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LOT 2995
Stone Age Flint Core and Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC-BRONZE AGE PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000-4,000 B.P.
1 1/2 - 3 in. (433 grams total, 37-77 mm).
Many with old inked reference numbers, 'HH' initials, findspot and other details. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in the collection of archaeologist Frederick William Robins.
With handwritten notes.
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LOT 2995
Stone Age Flint Core and Tool Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lakenheath British Stone Age Kapped Flint Core
Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-150,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large irregular type with flat butt, handwritten legen 'Lakenheath, Suffolk'. 238 grams, 73 mm
Found Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK, in the 1970s. From a private collection. -
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 111 grams total, 22-42 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Yonne French Stone Age Levalliois Notched Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A flat-section Levallois Point with bulb to the butt, fine retouch down both sides and with a well-executed notch. 40.2 grams, 81 mm
From Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. From a private collection.
Made by Neanderthal. Textbook example
