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LOT 2233
Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (259 grams total, 73 x 41 mm each).
Comprising three labelled resin display blocks with a field grasshopper from Australia, a blue weevil from New Guinea, and a golden stag beetle from Papua New Guinea. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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LOT 2233
Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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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. -
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish Group
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two Knightia alta fossil fish on matrices. 268 grams total, 11.6-12.2 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
On a rectangular sandstone matrix. 328 grams, 12.2 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.