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LOT 1527
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
7/8 - 3 1/8 in. (267 grams total, 23-81 mm).
Including scrapers and other tools, and debutage. [14, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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LOT 1527
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Projectile Point Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mainly triangular-section acute-pointed types. 30 grams total, 43-51 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. From an old family collection, 1930s-1960s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Large Stone Age 'Homo Erectus Ficron Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Triangular in profile with broad butt; old inked legend '25854'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 793 grams, 17.2 cm (850 grams, 22 cm including stand)
Found North West Africa. Formally part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s and sold via a European auction house. Acquired on the UK art market from Mr P M based in Kent. -
Vinca Terracotta Standing Idol
5th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With pinched facial features, stub arms and conjoined legs; vertical linear detailing for the robe, vertical lines to the back for hair. 79 grams, 11 cm
Fine condition.
From the Wedemeyer collection; acquired in the 1970s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
