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LOT 1577
Stone Age Colombiers Mousterian Neanderthal Flint Cleaver
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 130,000-40,000 B.P.
5 3/8 in. (569 grams, 13.7 cm).
Plano-convex in section and roughly discoid in plan with some cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Colombiers, Occitanie region, France.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P65; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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LOT 1577
Stone Age Colombiers Mousterian Neanderthal Flint Cleaver
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Stone Age Double-Sided Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; small chip to on edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 738 grams total including stand, axehead: 18.2 cm
Private collection, Raguse, Switzerland. with Kölner Munzkabinett, Germany, before 2016. Private European collection. Accompanied by a copy of the 2016 invoice. -
Stone Age Hedencourt Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Plano-convex and lentoid-section with some cortex to surface; each with inked find spot 'Hedencourt'. 306 grams total, 76-89 mm
Found Hedencourt, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Danish Handled Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
In mottled grey flint, bifacially flaked with integral handle and lentoid-section blade; mounted on an old felted display stand. 68 grams, 14.7 cm (325 grams total, 35.6 cm including stand)
with Sotheby's, Bournemouth, UK, no.255. Private collection, Europe.
