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From a Private European Collection. A set of turned and carved ivory, ebony and lignum vitae objects at Sotheby's Paris

From a Private European Collection. A set of turned and carved ivory, ebony and lignum vitae objects. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. urope's interest for curiosities and its inventive spirit during the late Renaissance motivated certain countries to make ivory...

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Tags: ivory, 'Tour de Force', Indian ebony, lignum vitae wood

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2 avril 2018

A fine and rare elephant bird egg, 17th century or earlier

Lot 3038. A fine and rare elephant bird egg, 17th century or earlier; 30.5 cm, 12 in. Estimate 350,000 — 550,000 HKD. Lot sold 350,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2018 of large hollow form and filled with sand, the exterior of the pitted surface of an attractive...

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Tags: Elephant Bird Egg, 17th century or earlier

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2 avril 2018

A fossil Gigantopecten Restitutensis group, the Lady of Compostelle, Miocene (17 million years old), Lacoste Quarry, Vaucluse

Lot 3072. A fossil Gigantopecten Restitutensis group, the Lady of Compostelle, Miocene (17 million years old), Lacoste Quarry, Vaucluse, France; 140 by 49.8 by 40 cm, 55 1/8 by 19 5/8 by 15 3/4 in., overall h. 200.5 cm, 78 7/8 in. Estimate 120,000 — 150,000...

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Tags: France, Vaucluse, Gigantopecten Restitutensis group, Lacoste Quarry, Miocene (17 million years old), the Lady of Compostelle

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2 avril 2018

Six gogotte, Oligocene (30 million years old), Fontainebleau at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 02 Apr 2018

Lot 3006. A gogotte, Oligocene (30 million years old), Fontainebleau, France; w. 115.5 cm, 45 1/2 in. Estimate 180,000 — 220,000 HKD. Lot sold 225,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2018. powerfully carved in the form of a human skull consisting of the cranium and...

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Tags: Fontainebleau, OLigocene (30 million years old), gogotte

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4 mai 2017

Exhibition dedicated to rare and curious objects from over 5,000 years of civilisation opens in London

A large limestone panel, South Arabia, 3rd-2nd century BC, 45cm x 74cm. © Oliver Hoare Ltd LONDON .- Oliver Hoare presents Every Object Tells a Story, a public exhibition on view from 4 May to 5 July 2017 at 5 Cromwell Place, London. The exhibition is...

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Tags: English, 1628, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh, 1251–1259, 700 BC–AD 300, Mezcala, Mongol Empire, Mongol Silver, Skull Pomander, Spouted Vessel Bearing the Tamgha of Möngke Khan (1209–1259), Stargazer, West Coast of Mexico

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9 avril 2017

Petrified wood, Australian gold nugget, gemstones and meteorites highlight Heritage Auctions sale

DALLAS, TX .- Samples of rare Petrified Wood will be among the most coveted lots at Heritage Auctions' Nature & Science Auction April 29-30 in Dallas. The Petrified Wood comes from the collection of Lewis Goodman, a successful financier who turned a 1980s...

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Tags: pyrite, Tanzanite, Gold Nugget, backgammon, Boulder Opal Box, Fossil Fish, Fossil Palm Flower, Fossil Stingray, Gibeon Meteorite, Muonioanlusta Meteorite, Muonionalusta Meteorite, Petrified Conifer Slab, Petrified Oak Slab

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29 mars 2017

A Small Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France

Lot 3057. A Small Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 3,000 — 5,000 (365 - 608 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's oriented with a tapered and curved outline with swelling layers cascading onto the the globulous lower body,...

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Tags: France, gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau

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29 mars 2017

A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France

Lot 3036. A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 90,000 — 150,000 (10,950 - 18,249 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's impressively oriented with an almost circular structure resting on twisting and swirling layers, the irregular...

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Tags: France, gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau

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29 mars 2017

A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France

Lot 3023. A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 250,000 — 350,000 (30,416 - 42,582 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's of expansive proportions and moderately flattened form, the irregular structure of natural greyish-white...

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Tags: France, gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau

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29 mars 2017

Sotheby's sale offers an improbable array of curious objects

Lot 3027. An Impressive Allosaurus Dinosaur Skull, Late Jurassic Period, Wyoming, USA, approx. 79.8cm. Est. HK$2.2 – 2.8 million / US$284,000 – 361,000. Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG .- Sotheby’s Hong Kong will present Curiosity III on 4 April at the Hong...

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Tags: France, statue, Italian School, Hellenistic, Aphrodite, Mali, Liu Dan, Ming-Qing dynasty, late 18th–early 19th century, Oligocene, marble torso, Fontainebleau, gogotte, circa 1st century BC, Bamana, ‘Ying’ Rock, Wax Anatomical Model of a Head

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