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LOT 1653
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (63.7 grams, 63 mm).
Rectangular in plan with a rounded butt, two inked collection numbers '1840 SNC 3.82' and 'WGS 4000/1/28'. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1653
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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From the area of Gran Pressigny, Indre-et-Loire, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. From a private collection. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform body in orangey flint, an old handwritten collector's label to one side. 195 grams, 10.7 cm
Found Test Road, Huzbourough Copse, Hampshire, UK, June 1965. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
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From Seguedine, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market.
