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LOT 2331
Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
4 3/4 in. (24.7 grams, 12 cm).
Comprising a section of freeform copal with two clear ant inclusions and other smaller inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2331
Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three teeth from Spinosaurs maroccanus. 65 grams total, 52-60 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Nodule
Ordovician Period, 485-443 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
An opened nodule containing a partial Flexicalymene specimen. 180 grams total, 62-63 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. 261 grams, 84 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
