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LOT 3228
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookends
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (2.14 kg total, 12 cm high each).
Pair of bookends carved from fossiliferous stone with raised Orthoceras specimens. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3228
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookends
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Eurypterid Fossil Sea Scorpion
Silurian Period, circa 432-418 million years B.P.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Showing the armoured shell of the marine arthropod on a rectangular matrix. 1.89 kg, 22 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A freestanding textured matrix set with a Goniatite and an Orthoceras. 1.03 kg, 18 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
