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LOT 2383
Polished Fossil Coral Head
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (216 grams, 78 mm).
Rounded specimens showing the internal structure of coral. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2383
Polished Fossil Coral Head
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five heart-shaped specimens showing the internal structure of fossilised coral. 83.5 grams total, 24-35 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 155 grams, 58 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on, the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach. -
Fossil Collection
Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, circa 200-174 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of fossils including ammonite, bivalve, tree section, 'devil's toenail', and others. 970 grams total, 5.2-10.7 cm
From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
