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LOT 3250
Fossil, Mineral and Bone Artefact Collection
3/4 - 8 1/4 in. (600 grams total, 1.9-21 cm).
Mixed group of items, comprising an antler section, fossilised 'sand dollars', a tusk, and others. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 3250
Fossil, Mineral and Bone Artefact Collection
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth in Composite Jaws
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five teeth set in a sandstone matrix with jaw fragments. 883 grams, 17.7 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Cluster in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 444-439 million years B.P.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Mortality plate of Flexicalymene trilobites mounted on a synthetic or matrix base, showing over twenty different-sized specimens. 2.44 kg, 28.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Orthoceras Plaque
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A textured matrix set with polished Orthoceras specimens. 2.68 kg, 32 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
