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LOT 2345
Fossil Shrimp in Matrix Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 - 4 in. (475 grams total, 6.6-10 cm).
Comprising three matrices, one with a single specimen, one with two, and the third matrix with two complete and one partial specimen. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Colarado, USA.
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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LOT 2345
Fossil Shrimp in Matrix Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Fossil Ceratarges Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Likely Ceratarges spinosus showing the distinctive protective spines. 190 grams, 79 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Sand Dollar and Ediacaran Primitive Sea Anemone Colony Group
Ediacaran-Miocene Period, circa 600-25 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: a fossil 'sand dollar' on matrix, a rectangular section of Nemiana simplex in a box with an information card, a polished stone 'wand'. 366 grams total, 4.9-12.6 cm
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.