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LOT 3170
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Set of Coasters
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (692 grams total, 90 mm wide).
Comprising a set of six round coasters and a holder, carved from fossiliferous stone. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3170
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Set of Coasters
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Ichthyosaur Skull and Partial Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 246-237 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Featuring the top of the skull with an exposed left eye socket and part of the lower jaw also visible, a number of the cervical vertebrae present, as well as ribs and part of the right scapula. 5.75 kg, 36 cm
From the Guanling Biota formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Originally, ichthyosaur fossils were misidentified as ‘Saurian’, being either lizards or forms of crocodile. The term 'Ichthyosaur' was first used in 1817 by the German naturalist Karl Dietrich Eberhard Konig, and he did not publish the name until 1825. By the 1830s, the name Ichthyosaur was widely used. -
Very Large Display Frame with Fossil Extinct Otodus Shark's Teeth
Eocene Epoch, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A magnificent display of Otodus obliquus teeth arranged in circles with the size of the teeth growing towards the edge; set in a glazed wooden frame with fabric backing. 21.15 kg, 101 cm diameter
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Fly and Other Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a fly showing clear construction of the individual lenses on its eyes and other inclusions. 2.58 grams, 35 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
