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LOT 3201
Large Polished Copal with Insects
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 in. (18.4 grams, 66 mm).
Translucent pale yellow copal with an ant, several flying insects and some other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3201
Large Polished Copal with Insects
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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Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect and Other Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a small insect and other inclusions. 2.18 grams, 32 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragmentary jaw section set with five teeth, repaired. 165 grams, 16.3 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. -
Cambropallas Fossil Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large specimen on a textured matrix. 1.74 kg, 22.1 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
