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LOT 2157
Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (263 grams total, 73 x 41 mm each).
Comprising three resin blocks with: a giant wasp, a cicada, and another insect. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Natural History - British Fossil Fern Group
Jurassic Period, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Specimens including Alethopteris sp. and Sphenopteris laurenti, and others. 1.41 kg total, 10.7-23.5 cm
Acquired from various sources within the UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
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Natural History - Fossil Double Perisphinctes Ammonite
Jurassic Period, 174-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a large and a small Perisphinctes sp. specimen joined together by a section of matrix. 326 grams, 10 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Multi Fossil Trilobite Bowl
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A montage of six different trilobite fossils set in a bowl-shaped matrix. 1.74 kg, 22.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
