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LOT 2461
Fossil Crab on Matrix
EOCENE-MIOCENE PERIOD, 58-5.3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (1.16 kg, 13.4 cm).
The remains of a fossil crab set in a sedimentary matrix with its legs and claws curled underneath the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2461
Fossil Crab on Matrix
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Fossil Harpes Trilobite in Matrix
Middle Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Roughly semicircular head, and the genal roll with genal prolongations. 117 grams, 77 mm
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. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Restrung, using recently polished oblate Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 126 grams, 59 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. -
Druzy Quartz Geode Display
Circa 140-120 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
An exquisite formation of grey and white druzy quartz on a geode section, a pair of cut stalagmite 'eyes' on one side with polished upper face showing the layered structure; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.85 kg, 23 x 18 x 15 cm, 29 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady.
