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LOT 1626
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.P.
9 1/8 in. (134 grams, 23.1 cm).
Finely knapped and polished tongue-shaped blade embedded in a more recent antler handle with chisel finial.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 1626
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£133 (EUR 155; USD 180) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £440
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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Stone Age Flint Drill
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a flat underside and a slender, elongated drill bit. 9.64 grams, 52 mm
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