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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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Polished Copal with Insect Inclusions
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Long, transparent droplet with an ant and other insects. 9.76 grams, 10.6 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Group
Ordovician Period, circa 505-438 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two specimens, each with a characteristic ribbed carapace; repaired. 179 grams total, 72-76 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Conical tooth with light brown enamel. 9.14 grams, 48 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long.
