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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 2
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Ammonites - twenty-two Perisphinctes ammonites from the Jurassic, Madagascar (two cartons) £100-150
52
Fossil crocodile - ten specimens of the vertebrae etc. of the extinct Jurassic crocodile Steneosaurus sp. from Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (one carton) £200-250
53
Fossil crocodile - eight specimens of the vertebrae etc. of the extinct Jurassic crocodile Steneosaurus sp. from Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (one carton) £200-250
54
Ammonites - three polished sections, Hildoceras sp., from Whitby and two ammonites with white calcite infilling from Scunthorpe (one carton) £60-80
55
Fossil wood - four polished sections through fossil wood from Madagascar (one carton) £40-60
56
Fossils - Cretaceous dinosaur bone, polished, from Patagonia; three pine cones (two polished) from Patagonia; two ammonites from Madagascar; horsetail Asterophyllites equisetiformis from the Carboniferous, Herault, France; a part baculite from South Dakota; Silurian coral from Wenlock; fossil wood from Madagascar; and a Cretaceous Mosasaur tooth in matrix from Morocco (one carton) £150-200
57
Fossils - a nautilus cut in half and polished; Miocene shark's tooth from South Carolina; Cretaceous belemnite from Northampton; Miocene agatised coral from Tampa Bay; Halysites coral from Wenlock; Jurassic Clypeus echinoid from Gloucestershire; Lower Cretaceous Raphidonema sponge from Faringdon; part of an Upper Cretaceous ammonite from Alberta, Canada showing iridescence; a Jurassic ammonite from Madagascar polished; and calcite crystals in a Mercenaria permagna lamellibranch shell from Florida (one carton) £150-250
58
A nautilus Becheiceras bechi (Lower Lias, Jurassic age) from Dorset, 5.25ins x 4ins, on matrix £100-150
59
A polished nautilus Gonioclimenia sp. (Devonian age) from Erfoud, Morocco, 9ins x 7.5ins on matrix 14ins x 17ins £80-120
60
A polished section of petrified wood from a coniferous tree, (Triassic period), from Madagascar, 14.5ins x 13ins £100-150
61
A polished vertical section through a Pre Cambrian Stromatolite (fossil algae) 14.75ins x 9.5ins, from the East Andes, South of Cochabamba, Bolivia £200-300
62
A fossil Gastropod Cerithium giganteum (Eocene age), from Damery, France, 8.5ins x 5.5ins £80-120
63
A trilobite Drotops sp. (Devonian age) from Djebel Issoumor, Sahara Desert, Morocco, 5.5ins long, on matrix £100-150
64
Petrified wood from a Triassic coniferous tree, polished, 11ins across, from Madagascar £60-80
65
Three ammonites on matrix 9ins x 7ins, from the Jurassic, Lyme Regis area, Dorset £60-80
66
Fossil wood - A large trunk section of Triassic fossil wood from a coniferous tree from Madagascar, 24ins high, the polished face 9ins across £200-300
67
Petrified wood - a large specimen of opalised fossil wood from Australia 21ins x 19ins x 11ins £100-200
68
Fossil wood from coniferous trees - a polished section of wood, 9ins diameter and a trunk section, 9ins across x 6ins, both Triassic age from Madagascar, together with a polished section of wood from Utah, USA £100-200
69
A group of three Miocene pecten shells, two from Marseilles, France, the largest from Italy £60-80
70
A group of nine fossil plant remains, including two from the Carboniferous of Whitehaven, Cumbria and a polished section through fossil wood in matrix from Lyme Regis (four cartons) £80-120
71
A group of eight British ammonites (one polished) and an ammonite/orthoceras group from Morocco (two cartons) £40-60
72
Mammal remains - two Pleistocene mammal horns (thought to be bison), a Pleistocene fossil bone (possibly from a rhinoceros) and two part mammoth teeth, all from the East Anglia area £100-200
73
Ammonites - Two ammonites each cut in half and polished, 6ins diameter, from the mid Jurassic of Madagascar £60-80
74
An ammonite cut in half and the faces polished, 5ins x 4ins; a similar nautilus, 6ins x 4.5ins; and a complete ammonite showing iridescence, all from the mid Jurassic of Madagascar £100-150
75
Fossil wood - a section of opalised wood from Clover Creek, Idaho, 8ins x 4ins; a trunk of black fossil wood with polished face, 9ins across by 5.5ins high (both from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences collection); and a specimen of Cretaceous Palm wood (Cycalichnus garciorum) from Patagonia, 11ins long £60-80
76
Fossil wood from Triassic coniferous trees - three polished specimens of fossil wood from Madagascar, a small trunk section 7ins long; a slice 7ins x 5ins, and a large trunk section 8ins across x 6ins high £200-300
77
Fossil wood from Triassic coniferous trees - four polished specimens of fossil wood from Madagascar, two sections 11ins and 9ins across, and two trunk sections, 5ins high £100-200
78
An ammonite Perisphinctes sp. (mid Jurassic age) from Madagascar, 7ins x 6ins £100-120
79
A crinoid Trammatocirnus hsui (Triassic age) from Guanling, Guizhou, China, on matrix, 13.75ins x 12.75ins £200-300
80
A pine cone Araucaria mirabilis (Jurassic age) cut in half and polished from Cerro Cuadrado, Patagonia, 2.5ins x 2.25ins £100-200
81
A mid Jurassic ammonite cut in half and polished to reveal the calcite filled chambers, 8ins x 6.75ins, from Madagascar £80-120
82
A group of Pecten shells (Miocene age), from Italy 14.5ins x 11.5ins £60-80
83
A shell bed (Eocene age) from the Paris Basin, France, 14ins x 10ins £80-120
84
A polished section of petrified wood from a coniferous tree (Triassic period) from Madagascar 9.75ins x 11ins x 3ins thick £100-150
85
A polished section of petrified wood from a coniferous tree (Triassic period) from Madagascar, 17ins x 15.5ins £100-150
86
A specimen of Coprolite (fossilised turtle dung), (Pleistocene age), from Madagascar, 12.5ins long £40-60
87
A fossil reptile Keichosaurus sp. (Triassic age), from Xinyi, Guizhou Province, China, 10.25ins overall £300-400
88
A Victorian black stained pine collector's cabinet, fitted ten drawers, on plinth base, 20ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing approximately 55 petrified wood specimens, some polished (all from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences collection) £150-200
89
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high, containing approximately one hundred and fifty fossils including British trilobites, gastropods, plant remains etc. £200-300
90
A Victorian oak collector's cabinet fitted twenty-two drawers, 44ins wide x 21ins deep x 40ins high (lacking doors), containing a selection of several thousand fossils, mainly collected in the 19th century £200-300
91
A Victorian stained wood collector's cabinet, fitted sixteen drawers, 39ins x 13ins x 25ins high (lacking top) £50-70
92
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted twenty-four drawers on plinth base, 61ins x 15ins x 30ins high containing a wide and varied selection of fossils, mainly collected in the 19th century (several thousand specimens in total) £200-300
93
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet, fitted ten drawers with pull handles, on plinth base, 20ins x 17ins x 38ins high £50-70
94
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet, fitted ten drawers with pull handles, on plinth base, 20ins x 17ins x 38ins high £50-70
95
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet fitted ten drawers with knob handles, 20.5ins x 17ins x 38ins high £100-150
96
A Victorian stained pine collector's cabinet, fitted ten drawers with pull and knob handles, on plinth base, 20ins x 17ins x 38ins high £50-70
97
An important collection of one hundred amber specimens from Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the Baltic, many polished to reveal the insect inclusions, the largest 2.75ins. across, the collection contained in a stained wood six drawer collector's cabinet, 18ins wide x 17ins deep x 18.5ins high.
From Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico (late Oligocene to early Miocene age) – thirty-one specimens each containing insect remains including spiders, mosquitoes, parasitic wasps, termites etc., also two specimens without insects (one red), a small amber sphere and a spider in amber mounted as a pendant.
From the Dominican Republic (Lower to middle Miocene age) – thirty-two specimens, each containing insect remains, and three turned amber eggs.
From the Baltic (Early Eocene to early Oligocene age) – six specimens with insect remains (all collected in the 19th Century), five smaller specimens without insects and nineteen dark amber pieces, each with drill hole £2000-3000
98
Fossil fish - thirteen fossil fish Jianghanichthys hubiensis from the Eocene, Hubei Province, China (one carton) £60-80
99
Trilobites - twelve trilobites, all named, on matrix from the Devonian, Atlas Mountains, Morocco (one carton) £150-200
100
Pine cones - Araucaria mirabilis pine cones from the Jurassic of Cerro Cuadrado, Patagonia - two cones cut in half and polished to show the seeds; another similar polished pair in matrix; a polished section through a cone; and four part cones (one carton) £400-600
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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