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LOT 1915
Natural History - Polished Aventurine Quartz Crystal Tree on Amethyst Crystal Base
7 in. (563 grams, 18 cm).
The flexible metal branches tipped with polished aventurine pebbles; the matrix with clusters of purple amethyst crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1915
Natural History - Polished Aventurine Quartz Crystal Tree on Amethyst Crystal Base
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 218 grams, 66 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Fossil Crab
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Harpactocacinus punctatus on a matrix; rare. 600 grams, 13.3 cm
From Verona, Italy. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil March Flies on Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Each rectangular matrix containing a pair of Pleciapealei specimens. 209 grams total, 61-67 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
