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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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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragmentary section of a jaw, set with six teeth. 209 grams, 18 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Large Woolly Mammoth Leg Bone
Devensian, circa 110,000-12,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large portion of a leg bone of a woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius, with signs of sea encrustations. 1.36 kg, 29.5 cm
From Doggerland, the now-disappeared land bridge between the UK. Dredged from the North Sea. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Midge
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a midge insect inclusion. 2.85 grams, 34 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
