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LOT 2296
Natural History - Copal with Insect Inclusions
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 in. (6.5 grams, 10.4 cm).
Displaying several insects together with other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Opening Bid: £525
A near complete example retaining many of the animal's teeth; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1.73 kg total, 27.5 cm high including stand
From the private collection of a London gentleman. -
Natural History - Large British Hildoceras Fossil Ammonite Display
Jurassic Period, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Free-standing with a Hildoceras bifrons fossil ammonite in the matrix. 3.2 kg, 17 cm
From North Yorkshire, UK. -
Australian Panned Alluvial Gold Nuggets
Panned 1962 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including small specimens panned from the Eucumbene River, Kiadra, New South Wales, together with specimens from Queensland; housed in a cylindrical container. Container 12.78 grams total, 39 mm
Found River Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia, 1962. Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members.
