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LOT 2553
Group of Twenty [20] Cut and Polished Malachite Eye Sections
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (243 grams total, 18-38 mm).
Comprising twenty botryoidal malachite specimens showing 'eye' motifs. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2553
Group of Twenty [20] Cut and Polished Malachite Eye Sections
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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British Unidentified Fossil Fish in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 419-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
On a curving matrix and showing good detail, especially on the scales. 557 grams, 21.2 cm
From Cheddar, Somerset, UK. 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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Group of Fifty [50] Rock Crystal Point Display Specimens
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising fifty prismatic points, most with pyramidal terminations. 1.34 kg total, 39-69 mm
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Fossil Prionolepis Fish
Cretaceous Period, circa 100 million years B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Middle-sized fish of slender shape, a pointed snout and a forked caudal fin; traces of its last meal, a whole fish, in its stomach. 552 grams, 22 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
