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LOT 2286
Natural History - Large Spider in Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7/8 in. (1.8 grams, 22 mm).
Polished to highlight the spider inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Primorskoje mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Accompanied by an illustrated identification card.
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Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Polished to highlight the intact fly inclusion. 0.26 grams, 13 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 152 grams, 56 cm
From an old English collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate and Amethyst Mineral Specimen Slab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Showing attractive agate and amethyst banding with small areas of clear quartz, cut to a geometric shape with bevelled edges. 210 grams, 11.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).