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LOT 2653
Mixed Fossil Teeth and Fish Bones on Rock
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 3/4 in. (455 grams total, 72-96 mm).
Comprising three irregular matrices, each with various teeth, fish bones, and other fossils. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Mixed Mineral Specimen Group [36]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising polished pebbles of amethyst, tiger's eye, quartz, agate, turquoise, and others. 465 grams total, 21-47 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Vertebra
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
From Mammuthus Primigenius, showing the neural arch, inked collection number '83' to the body, metal tag with '1090'. 1.73 kg, 30 cm
Dredged by a fisherman of the Dutch coast. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM83; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
A Collection of Fossils
Devonian-Jurassic Period, circa 417-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mixed group including Perisphinctids indogermanus ammonite, Goniatite and Orthoceras. 584 grams total, 7.4-15.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.