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LOT 3071
Polished Copal with Insect Inclusions
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 in. (6.76 grams, 84 mm).
Transparent light yellow specimen with several insects and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3071
Polished Copal with Insect 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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Javanese Fossil Wood Specimen
Pliocene Period, circa 2 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Freestanding display of fossilised wood, polished to enhance the attractive graining in contrasting colours. 7 kg, 29 cm
From Java, Indonesia. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Fossil Keichousaurus Skeleton Male and Female Pair
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Pair of Keichousaurus hui skeletons on matrices prepared underneath from a ventral view; the larger male with its back legs bent towards the tail, both with exposed hip bones and scapulae. 2.89 kg total, 23-26.4 cm
From the Guizhou formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, a member of the Pleurosaur family, which went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The male had more pronounced ulnar bones on its front legs. -
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth Segments
Devensian, circa 110,000-12,000 B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
From Mammuthus primigenius, showing interlocking vertical plates. 45 grams total, 9.6-17.5 cm
From Doggerland, the now-disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fishermen. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
