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LOT 2432
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Specimen Collection
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (456 grams total, 8.4-11.5 cm).
Comprising four polished specimens showing partial Orthoceras specimens. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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LOT 2432
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Specimen Collection
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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Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current 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 Douvilleiceras Mammilatum Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 113-100 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Showing prominent ribbing and some iridescence. 167 grams, 71 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. -
Polished Amber with Midges
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with midge inclusions. 2.89 grams, 28 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
