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LOT 2471
Polished Amber with Midges
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 in. (3.5 grams , 37 mm).
Orange translucent amber with a pair of Diptera inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Norfolk, UK, collection.
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LOT 2471
Polished Amber with Midges
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
An oval pebble cut in half and polished to a high degree with a small crystal-lined cavity on one side. 315 grams total, 80-81 mm
From Beachy Head, Sussex, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Polished Double Fossil Mamite Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two horned ammonites with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell. 1.43 kg, 16.5 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Ice Age Fossilised Horse Tooth
Pleistocene Epoch, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Molar tooth with some root present. 72 grams, 71 mm
From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
