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LOT 2739
North American and Other Fossil Collection
MAINLY CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
12 x 8 3/4 in. (79 grams total, 30.5 x 22.4 cm).
Group of twenty fossil sharks' teeth, each in a collector's card with window, inked catalogue number with notes relating to identification, findspot and dating; mounted in a vinyl sheet. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: optical calcite, selenite, rock crystal, pyrite, opal, beryl, and others. 214 grams total, 21-51 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
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Boxed and Labelled Native Copper Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A group of native copper specimens, each held in a white card collector's tray. 180 grams total, 24-42 mm
Very fine condition.
Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 170 grams, 62 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach.
