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LOT 2614
Natural History - Baby Woolly Rhinoceros Upper Rear Milk Tooth
ICE AGE, 50,000-20,000 YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 in. (66 grams, 59 mm).
With substantial roots. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia.
Acquired from an old Dutch collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 2614
Natural History - Baby Woolly Rhinoceros Upper Rear Milk Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A magnificent display tower of several polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured background; repaired. 43.4 kg, 1.28 m
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mamite Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The horned ammonite with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell. 369 grams, 92 mm
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Natural History - Historic 'Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil' Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying two large, almost colourless prismatic crystals with some smaller crystals; bought from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd for £60.00 in the 1980s, with an old label. 217 grams, 13.6 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.