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LOT 2387
Natural History - Framed Spinicrus Tarantula
6 x 6 in. (253 grams, 15.1 x 15.1 cm).
Entomological specimen of Eurypelma spinicrus, in glazed wooden display case. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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