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LOT 2552
Cut and Polished 'Winking Smiley Face' Natural Agate Slice
5 3/8 in. (146 grams, 13.5 cm).
Polished to both sides showing light coloured banding to the outer edges and a concentration of rounded formations to the centre with a dark-coloured inclusions within a larger rounded area forming a 'winking eye'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2552
Cut and Polished 'Winking Smiley Face' Natural Agate Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Large Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
From Carcharocles megalodon polished, showing some good enamel. 369 grams, 11.9 cm
From Aurora, North Carolina, 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.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. -
Onyx Bead Necklace
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of graduated drum-shaped and biconvex onyx beads with modern gold-coloured bead spacers and clasp, restrung. 145 grams, 61 cm
Ex property of a West London gentleman; his collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. -
Polished Fossilised Tree Trunk Section
Late Triassic Period, circa 225 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A freestanding section of petrified wood showing attractive banding, some bark detail to the outer edge. 710 grams, 96 mm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
