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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]
Provenance
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.
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LOT 2523
Natural History - A Collection of Natural History Items
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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