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LOT 3158
Giant Agate Mineral Bookends
6 1/2 - 6 7/8 in. (9.5 kg total, 16.5-17.5 cm).
Pair of large agate and quartz geode sections in enhanced blue colour, cut as bookends and showing attractive straight banding and large crystal formations. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3158
Giant Agate Mineral Bookends
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Massive Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite on Stand
Lower Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
An exceptionally large, naturally iridescent polished Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite with a smaller (49mm) similar adhering to one face. 22.5 kg total, 49 cm high including stand
From Madagascar. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Claudiosaurus Fossil Marine Reptile Skeleton in Matrix
Late Permian Period, circa 260 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
An extinct genus of diapsid reptiles, Claudiosaurus germanini, beautifully preserved and featuring a full ribcage, limbs, the majority of the tail and neck vertebrae. 7.75 kg, 40 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
In life, the Claudiosaurus's splayed feet would have been webbed. It had a relatively long body and neck, reaching an overall length of about 60 centimetres. It is presumed to have been partially oceanic, living in a similar way to the modern marine iguana. -
Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two rounded pebbles, the left specimen Dactylioceras tenuicostatum, the one on the right Dactylioceras commune or athleticum. 789 grams total, 88-95 mm
From Sussex, UK. The present part of the collection was gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
