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LOT 3259
Large Fossil Woolly Mammoth Hip Joint
ICE AGE, CIRCA 20,000 B.P.
12 3/8 in. (3.14 kg, 31.5 cm).
Large part of the ball from the femur of a woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius, revealing the inner structure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Doggerland, the now disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands.
Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fisherman.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3259
Large Fossil Woolly Mammoth Hip Joint
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Baltic Amber with Spider
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a spider inclusion. 1.97 grams, 23 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Copal with Mosquito Inclusion
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large specimen of transparent copal with a mosquito inclusion showing fine iridescence on its back, as well as several other insect inclusions. 15.3 grams, 63 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
North American Diplomystus Fossil Fish
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular matrix with a good-sized Diplomystus specimen; some restoration. 336 grams, 18.3 cm
From Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, 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 Uinta, 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 period. 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.
