathodon exhibiting brown patina, repaired. 60 grams total, 47-50 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile 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. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a fly inclusion. 1.75 grams, 31 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Four [4] Flower Quartz Display Specimens
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising four matrix sections with flower-like formations of quartz. 762 grams total, 9.3-12.6 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
