Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.

Click here to view registration and subscription levels

Auction House:
Guy Earl-Smith & Antiquity
Number of lots recorded:38
Lots with images:38
Prices available:38
Category:
Industry Science & Technology
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A superb fossil tooth Carcharodon megalodon, an extremely attractive specimen of a tooth of the extinct giant shark, exhibiting an ivory-like quality and glossy patina, New Caledonia, Miocene, 12 x 8.5 cm ***
*** A rare fossil Mammoth Molar, Artist unknown, decorated with diminutive ivory birds pegged to woolly mammoth molar, Pt Hope, Alaska, 25 x 13 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Paul Goldstein, New York ***
*** A large Crinoid fossil plate, c.345 mill. BP, embedded in their matrix, USA, 74 x 50 cm ***
*** A fine fossil shark tooth, Carcharodon megalodon, an attractive specimen from the extinct white shark, Miocene, 7.5-10.5 cm ***
*** A spectacular specimen of copal amber, of large size, exhibiting numerous small embedded insects, 12.5 x 7 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection ***
*** A Large And Magnificent Sawfish Bill, A very large, highly aesthetic and desirable example, 100 x 15 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection ***
*** Collection of eight opalised marine Fossils, from Coober Pedy, 1-18 cm (8) ***
*** A fossil specimen, of a terrestrial vertebrate, within a moulded base, 45 x 28 cm ***
*** Two fine opalised fossil Specimens, a marine gastropod and opalised pine cone crystal, 12-20 cm (2) ***
*** A small Tibetan tiger rug, c.mid 20th century, of hand woven wool, in the form of a tiger pelt, good detail, excellent condition, 60 x 41 cm ***
*** A fine fossil Trilobite, well preserved within matrix, 24 x 20 cm ***
*** A superb specimen of cypr'a aurantium, the famous 'Golden Cowrie' of the Central Pacific, this shell has been highly sought after by conchologists since the late eighteenth century, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines - found diving, in coral cave, 9 x 6 cm ***
*** A superb fossil Goniatite, exhibiting rich ochre and grey-pink colours and an intricate crystalline pattern, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, Jurassic, 11 x 9 cm ***
*** Fossil ammonite, Cleoniceras sp, mid Crelaceous (a 109 mya), Ambarimaninga, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar. Ammonites were abundant and diverse in the seas of the Mesozoic Era and they evolved very rapidly to produce numerous species and genera ***
*** A collection of opalised fossil wood, exhibiting fine opalescence, 7-14 cm (12) ***
*** A fossilised tree trunk section, Australia, 43 x 20 cm ***
*** Three Inuit artefacts, two of walrus tusk, one decorated in relief with three walruses, and a fossil walrus bone with polished anterior, 26-37 cm (3) ***
*** A fine specimen of fossil Trilobites, the six organisms embedded in a matrix, 42 x 48 cm ***
*** A superb crocodile skull, a fine and attractive specimen of the skull of Crocodylus porosus (Schneider, 1801), a saltwater species; the largest of all living crocodiles, Northern Australia, 31 x 13 cm ***
*** A fossilised marine Benthic section, with numerous bivalve specimens, Australia, 23 x 6 cm ***
*** Four fossil fish plates, including Mioplosus sp, Eocene, 7.5-35 cm (4) ***
*** A superb fossil fish, of the species Diplomystus dentatus, green river, Wyoming, USA, Eocene, 29 x 22 cm ***
*** An opalised ammonite fossil, of diminutive form, Australia, 5 x 4 cm ***
*** Four fossil Crinoid Specimens, c.345 mill. BP, embedded in their matrix, one fragmented, USA, 3-47 cm (6) ***
*** Three fossil Specimens, c.345 mill. BP, including crinoids and other marine fauna, USA, 19-32 cm (3) ***
*** Two fossil Crinoid Specimens, c.345 mill. BP, embedded in their matrix, USA, 24-33 cm (2) ***
*** Two fossil Specimens, embedded in their matrix, 20-39 cm (2) ***
*** A rare fossil Baobab seed Pod, well preserved, with stalk intact, 14 cm ***
*** A collection of four tribal body ornaments, bone, metal, glass beads, wood and cloth, one with animal tooth ornament, various cultures, 21-39 cm (4) ***
*** A superb specimen of Amoria Exoptanda, Reeve 1849, a rare endemic Australian volute; a large and magnificent specimen exhibiting exceptionally rich colour and an exquisite, well-formed pattern. The specimen also exhibits bands of pinkish ground colour… ***
*** A collection of eight Fossils, including ammonites and trilobites, 5-12 cm (8) ***
*** A magnificent specimen of Murex Pecten, Lightfoot 1786, the famed Venus Comb murex, superb specimen of extremely large size and in a condition of quality seldom attained by the species. Collected from 20m depth off Balicasag, Philippines diving upon… ***
*** A Collection of Various Fossils, including ammonites and trilobites, some cut and polished, 4-21 cm (11) ***
*** A Pair Of Polished Fossil Echinoderms, Both specimens exhibiting an exquisite 'floral' pattern upon the dorsum; a highly desirable pair, Clypeus sp., 7 cm (2) ***
*** A fossilised wood fragment, with growth rings clearly visible, Australia, 10 x 15 cm ***
*** Two Fossil Specimens, a nautilus and a trilobite, 11-13 cm (2) ***
*** Two Fossil Teeth, one of a shark, both within their matrix, 7-9 cm (2) ***
*** A Collection of Six Fossil Crustaceans, Thalassina sp., salt water mangrove lobsters, one rejoined, 4-15 cm (6) ***