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LOT 2360
Cut and Polished Ammonite Display Pair
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 - 4 in. (218 grams total, 9.9-10.2 cm).
The ammonite showing the internal gas chambers, some with crystallisation. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2360
Cut and Polished Ammonite Display Pair
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Vinctifer Comploni Fish in Matrix
Early Cretaceous Epoch, 150-109 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
On a matrix showing the characteristic elongated scales, an old collector's number 'VP206' on the reverse. 507 grams, 19.2 cm
From Brazil. 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. -
Fossil Mioplosus Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
On a rectangular matrix and showing good detail on the spine and fins. 709 grams, 20.2 cm
From Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. 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*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular translucent specimen with a crane fly or similar. 0.9 grams, 21 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
