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LOT 3122
Large Agate and Amethyst Column Display
25 1/2 in. (8.47 kg total, 65 cm including stand).
A thick, cut and polished geode section showing attractive layering of white, grey, and brown agate; well-formed prismatic amethyst crystals above the agate layer; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 3122
Large Agate and Amethyst Column Display
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£810 (EUR 940; USD 1,094) +BP*
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Monumental Geode Section with Druzy Quartz Stalagmites
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,944
A rounded geode section with towering stalagmites with druzy grey quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 68.4 kg total, 100 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Conical tooth with light brown enamel. 9.14 grams, 48 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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. -
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.