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LOT 3191
Polished Baltic Amber with Insect
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 5/8 in. (2.42 grams, 40 mm).
Translucent orange amber with an insect. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3191
Polished Baltic Amber with 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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Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Bone Fragment Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three differently sized bone fragments from different bone structures. 505 grams total, 5.7-11 cm
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. -
Fossil Ichthyosaur Skull and Partial Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 246-237 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Featuring the top of the skull with an exposed left eye socket and part of the lower jaw also visible, a number of the cervical vertebrae present, as well as ribs and part of the right scapula. 5.75 kg, 36 cm
From the Guanling Biota formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Originally, ichthyosaur fossils were misidentified as ‘Saurian’, being either lizards or forms of crocodile. The term 'Ichthyosaur' was first used in 1817 by the German naturalist Karl Dietrich Eberhard Konig, and he did not publish the name until 1825. By the 1830s, the name Ichthyosaur was widely used. -
Sauropod Agatised Dinosaur Cuprolite
Middle Jurassic Period, circa 140 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fossilised faeces from a sauropod. 2.7 kg, 18 cm
From The Morrison Formation, Utah, USA. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
