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LOT 2488
Collection of Extinct Fossilised Shark Teeth in Collector's Display Box
EOCENE-PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
12 x 9 1/2 in. (973 grams total, 30.5 x 24 cm including box).
Large collection of shark teeth, including Odontapsis, Lamna oblirua, Charcharodon auriculatus, Striatolamia, and others; most with an inked collector's number or a numbered sticker. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a list with collection numbers describing each species, dates, and provenances.
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LOT 2488
Collection of Extinct Fossilised Shark Teeth in Collector's Display Box
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Manganese Dendrite Landscape Plaque Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising three limestone plaques, each with dendritic inclusions resembling ferns and branching vegetation. 245 grams total, 6.4 x 4.7 - 11.2 x 6.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Large Deep Purple Amethyst Cathedral Display
Circa 140-120 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,100
A complete half of a pyramidal geode, showing deep purple amethyst crystals with tan-coloured druzy quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 40.65 kg, 84 x 38 x 17 cm, 112 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Large Woolly Rhinocerous Leg Bone
Pleistocene Epoch, Devensian Age, circa 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
A near-complete tibia of Coelodonta antiquitatis. 1.62 kg, 36 cm
From the North Sea, 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.
Woolly rhinoceros is an extinct species of large rhinoceros that inhabited northern Eurasia and was adapted to living in the extreme cold weather of the steppe.
