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LOT 2453

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

NATURAL HISTORY - LARGE DISPLAY PIECE OF POLISHED AMBER WITH INSECTS
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (32.6 grams, 75 mm).

Containing flies together with other inclusions. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
UK collection since the 1990s.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

CONDITION
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