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LOT 3282
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 3/4 in. (37.3 grams, 32.5 cm).
Composed of tubular and coin-shaped beads, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx West London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 3282
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Triceratops Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 66 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triceratops horridus tooth; held in a display case and accompanied by an identification card. 45.9 grams total including case, tooth: 17 mm
From the Hell Creek Formation, USA. From a Gloucestershire, UK, fossil specialist. From a West London gentleman collector.
Famously, this dinosaur's head was ornamented with a large frill studded with bony spikes and three horns. A herbivore which could grow to 30 feet (c.9 meters) long and weigh between 6 and 8 tons as an adult. Triceratops was the last non-avian dinosaur to evolve prior to the extinction event of 66 million years ago. -
Polished Tooth Section of a Baby Woolly Mammoth
Devensian, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular section of a young Mammuthus primigenius tooth with a cut and polished underside; repaired. 381 grams, 13.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil North African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
From Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, one of the largest known theropods, with good serrations; restored, supplied in a plastic display case. 37.3 grams total, tooth: 52 mm (79 x 54 mm including case)
Acquired at auction in the UK. Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
