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LOT 2310
Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (1.54 kg, 20.5 cm).
With narrow brain-pan and prominent incisor and canine teeth; perhaps Australopithecus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 2310
Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Jurassic Period, circa 200-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising six bullet-shaped rostra of Belemnite cylindroteuthis. 368 grams total, 10.2-17.5 cm
Found near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2017. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Natural History - Heart-Shaped Polished Fossil Coral Head
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. 122 grams, 71 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite Collection
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, 182-174 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising four Dactylioceras commune sp. specimens in nodules. 648 grams, 7-11.8 cm
Found Whitby, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.