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LOT 2525
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
16 3/4 in. (43 grams, 42.5 cm).
Restrung using mainly tabular, facetted and domed beads, interspersed with small oblate glass beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London art market.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Wyoming Fossil Knightia Fish
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Knightia alta specimen on a rectangular matrix. 439 grams, 15.5 cm
Ex AA Shop, Windsor, UK; and Donaldson collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
Insects in Copal Pair
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising two elongated pieces containing insects and other inclusions. 22 grams total, 79 - 128 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Stone Age Neanderthal Skull Reproduction
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Ceramic model of the cranium of a Neanderthal with upper mandible and dentition. 1.91 kg, 23.5 cm
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.
