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LOT 2426
Group of Fifty [50] Rock Crystal Point Display Specimens
1 1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (1.34 kg total, 39-69 mm).
Comprising fifty prismatic points, most with pyramidal terminations. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2426
Group of Fifty [50] Rock Crystal Point Display Specimens
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Goniatite Fossil Triangular Lidded Box
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Carved from a fossiliferous stone and the lid set with a goniatite specimen. 557 grams, 12.8 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Very Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £30
Conical tooth with root; repaired. 43.1 grams, 12.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long. -
Collection of Extinct Fossilised Shark Teeth in Collector's Display Box
Eocene-Pleistocene Period, circa 56 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Large collection of shark teeth, including Odontapsis, Lamna oblirua, Charcharodon auriculatus, Striatolamia, and others; most with an inked collector's number or a numbered sticker. 973 grams total, 30.5 x 24 cm including box
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. Accompanied by a list with collection numbers describing each species, dates, and provenances.
