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LOT 2229
Natural History - Mixed Seashell Collection
1/2 - 4 3/8 in. (747 grams total, 1.2-11.1 cm).
Comprising a large group of attractive seashells in a variety of colours and types, including a number of small spiral gastropod shells. [129, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Natural History - Fossil Permian Plants and Ferns on Matrix
Permian Period, 298-252 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising two irregular matrices, each with multiple plant and fern fossils. 318 grams total, 10.6-20 cm
From Saxony, Germany. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Fragment on Stand
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a section of Mammuthus primigenius humerus bone; mounted on a custom-made display stand with an information ticket. 1.22 kg total, 24 cm high including stand
From the North Sea. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - British Fossil Belemnite Collection
Jurassic Period, circa 200-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising fourteen fossilised rostra. 123 grams total, 31-93 mm
Found on the Yorkshire coast, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
