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LOT 3019
Victorian Collector's Cabinet of Drawers with Entomological Collection
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
14 3/4 x 16 x 11 in. (7.7 kg, 37.5 x 40.5 x 28 cm).
Wooden chest with six sliding drawers, each with two turned wooden knop handles; each drawer with glazed panel and insects on pins with typed labels and detailed findspot tags; winged insects (Diptera, Orthorrapha, etc.), beetles (Cerambycidae, Chysomelidae, etc.), moths, butterflies, dragonflies and others; many in good condition.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3019
Victorian Collector's Cabinet of Drawers with Entomological Collection
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Large Ivory Onyx Lamp
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Comprising a tall, rectangular body formed of translucent cut slabs of milky stone with contrasting banding; accompanied by a separate light fitting on a stone base with US plug (not tested). 13.05 total, 60 cm
From Mexico. Property of a London lady. -
Pink 'Pirate with Parrot on Shoulder' Agate Slice
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Polished and dyed slice with a fanciful image of a pirate and his parrot, viewable from both sides. 83 grams, 97 mm
From Brazil. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Large Megalodon Extinct Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished light brown tooth enamel. 284 grams, 12.7 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the structuring of marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
