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LOT 3169
Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/4 in. (0.98 grams, 18 mm).
Translucent orange amber with a small insect inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3169
Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect
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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Large Fossil Parkinsonia Ammonite Specimen
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Opening Bid: £5
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From Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Two Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
From Mosasaur prognathodon showing dark brown enamel, repaired. 76 grams total, 50-52 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Ice Age Horse Fossil Leg Bone
Pleistocene Epoch, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £100
Display of the lower leg bones comprising the coffin bone, middle and proximal phalanx and the cannon bone; accompanied by a custom-made display stand with an information sticker. 1.06 kg total, 39.5 cm high including stand
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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