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LOT 3207
Fossil Goniatite Polished Round Trinket Box
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (725 grams, 11 cm wide).
Lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone with Orthoceras fossils, a goniatite set on the lid. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3207
Fossil Goniatite Polished Round Trinket Box
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Iridescent Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic-Cretaceous Period, circa 201-145 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Very Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large curving tooth of a spinosaurus showing brown patina; restored. 109 grams, 12.2 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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