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LOT 2271
Natural History - Polynesian Lamarck Shell Collection
5/8 - 1 3/8 in. (98 grams total, 16-34 mm).
Comprising twenty-nine Cypraea obvelata specimens. [29, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a North London, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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