Loading, please wait...
LOT 0382
Natural History - Canis Lupus Ice Age Wolf's Skull
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 60,000-40,000 B.P.
9 5/8 in. (2.18 kg total, 24.5 cm high including stand).
Partially fossilized and near complete, retaining many of the animal's teeth; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 0382
Natural History - Canis Lupus Ice Age Wolf's Skull
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
-
Natural History - Large Desert Rose Mineral Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A very large selenite gypsum 'desert rose' composed of blades of selenite with gypsum sand inclusions. 3.1 kg, 22 cm wide
From a Humberside, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
An amorphous fragment of nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 4.16 grams, 28 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion. -
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. 74 grams, 78 mm
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
