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LOT 2504
Fossil Lobster and London Clay Crab Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 100-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 - 4 1/2 in. (184 grams total, 5-11.3 cm).
Comprising: the body of a crab with remnants of the front claw; a large section of a fossilised lobster. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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LOT 2504
Fossil Lobster and London Clay Crab Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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