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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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Fossil Otodus Extinct Shark Tooth Display
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large Otodus obliquus tooth set on a tongue-shaped matrix. 876 grams, 11.1 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mizoram Burmese Amber Bead Necklace with Natural Inclusions
Cretaceous Period, circa 99 million years B.P.Estimate: £450 - 650 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Restrung necklace of dark honey-coloured beads of cylindrical and annular shape formed by hand, containing various organic inclusions. 54 grams, 82 cm
From the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. Acquired in Assam in the 1980s. From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Dr Andrew J. Ross FRES, of the National Museum of Scotland, concerning testing carried out on the necklace.
Dr Ross states: 'The internal fractures and flow planes are consistent with what you see in amber, and although it does not contain any identifiable insect inclusions, the organic fragments that are present and the general colours appear consistent with Burmese amber.' -
Egyptian 'Gogotte' Flint Nodule Group
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two nodules with gogotte-like undulating formations. 324 grams total, 70-79 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
