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LOT 2698
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Vertebra
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
11 3/4 in. (1.73 kg, 30 cm).
From Mammuthus Primigenius, showing the neural arch, inked collection number '83' to the body, metal tag with '1090'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceDredged by a fisherman of the Dutch coast.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM83; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth Partial
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
From Mammuthus primigenius, inked collection number '43' to the side. 695 grams, 13.5 cm
From Pitstone Gravels, Hertfordshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM43; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Fossil Bos Species Fossil Horn Core
Pleistocene Period, 40,000-20,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising the curved tip of a horn, possibly from aurochs, an extinct species of bovine. 550 grams, 16.5 cm
From Worcester Terrace Gravels, Eckington, Worcestershire, UK. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society in 1999. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM91; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Fossil Ginko Leaf in Matrix
Carboniferous Period, circa 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A light-coloured specimen on a roughly rectangular matrix. 115 grams, 90 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
