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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 - Polynesian Lamarck Shell Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3
Comprising twenty-nine Cypraea obvelata specimens. 98 grams total, 16-34 mm
From a North London, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Polished Coral Head Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Domed with highly-polished surfaces displaying the internal structures of the coral. 336 grams, 93 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With rounded brain-pan, articulating mandible; perhaps Homo habilis. 1.54 kg, 20.2 cm
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.
