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LOT 2392
Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (1.54 kg, 20.2 cm).
With rounded brain-pan, articulating mandible; perhaps Homo habilis. [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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Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Right Jaw Tooth Set
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Group of six teeth from the jaw of a woolly rhinoceros, rare as from the same animal. 703 grams total, 5.7-11 cm
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Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
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A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying good polished enamel. 150 grams, 10 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil March Flies on Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a pair of matrices, each with two Pleciapealei fossils. 252 grams total, 76-81 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
