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LOT 2390
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Egg Collection
1 - 1 1/8 in. (449 grams total, 26-29 mm).
Comprising twenty mineral specimens polished to small eggs, including rose quartz, red jasper, moss agate, agate, dalmatian jasper, and others. [25, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising three resin blocks with: a shield bug; Manchurian scorpion from China; an emerald beetle from Japan. 263 grams total, 74 x 41 mm each
Acquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Natural History - Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Stand
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, 182-174 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a freestanding cut nodule with a Dactylioceras commune sp. specimen. 527 grams, 88 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Double Fossil Shrimp Plate
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A rectangular matrix with a pair of fossil shrimps and a partial fossil to the side. 183 grams, 91 mm
From Lebanon. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.