Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Contents of the Showrooms of the Mineralogists and Geologists Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd
Auctioneer: Canterbury Auction Rooms Location: Canterbury
Contact: Tel: 01227 763337 Fax: 01227 456770
Date: 12th June 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Saturday 7th June 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Sunday 8th June 12.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Monday 9th June 10.00 am to 7.00 pm
Tuesday 10th June 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Wednesday 11th June 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Thursday 12th June 8.30 am to 10.00 am
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Auction Lots - Page 6
251
Quartz - a group of quartz specimens, the largest 8ins, from various localities £60-80
252
Three fossil wood specimens, three agates and a polished serpentine from Harford County, Maryland, (all from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences collection) £40-60
253
Fluorite - eight fluorite specimens, the largest 8ins across £40-60
254
Gem minerals - three specimens each approximately 6.5ins across - ruby crystals in mica schist from Russia, topaz crystals in albite from Brazil, and tourmaline with albite from Brazil £80-120
255
A group of seven minerals, the largest 8ins - copper in calcite from Michigan; austinite from Mexico; turquoise from Arizona; fluor-richterite from Ontario; calcite from Missouri; malachite from the Congo; and kyanite from Brazil £60-80
256
Four fossil wood specimens (one opalised), calcareous tufa from California, polished heliotrope from India, polished serpentine from Harford County Maryland, an agate, and a specimen of fire opal from Mexico, (all fromthe Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences collection) (two cartons) £80-120
257
India - nine assorted minerals from India, the largest 8ins £20-40
258
Aragonite, deposited over eighty years, infilling an iron pipe, from Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 12.75ins diameter £80-120
259
A polished specimen of lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, 6.25ins x 6.75ins £120-160
260
A polished slice of agate with amethyst crystals in the centre from Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10.5ins x 6.75ins £80-120
261
A polished slice of green nephrite jade from North British Columbia, 12.75ins x 8ins on wooden stand £150-200
262
Agate - two large polished agate slices 11.5ins x 8ins and 11.5ins x 6.5ins, from Minas Gerais, Brazil £40-60
263
Agate - three polished agate slices 10ins x 8ins, 9ins x 7ins, and 5ins x 5ins, from Minas Gerais, Brazil £40-60
264
Amethyst - six specimens of deep colour from Uruguay and Brazil, the largest 9ins high £60-80
265
Amethyst - eight specimens of deep colour from Uruguay and Brazil, the largest 7.5ins high £60-80
266
Amethyst - an amethyst geode with the face polished, 20ins x 7ins, from Minas Gerais, Brazil £60-80
267
A tall amethyst geode from Brazil, the face polished, 33.5ins tall x 8ins (repaired) £100-150
268
An early Victorian figured mahogany collector's cabinet, fitted twenty four drawers, enclosed by a pair of panelled doors, on plinth base and squat bun feet, 43ins wide x 15ins deep x 60.5ins high £600-800
269
A late Victorian mahogany collector's cabinet, fitted twenty drawers with brass flush handles, enclosed by a pair of panelled doors, on plinth base 40ins wide x 30ins deep x 38ins high £100-200
270
A Victorian mahogany collector's cabinet with rounded front corners, fitted ten sliding trays, enclosed by a pair of arched panelled doors, 42ins wide x 17.5ins deep x 38ins high £200-300
271
An early Victorian figured mahogany collector's cabinet with beaded mouldings fitted sixteen drawers enclosed by a pair of panelled doors, 42ins wide x 18ins deep x 40ins high £350-500
272
A Victorian oak collector's cabinet, made to contain ten drawers enclosed by a pair of panelled doors, 40ins wide x 20ins deep x 40ins high (three drawers missing) £60-80
273
A late Victorian ebonised collector's cabinet, fitted twenty drawers with pull handles and with brass label holders, 36ins x 20ins x 38ins high £100-200
274
A large Victorian oak collector's cabinet, fitted fifty-seven drawers, 54ins wide x 16ins deep x 68ins high (replacement ceramic handles - the cabinet cut into two sections) £300-400
275
A late Victorian ebonised collector's cabinet, fitted twenty drawers with pull handles and with brass label holders, 36ins x 20ins x 38ins high £100-200
276
A late Victorian ebonised collectors cabinet fitted twenty drawers with pull handles and with brass label holders, 36ins x 20ins x 38ins high £100-200
277
A smoky quartz crystal, 9ins high, from Switzerland £60-80
278
A group of quartz crystals from Brazil, 6.5ins high, on acrylic base ⁠£80-120
279
Azurite crystals with minor malachite, 7ins x 5ins, from Morocco £60-80
280
An amethyst 'flower' from Minas Gerais, Brazil, 6ins x 5.75ins x 4ins high £150-200
281
Celestite - blue celestite crystals, 8ins x 5ins, from Madagascar £80-120
282
A large crystal of kunzite from Afghanistan, 8ins x 3.5ins £150-200
283
Green fluorite from Hunan, China, 7ins x 5ins x 2.75ins high £150-200
284
A group of clear quartz crystals on matrix from Arkansas, USA, 9ins overall x 4ins high £100-200
285
A piece of sandstone broken open to reveal precious white opal from Queensland, Australia £150-200
286
A group of pyrite crystals from the Huanzala Mine, Ancash Province, Peru, 8.5ins x 5.75ins x 4ins high £200-300
287
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing numerous mineral specimens £150-200
288
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing a quantity of polished mineral specimens £200-300
289
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing approximately one hundred mineral specimens collected prior to 1840, all from the Joseph Neeld Collection £300-400
290
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted fifteen drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing numerous mineral specimens including Australian opal, malachite, euclase crystals etc., and various gemstones in small glass bottles £200-300
291
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 22ins x 38ins high, containing numerous mineral specimens £150-200
292
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers, 20ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing an extensive collection of quartz specimens £200-300
293
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles and locking stile, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing mainly amethystine quartz from Namibia, Uruguay, etc and other minerals £200-300
294
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing approximately sixty-five mineral specimens from various localities, all from The Richard Gaines Collection £400-600
295
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing various mineral specimens including opal, pyrite 'suns' from Illinois etc £150-200
296
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing various mineral specimens from Mexico, Thailand, Brazil etc. £200-300
297
Hertfordshire puddingstone - thirty-three polished specimens of silicified conglomerate known as 'Hertfordshire Puddingstone' (two cartons) £80-120
298
Polished gem minerals - seventeen polished specimens including ruby, garnet, labradorite, mocha stone and sapphire; also a carved Chinese agate oval and a rectangular Venetian glass paperweight (one carton) £100-200
299
Polished minerals - a group of approximately forty polished minerals including agates from France, etc. (two cartons) £60-80
300
Polished ornamental minerals - four quartz obelisks from Brazil; graphic granite from Madagascar; a garnet crystal from Russia; labradorite ('spectrolite') from Ylamaa, Finland; an amethyst geode from Mexico; two spheres from Derbyshire and Brazil; banded fluorite from China and two smoky quartz from Brazil (one carton) £100-200
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Contents of the Showrooms of the Mineralogists and Geologists Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd
Auctioneer: Canterbury Auction Rooms Location: Canterbury
Contact: Tel: 01227 763337 Fax: 01227 456770
Date: 12th June 2014 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Saturday 7th June 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Sunday 8th June 12.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Monday 9th June 10.00 am to 7.00 pm
Tuesday 10th June 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Wednesday 11th June 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Thursday 12th June 8.30 am to 10.00 am
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