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LOT 2391
Large Fossil Brittle Star Plate
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-443 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/8 in. (1.63 kg, 23.2 cm).
An irregular matrix with Ophiuroidea sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2391
Large Fossil Brittle Star Plate
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Manganese Dendrite Landscape Plaque Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Very Large Fossil Diplomystus Fish on Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
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From Wyoming, USA. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.