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LOT 2523
Natural History - A Collection of Natural History Items
1 3/8 - 4 5/8 in. (245 grams total, 3.5-11.7 cm).
Including the skull and mandible of a primate, a scorpion in perspex matrix and various shells. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 2523
Natural History - A Collection of Natural History Items
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Natural History - Fossil Ginko Leaf
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
On an irregular matrix. 102 grams, 75 mm
From the Sentinel Butte Formation, Morton County, North Dakota, USA. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Lapis Lazuli Tile Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Of rectangular form with one polished face. 345 grams total, 9.4-10.1 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Coaster Group [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
With brown and black banding, each felt backed. 412 grams total, 7.7-10.9 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).