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LOT 1816
Natural History - Large 'Winking Smiley Face' Cut and Polished Agate Display
8 in. (1.48 kg, 20 cm).
A cut and polished agate slice displaying crystals to the exposed inner surfaces; a naturally-occurring smiling face formed in the polished surface composed of two large circular eyes and a crescent-shaped mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1816
Natural History - Large 'Winking Smiley Face' Cut and Polished Agate Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bead Necklace
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A string of bone beads from the woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. 137 grams, 66 cm long
Acquired 1980s. London, UK, collection. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth Group
Cretaceous Period, 67-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A trio of fossil Mosasaur sp. teeth with remains of root and enamelling, each set in an oval matrix. 1.4 kg total, 13.1-13.8 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Very Large Multi Fish Fossil Plate
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
A very large fossil fish mortality plate displaying at least thirteen complete fish of various sizes. 16.4 kg, 99 cm wide
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.