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LOT 2526
Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 5/8 in. (2.13 kg total, 11.8 cm each).
Comprising two rounded bookends carved from fossiliferous stone, each with a large Goniatite sp. specimen set to the centre. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Detailed Fossil Ammonite Display
Jurassic Period, Toarcian, circa 184.2-174.7 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
An impressive freestanding structure containing scallop and belemnite fossils, as well as Hammatoceras and Grammoceras sp. ammonites showing strong ribbing, the largest specimen measuring 23 cm in diameter. 50.1 kg, 64.5 cm
with Science & Natural History, South Kensington, 27 April 2017, no.27. -
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Half
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 184.2-174.7 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dactylioceras commune with the inner face polished to display internal gas chamber. 7.68 grams, 36 mm
From a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 1990s. -
A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America
1896 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Thomas Nuttall - Vol.II Game and Water Birds - Boston, 1896, hardback with cloth covers, 431 pp. 993 grams, 21.5 x 15 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.