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LOT 2555
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (102 grams, 76 mm).
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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LOT 2555
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: pyrolusite from Cornwall, England, collection number 362; hematite on a granite base from Cumbria, England; septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite from Sandwich Bay, Kent, England, collection number 184; pyrolusite from Solenhofen, Bavaria, collection number 256, with an old James Walker label; granite from Scotland(?), collection number 466; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 454; granite from A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 507; halite from Brazil, collection number 220. 1.37 kg total, 3.8-14.6 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Diplomystus sp. fossil fish on a matrix slab showing good anatomical detail. 1.46 kg, 19.4 x 15.6 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Petraster Starfish on Matrix
Ordovician Period, circa 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Showing a complete and a partial Petraster sp. specimen; repaired. 711 grams, 15.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.