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LOT 3162
Silver Sheen Obsidian Sphere
2 5/8 in. (373 grams, 66 mm).
Medium-sized sphere showing silvery-white metallic schiller effect on one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3162
Silver Sheen Obsidian Sphere
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Grasshopper in Matrix Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-66 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three matrices, each with a grasshopper specimen. 427 grams total, 89-94 mm
From the Crato Formation, Arripe Basin, Brazil. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Keichousaurus Skeleton Male and Female Pair
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Pair of Keichousaurus hui skeletons on matrices prepared underneath from a ventral view; the larger male with its back legs bent towards the tail, both with exposed hip bones and scapulae. 2.89 kg total, 23-26.4 cm
From the Guizhou formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, a member of the Pleurosaur family, which went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. The male had more pronounced ulnar bones on its front legs. -
Cambropallas Fossil Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large specimen on a textured matrix. 1.74 kg, 22.1 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
