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LOT 2545
Fossil Whale Ear Bone
MIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 23-5.3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (500 grams, 13.2 cm).
Tympanic bone from the inner ear of a whale. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM98; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Pyrite 'Flower' Paper Weight Mineral Specimen Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Each a naturally formed 'flower' with smaller inner crystals and larger crystals to the edges. 355 grams total, 50-64 mm
From Huanuco, Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Skull
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of a juvenile Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw and teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand. 5.8 kg total, 57 cm high including stand
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12491-230295.
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. -
Fossilised Woolly Mammoth Leg Bone Group
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Two portions of bone, possibly an astragalus; abraded. 2.06 kg total, 14.8-15.5 cm
Found Walton-on-the-Naze beach, Essex, UK, circa 2006.
