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LOT 2419
Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras Specimen Collection
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 - 8 in. (470 grams total, 14-20.5 cm).
Comprising three polished teardrop-shaped specimens. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 160 grams, 60 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.
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Fossil Italian Razor Fish on Matrix
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.33-2.58 million years B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Smooth razorfish Centriscus strigatus on a rectangular matrix. 266 grams, 16.5 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
