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LOT 3034
Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect and Other Inclusions
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/4 in. (2.18 grams, 32 mm).
Translucent orange amber with a small insect and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3034
Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect and Other Inclusions
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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Fossil Oviraptor Egg Pair
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 88-71 million years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Matrix containing the majority of two elongated Oviraptor philocerataops eggs, retaining their leathery surface. 4.82 kg, 24 cm
From the Nanxiong formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Oviraptor, or 'egg thief', was a small feathered bipedal theropod. Being omnivorous, it fed on plants, insects, eggs and fish. Famously mis-named upon its initial discovery in association with a nest of eggs in 1924, it is now accepted that the oviraptor was nesting, not raiding; palaeontologists have since discovered oviraptor in association with eggs containing fossil oviraptor embryos. -
Very Large Display Frame with Fossil Extinct Otodus Shark's Teeth
Eocene Epoch, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A magnificent display of Otodus obliquus teeth arranged in circles with the size of the teeth growing towards the edge; set in a glazed wooden frame with fabric backing. 21.15 kg, 101 cm diameter
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Spider and a Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a spider inclusion and a fly. 0.93 grams, 17 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
