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LOT 3254
Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display Stand
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/8 in. (1.02 kg, 18 cm).
A freestanding textured matrix set with a Goniatite and an Orthoceras. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3254
Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display Stand
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Goniatite Polished Square Trinket Box
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone with Orthoceras fossils, a goniatite set on the lid. 590 grams, 93 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Javanese Fossil Wood Specimen
Pliocene Period, circa 2 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Freestanding display of fossilised wood, polished to enhance the attractive graining in contrasting colours. 7 kg, 29 cm
From Java, Indonesia. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two rounded pebbles, the left specimen Dactylioceras tenuicostatum, the one on the right Dactylioceras commune or athleticum. 789 grams total, 88-95 mm
From Sussex, UK. The present part of the collection was gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
