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LOT 2416
Insects in Copal Pair
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/8 - 6/8 in. (20 grams total, 10 - 19mm).
Comprising two elongated pieces containing insects and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Composed of facetted polygonal beads interspersed with small oblate beads; restrung. 14 grams, 43.5 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Medical Educational Skull
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Human skull with upper cranium detached and contents removed; fasteners and locating pins, securing springs; some teeth absent. 579 grams, 20 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This item is for collection only. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 175 grams, 60 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s.
