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LOT 2536
Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Ammonite Group
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 7/8 in. (123 grams total, 48 mm each).
Comprising three polished specimens with clean centres. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the North-East Coast of Madagascar in the jungles of Mahajanga.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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LOT 2536
Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Ammonite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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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): £91
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 107 grams, 66 cm long
From an old Lincoln, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Extinct Shark Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous-Eocene Period, 70-50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
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Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including at least one fly; with a polished teardrop-shaped body. 1.1 grams, 21 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s.