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LOT 3061
Fossil Grasshopper in Matrix Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (427 grams total, 89-94 mm).
Comprising three matrices, each with a grasshopper specimen. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Crato Formation, Arripe Basin, Brazil.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3061
Fossil Grasshopper in Matrix Group
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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Victorian Collector's Cabinet of Drawers with Entomological Collection
Late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Wooden chest with six sliding drawers, each with two turned wooden knop handles; each drawer with glazed panel and insects on pins with typed labels and detailed findspot tags; winged insects (Diptera, Orthorrapha, etc.), beetles (Cerambycidae, Chysomelidae, etc.), moths, butterflies, dragonflies and others; many in good condition. 7.7 kg, 37.5 x 40.5 x 28 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Large Polished Copal with Insects
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent pale yellow copal with an ant, several flying insects and some other inclusions. 18.4 grams, 66 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Large Megalodon Extinct Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished light brown tooth enamel. 284 grams, 12.7 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the structuring of marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
