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LOT 2312
Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (272 grams total, 74 x 41 mm each).
Comprising three insects set in a resin block, comprising: a unicorn beetle from Australia; a flower mantis from Vietnam; a devil spider from Americas. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Natural History - Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of various shapes and sizes. 227 grams total, 30-58 mm
From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments. -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Fossil Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a variety of fossils including bivalves, Dactylioceras sp. specimens, a sea urchin, Gryphaea specimens and others. 4.4 kg total, 2-15.5 cm
Acquired from various sources within the UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
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Natural History - British Bifacial Fossil Ammonite Display Plate
Jurassic Period, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
An amorphous matrix displaying fossil Dactylioceras spp. ammonites to both faces, together with bivalves. 521 grams, 13.7 cm
From North Yorkshire, UK.
