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LOT 3033
Large Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (127 grams, 73 mm).
Cut and polished heart-shaped coral head showing the internal structure of the polyps. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3033
Large Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Victorian Collector's Cabinet of Drawers with Entomological Collection
Late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Wooden chest with six sliding drawers, each with two turned wooden knop handles; each drawer with glazed panel and insects on pins with typed labels and detailed findspot tags; winged insects (Diptera, Orthorrapha, etc.), beetles (Cerambycidae, Chysomelidae, etc.), moths, butterflies, dragonflies and others; many in good condition. 7.7 kg, 37.5 x 40.5 x 28 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Large Polished Copal with Insects
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent pale yellow copal with an ant, several flying insects and some other inclusions. 18.4 grams, 66 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookends
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Pair of bookends carved from fossiliferous stone with raised Orthoceras specimens. 2.14 kg total, 12 cm high each
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
