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LOT 2381
Natural History - Mastodon Fossil Tusk Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (79 grams, 76 mm).
Featuring a later carved stylised face in relief. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star and Starfish Pair
Ordovician Age, 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonite Display
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Mounted on a matrix style display base; some restoration. 4.1 kg, 22 cm high
From Madagascar. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Otodus Fossil Shark's Teeth in Large Matrix
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
The composite matrix set with a group of nine fossil Otodus sp. shark's teeth. 4.1 kg, 24 cm
Fine condition.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
