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LOT 2398
Cut and Polished Psaronius Brasiliensis Fossil Fern Slice on Stand
PALEOZOIC ERA, PERMIAN AGE, CIRCA 280,000-250,000 B.P.
5 7/8 in. (1.07 kg total including stand, 14.8 cm).
Cut section from the trunk of an extinct tree fern showcasing the complex central vascular system. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Accompanied by a copy of an old typed information slip.
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LOT 2398
Cut and Polished Psaronius Brasiliensis Fossil Fern Slice on Stand
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Lobster on Matrix
Jurrassic Period, circa 161-143 million years B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With large claws, from the Solnhofen limestone. 268 grams, 12.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Restrung, using recently polished oblate Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 146 grams total, 57 cm
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach. -
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. 1.34 kg, 21.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
