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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]
ProvenanceFrom a North London, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
Mainly Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
An interesting group of fossils comprising: four polished orthoceras specimens; a polished goniatite; three polished coral specimens; two Otodus obliquus teeth on matrices; a clam shell; ammonites; various dinosaur bones, one with a an old typed note; a section of Pycnodont fish on a matrix. 1.89 kg total, 1.3-11 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Very Large Fossil Orthoceras Sculpture
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Formed as a freestanding three-dimensional formation of torpedo-shapes on a chiselled matrix; each 'torpedo' with multiple Orthoceras sp. fossils, some showing the cross-section of the creature. 52.3 kg, 113.5 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Back Tooth
Ice Age, 50,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With two bifurcated roots and enamel grinding surface. 176 grams, 99 mm
From Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia. Acquired from an old Dutch collection. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
