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LOT 2180
Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (263 grams total, 74 x 41 mm each).
Comprising three resin blocks with: a shield bug; Manchurian scorpion from China; an emerald beetle from Japan. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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LOT 2180
Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Natural History - Giant Conch Shell
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A large natural conch shell showing 'horns' to perimeter. 1.76 grams, 21.5 cm
Acquired within the UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
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 - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Plate
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising five Otodus obliquus teeth set on an irregular sandstone matrix. 1.1 kg, 15.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.