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LOT 3102
Mixed Fossil and Tooth Collection
1 - 3 1/8 in. (380 grams total, 24-80 mm).
Comprising: an opened nodule with a trilobite, a polished ammonite 'button', a rib section, a sawfish rostral tooth in a labelled box, various shark teeth, and others. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK fossil and mineral market.
Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3102
Mixed Fossil and Tooth Collection
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with an insect inclusion. 3.07 grams, 31 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth in Composite Jaws
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five teeth set in a sandstone matrix with jaw fragments. 883 grams, 17.7 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur 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. -
North Sea Fossil Bison Vertebra
Devensian, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising the body, neural canal and the arch of the vertebra, with the majority of the processes. 460 grams, 12 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
