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LOT 2387
Polished Fossil Goniatite Lidded Trinket Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (548 grams, 91 x 91 mm).
A square box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a larger Goniatite sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2387
Polished Fossil Goniatite Lidded Trinket Box
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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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Bone and Tooth Collection
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising various bones and jaw fragments with partial teeth, a coprolite, and others, each with an inked collector's number. 1.85 kg total, 33-99 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Very Large Natural Raw Malachite Specimen
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Unpolished botryoidal specimen showing characteristic banding on the sides. 3.37 kg, 19 cm
From the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
On a rectangular matrix, possibly Diplomystus. 335 grams, 16.5 cm
From Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
