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LOT 2749
Flies in Polished Baltic Amber
PLIOCENE EPOCH, 5.33-2.58 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/8 in. (1.03 grams, 28 mm).
A cylindrical specimen containing two flies. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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