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LOT 3186
Mushroom and Lettuce Coral Collection
4 1/8 - 13 in. (1.19 kg total, 10.4-33 cm).
Comprising one lettuce coral specimen and three mushroom coral specimens. [4, 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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LOT 3186
Mushroom and Lettuce Coral Collection
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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Polished Baltic Amber with Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a small fly inclusion. 1.39 grams, 30 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth in Composite Jaw
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising eight Mosasaur prognathodon teeth set in a composite matrix. 1.62 kg, 21 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile 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. -
Edmontosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Bone
Cretaceous Period, circa 70 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large section of a bone showing the honeycomb-like structure keeping the bone structure light while retaining its strength. 881 grams, 12.8 cm
From South Dakota, USA. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
Edomontosaurus was a herbivorous dinosaur that was one of the last non-avian dinosaurs to have existed.
