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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 Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising of Prognathodon sp. tooth with root on a sandstone matrix. 168 grams, 10 cm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like 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. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 142 grams, 62 cm long
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Large Beetle Larva in Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Polished to highlight the beetle larva inclusion. 1.08 grams, 25 mm
From Primorskoje mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad. Property of an Essex gentleman. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card.
