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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 Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antenna; on a matrix. 158 grams, 63 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Insects with Leaves
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a matrix displaying dozens of insects with a leaf, showing specimens on both sides of the matrix, and a matrix including a Salix sp. leaf and two Metasequoia. 140 grams total, 9-11.5 cm
From the Florissant fossil quarry, Florissant, Colorado, USA; and the Muddy Creek Formation, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA. -
Natural History - Fossil Canadian Fern
Carboniferous Period, circa 305 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising fossil fern specimens on an irregular matrix together with some leaf fossils. 108 grams, 95 mm
From Canada. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
