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LOT 2397
Large Polished Orthoceras Fossil Oval Platter
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
14 in. (1.42 kg total, 35.5 cm).
Shallow platter carved from fossiliferous stone containing several Orthoceras specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2397
Large Polished Orthoceras Fossil Oval Platter
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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Fossil Ammonoid Group
Triassic-Jurassic Period, circa 251-174 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a polished Goniatite from East Timor, Indonesia; a Perisphinctes ammonite. 502 grams total, 79-93 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Polished Labradorite Display Piece
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An oval pebble showing mainly blue and green iridescence. 221 grams, 87 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Triple Fossil Mesosaurus Reptile Plate
Permian Period, circa 299-298 million years B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular plate with three extinct genera of aquatic reptile skeletons; restored. 363 grams, 30 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
