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LOT 2465
Polished 'Orca' Agate
5 in. (628 grams, 12.6 cm).
A freestanding display, polished to enhance the mimicking patterns and colours of an orca. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Insects in Polished Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
A polished piece containing three flies. 2.3 grams, 21 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Plate
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Comprising fourteen teeth, one with only a tip visible, and various jaw fragments set on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 9.75 kg, 47.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
