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LOT 2453
Fossil Insects in Matrix Collection
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (93 grams total, 39-70 mm).
Comprising three insects, two smaller and one larger, with long wings. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
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.
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From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.