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LOT 3144
Cut and Polished Fossil Tree Slice
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 251-199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 5/8 in. (360 grams, 14.4 cm).
Thick section of a fossilised tree trunk with some bark detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3144
Cut and Polished Fossil Tree Slice
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 Otodus Shark Tooth Matrix
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising eight Otodus obliquus teeth mounted on a synthetic or matrix base. 1.55 kg, 18 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Large Fossil Woolly Mammoth Partial Skull
Ice Age, circa 20,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment of the skull of an adult woolly mammoth (E. primigenius) tooth-sockets in jaw and portion of the associated brain pan. 1.32 kg total, 23.5 cm
From Doggerland, the now disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fisherman. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two rounded pebbles, the left specimen Dactylioceras tenuicostatum, the one on the right Dactylioceras commune or athleticum. 789 grams total, 88-95 mm
From Sussex, UK. The present part of the collection was gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
