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LOT 2199
Natural History - Cased Native Silver Wire Specimen Group [2]
1/2 - 5/8 in. (19 grams total, 13-17 mm).
Comprising two specimens in their individual cases. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North America.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2199
Natural History - Cased Native Silver Wire Specimen Group [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
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Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising four eggshell sections from Aepyornis. 49.2 grams total, 47-61 mm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
The elephant bird was a gigantic, flightless bird, measuring nearly 10 feet in height, and lived on the island of Madagascar until it became extinct, possibly as late as the 17th century. -
Natural History - Fossil Sinosura Starfish Group
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three possibly Sinosura kelheimense specimens, a pair on one matrix and the other with one specimen. 146 grams total, 63-70 mm
From Stonhoffen, Germany. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Massive Malachite Boulder Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Unpolished and of botryoidal form. 3.03 kg, 18 cm
From the People's Republic of Congo. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
