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LOT 2462
Extinct Animal Bone and Bear's Tooth Collection
POSSIBLY LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
1/2 - 2 7/8 in. (193 grams total, 14-73 mm).
Mixed group of bone and teeth fragments, including molars and canines. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 2462
Extinct Animal Bone and Bear's Tooth Collection
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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Mixed Cornwall and Somerset Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: calcite from Dulcote Quarry, Wells, Somerset; quartz from Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall; sphalerite and chalcopyrite from Great South Tolgus, Tarewaste, Cornwall; pyrite from Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall; goethite from Barngate Level, Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; quartz on fluorite from Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall; goethite and quartz from Cornwall; quartz from Royal Restormel Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; pyrite from Cornwall. 3.42 kg total, 6.3-12.6 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
Stromatolite Specimen
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two intergrown egg-shaped mounds, produced by the activity of ancient cyanobacteria, the sediment layers visible on the underside. 853 grams, 11.9 cm
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. -
Extinct Otodus Fossil Shark's Teeth Display
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Freestanding matrix set with seven Otodus obliquus teeth showing good enamel. 1.94 kg, 16 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
