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LOT 2178
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 in. (1.19 grams, 26 mm).
Polished to highlight the fly and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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