Auction 13 October 2020 Natural History - Paris

Bid on the lot list Giquello : 13 October 2020 - NATURALIA MARDI 13 OCTOBRE 2020 PARIS DROUOT – SALLES 5 & 6 - 15H Expositions publiques : Samedi 10 octobre, 11h-18h Lundi 12 octobre, 11h-18h et le matin de la vente mardi 13 octobre, 11h-12h EXPERT Iacopo Briano Expert SFEP <a href="mailto:i.briano@bfgallery.be" target="_blank">i.briano@bfgallery.be</a> Tél. : +39 335 5419698 Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

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Tuesday 13 October 2020 - 15:00 (CEST) - Live

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Lot n° 1

Framed presentation of morpho blue...

Framed presentation of morpho blue butterflies French Guiana H. 90 cm - L 90 cm FRAMED BLUE MORPHO BUTTERFLIES French Guiana H. 35.5 in - W. 35.5 in

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Lot n° 2

Giant Goliathus orientalis under...

Giant Goliathus orientalis under globe Democratic Republic of Congo H. 20 cm GOLIATHUS BEETLE IN GLASS DOME Democratic Republic of Congo H. 7.8 in

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Lot n° 3

Bouquet of rock crystal Brazil H....

Bouquet of rock crystal Brazil H. 33 cm - Weight: 9.4 kg NICE QUARTZ CLUSTER Brasil H. 13 in - Wt. 9.4 kgs

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Lot n° 4

WINGED AMMONITE GROUP Lytoceras...

WINGED AMMONITE GROUP Lytoceras cornicopae Late Jurassic Belmont, France Ammonites are amongst the most instantly recognizable of fossils having existed on Earth for almost 350 million years. Yet this uncommon species of Lytoceras, is quite different...

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Lot n° 5

Weaver bird's nest under the globe...

Weaver bird's nest under the globe Region of Bangalore, South India H. 60 cm - W. 25 cm - D. 25 cm These small black and yellow birds, Ploceus Philippinus, get their name of weaver from their ability to create such nests: it is a kind of ball made with...

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Lot n° 6

Magnificent Giant Peacock, mutation...

Magnificent Giant Peacock, mutation of wings in blue-black France H. 200 cm UNUSUAL BLACK-BLUE WINGED PEACOCK France H. 78.5 in Annex III/C

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Lot n° 7

Giraffe skull Giraffa camelopardalis South...

Giraffe skull Giraffa camelopardalis South Africa H. 46 cm - W. 74 cm Giraffe skull Giraffa camelopardalis South Africa H . 18.1 in - W. 29.1 in Appendix II/B

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Lot n° 8

Dragonfly fossil Sinaeschnidia...

Dragonfly fossil Sinaeschnidia cancellosa Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous Lower Yixian Formation, Beipiao Liaoning, China H. 17 cm - W. 15 cm FOSSIL DRAGONFLY Sinaeschnidia cancellosa UpperJurassic/Lower Cretaceous Lower Yixian FMT, Beipiao Liaoning,...

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Lot n° 9

Set of 3 STARFISHES ON BASE Indonesia H....

Set of 3 STARFISHES ON BASE Indonesia H. 25 cm - W. 25 cm 3 STARFISHES ON BASES Indonesia H. 9.5 in

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Lot n° 10

Giant ammonite Madagascar H. 40...

Giant ammonite Madagascar H. 40 cm - L. 35 cm Giant ammonite Madagascar H. 15.7 in - W. 13.7 in

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Lot n° 11

Fossil saw fish Libanopristis...

Fossil saw fish Libanopristis sp. Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous (99.7 to 94.3 MA) Hjoula, Lebanon H. 22.5 cm - L. 69.5 cm Fossil saw fish Libanopristis sp. Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous (99.7 to 94.3 MA) Hjoula, Lebanon H. 8.6 in - W. 27.1 in

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Lot n° 12

RASPBERRY AMETHYST GEODE SLICE Quartz,...

RASPBERRY AMETHYST GEODE SLICE Quartz, Variety: Amethyst & Rose quartz Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil H. 21 in - W 19.5 in Most of the amethyst "geodes" from the Brazil-Uruguay border feature varying amounts of amethyst and agate with an occasional...

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Lot n° 13

Fossil ferns Callipteridium sp. Stephanian,...

Fossil ferns Callipteridium sp. Stephanian, Carboniferous (305 to 299 MA) Montceau-les-Mines, France H. 66 cm - L. 54 cm Fossil ferns Callipteridium sp. Stephanian, Carboniferous (305 to 299 MA) Montceau-les-Mines, France H. 25.9 in - W. 21.2 in

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Lot n° 14

Baboon skeleton chacma Papio ursinus South Africa...

Baboon skeleton chacma Papio ursinus South Africa Seated H. 75.5 cm CHACMA BABOON SKELETON Papio ursinus South Africa Seated H. 30 in Annex II/B

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Lot n° 15

Set of two polychrome jaspers with...

Set of two polychrome jaspers with electric blue glow Madagascar H. 20 cm - L. 15 cm POLYCHROME JASPER PAIR Madagascar H. 7.5 in

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Lot n° 16

RUTILATED QUARTZ SPHERE Madagascar D....

RUTILATED QUARTZ SPHERE Madagascar D. 12 cm Rutilated Quartz has become a popular item in the lapidary world and this sizable polished sphere shows why. Contained within this water-clear and colorless quartz sphere are hundreds of hair like reddish gold...

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Lot n° 17

POSITIVE/NEGATIVE DRAGONFLY Protolindenia...

POSITIVE/NEGATIVE DRAGONFLY Protolindenia wittei Jurassic, Tithonian stage Solnhofen Formation, Eichsätt, Germany The fine-grained lithographic limestone of Solnhofen is renowned for the exquisite state of preservation observed in its abundant fossils...

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Lot n° 18

TRIASSIC FISH MORTALITY PLATE Heterolepidotus...

TRIASSIC FISH MORTALITY PLATE Heterolepidotus ornatus Upper Triassic Seefeld Formation, Adnet near Salzburg, Austria Fossil fish from the Triassic period are extremely rare, especially ones that are as aesthetic as the present specimens. Related to a...

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Lot n° 19

Ammonite block and fossil nautilus Coroniceras...

Ammonite block and fossil nautilus Coroniceras (Arietites) Pliensbachian, Lower Jurassic (190 to 182 MA) France H. 87 cm - L. 63 cm Ammonite block and fossil nautilus Coroniceras (Arietites) Pliensbachian, Lower Jurassic (190 to 182 MA) France H. 34.2...

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Lot n° 20

RARE FOSSIL FISH ASPIRATION — BIG...

RARE FOSSIL FISH ASPIRATION — BIG FISH TRYING TO EAT LITTLE FISH Mioplosus labracoides, Diplomystus dentatus Eocene Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA Even amongst the abundant treasures of the Green River Formation, source of some of the...

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Lot n° 21

Fossilized ichthyosaur plate Stenopterygius...

Fossilized ichthyosaur plate Stenopterygius sp. Toarcian, Lower Jurassic (ca. 195 MA) Posidonia clay formation, Holzmaden, Germany H. 84.5 cm - L. 185 cm Ichthyosaurs are important in evolutionary biology. Their fossils help to demonstrate the adaptation...

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Lot n° 22

Warthog skull Phacochoerus africanus South...

Warthog skull Phacochoerus africanus South Africa H. 17 cm - L. 25.5 cm - W. 37 cm Warthog skull Phacochoerus africanus South Africa H. 6.7 in - W. 9.8 in

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Lot n° 23

Toad kiss on a morpho butterfly...

Toad kiss on a morpho butterfly under a globe Indonesia and French Guiana H. 25 cm Toad kiss on a morpho butterfly under a globe Indonesia and French Guiana H. 9.8 in

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Lot n° 24

An uncommonly large, relatively...

An uncommonly large, relatively clear citrine sphere of excellent natural golden yellow color. With typical veils and inclusions, this huge sphere has been produced from a sizable, single Citrine crystal many times larger than its current size. It has...

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Lot n° 25

ICHTHYOSAURUS SKULL DISPLAY Temnodontosaurus Jurassic Lyme...

ICHTHYOSAURUS SKULL DISPLAY Temnodontosaurus Jurassic Lyme Regis, Dorset, England Dramatic display of a rare Ichthyosaur species, Temnodontosaurus, featuring a large skull along with most of the cervical and thoracic vertebrae, ribs and both paddles....

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Lot n° 26

FOSSIL SHRIMP Aeger tipularius Jurassic...

FOSSIL SHRIMP Aeger tipularius Jurassic Tithonian Stage Solnhofen Formation, Eichstätt, Germany The ghostly trace of this long extinct ancestor to today's shrimp is preserved in the fine-grained Solnhofen limestone by a lithographic process. The mass...

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Lot n° 27

White coral Halomitra pileus Solomon...

White coral Halomitra pileus Solomon Islands H. 81 cm - W. 64 cm - D. 29 cm This involuntary sculpture is a huge white coral that was broken during transport from the Solomon Islands. As it arrived broken, we decided to keep it the way we discovered it.And...

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Lot n° 28

AMETHYST GEODE Artigas, Uruguay H....

AMETHYST GEODE Artigas, Uruguay H. 14 in - W. 15.5 in Amethyst is one of the most recognizable and collectible of all semi-precious minerals, and is found in greatest abundance in Brazil. The specimens from Uruguay, however, tend to be of a superior quality,...

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Lot n° 29

Fossil ray fish Rhinobatidae Cenomanian,...

Fossil ray fish Rhinobatidae Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous (99.7 to 94.3 MA) Hjoula, Lebanon H. 56 cm - L. 76.5 cm Fossil ray fish Rhinobatidae Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous (99.7 to 94.3 MA) Hjoula, Lebanon H. 22 in - W. 29.9 in

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Lot n° 30

Livingstone Tauraco Tauraco leucotis...

Livingstone Tauraco Tauraco leucotis mounted with open wings revealing bright colours. Africa (ring: AVF905T590) H. 44 cm - L. 42 cm Tauraco livingstonii Africa (ring: AVF905T590) H. 17.3 in - W. 16.5 in Annex II/B

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Lot n° 31

Soaring menelaus morpho in a glass cage...

Soaring menelaus morpho in a glass cage French Guiana H. 73.5 cm - L. 25 cm Soaring menelaus morpho in a glass cage French Guiana H. 28.9 in - W. 9.8 in

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Lot n° 32

AMETHYST GEODE SLICE Rio Grande...

AMETHYST GEODE SLICE Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil H. 76 cm - W. 55.5 cm This highly decorative display specimen was cut and polished from an unusual amethyst geode that was filled with amethyst, clear quartz and lined with agate and blue chalcedony...

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Lot n° 33

Plate Ammonites Platyclymenia annulata Famennian,...

Plate Ammonites Platyclymenia annulata Famennian, Upper Devonian (364.7 to 360.7 MA) Achguig Formation, Merzane, Morocco H. 52 cm - W. 50 cm Ammonites group Platyclymenia annulata Famennian, Upper Devonian (364.7 to 360.7 MA) Achguig Formation, Merzane,...

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Lot n° 34

BLOCK OF FOSSIL SCALLOPS Gigantopecten...

BLOCK OF FOSSIL SCALLOPS Gigantopecten nodosiformis Middle Miocene Dobruška vas, Dolenjska, Slovenia H. 44 cm - L. 29 cm BLOCK OF FOSSIL SCALLOPS Gigantopecten nodosiformis Middle Miocene Dobruška vas, Dolenjska, Slovenia H. 17.3 in - W. 11.4 in

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Lot n° 35

Agate slice Tabajaran mine, Rio...

Agate slice Tabajaran mine, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil H. 72 cm - W. 65 cm AGATE SECTION Tabajaran mine, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil H . 28 in - W. 25.5 in

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Lot n° 36

FOSSIL STINGRAY AND FISH PLAQUE Heliobatus...

FOSSIL STINGRAY AND FISH PLAQUE Heliobatus radians Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA Fossil stingrays are quite rare due to the fact that they are a cartilaginous fish, a characteristic highly antipathetic to fossilization. On the rare occasions...

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Lot n° 37

SPINEL AND PARGASITE ON MATRIX...

SPINEL AND PARGASITE ON MATRIX Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam H. 35.5 in - W. 18.5 in This towering mass of snowy white crystalline marble is studded with many crystals of deep lime green prismatic crystals of pargasite as well as numerous octahedral...

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Lot n° 38

Fossil fish plate Lepisosteus Paleogenous,...

Fossil fish plate Lepisosteus Paleogenous, Eocene (53.5 to 48.5 MA) Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA H. 55 cm - L. 97 cm FOSSIL GARFISH Lepisosteus H. 21.6 in - W. 38.1 in. A very simple custom made hanging system is provided on the back...

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Lot n° 39

Gogotte Fontainebleau, France H....

Gogotte Fontainebleau, France H. 80 cm - L. 38 cm - P. 25 cm Natural sand concretion called "Gogotte" by geologists, formed within the geological formation of the "Sables de Fontainebleau" dated about 30 million years ago. Formed of tiny grains of quartz...

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Lot n° 40

Presentation of a couple of comets...

Presentation of a couple of comets from Madagascar H. 50 cm - W. 20,5 cm - D. 20,5 cm Together forever! The Comet moth (Argema mittrei) or Madagascan moon moth is an African moth, native to the rain forests of Madagascar. The male has a wingspan of twenty...

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Lot n° 41

AMMONITES BLOCK Coroniceras (Arietites) Pliensbachian,...

AMMONITES BLOCK Coroniceras (Arietites) Pliensbachian, Lower Jurassic France H. 56.5 cm - 63.5 cm AMMONITES BLOCK Coroniceras (Arietites) Pliensbachian, Lower Jurassic France H. 22 in - W. 24.8 in

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Lot n° 42

LARGE FOSSIL SEA LILY ASSEMBLAGE Seirocrinus...

LARGE FOSSIL SEA LILY ASSEMBLAGE Seirocrinus subangularis Lower Jurassic period Posidonienschiefer Formation Toarcium, Lias epsilon2, Holzmaden, Germany This exceptionally well-preserved group of four complete Sea Lilies epitomizes the natural beauty...

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Lot n° 43

AN EXCEPTIONAL ICHTHYOSAUR Stenopterygius...

AN EXCEPTIONAL ICHTHYOSAUR Stenopterygius hauffianus Lower Jurassic, Lias epsilon 2 – Approximately 195 million years old Posidonienschiefer Formation, Holzmaden/Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany This superb specimen of the great aquatic reptile is one of the...

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Lot n° 44

BLOCK OF FOSSIL SCALLOPS Gigantopectens...

BLOCK OF FOSSIL SCALLOPS Gigantopectens restitutensis Burdigalian, Miocene (23.5-20 MA) Lacoste quarry, Vaucluse, France H. 31.5 cm - W. 27 cm BLOCK OF FOSSIL SCALLOPS Gigantopectens restitutensis Burdigalian, Miocene (23.5-20 MA) Lacoste, Vaucluse, France...

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Lot n° 45

A scene that could happen in Australia!...

A scene that could happen in Australia! Because these two species are Australian: the frilled lizard is also called Australia’s Dragon. Characterized by this imposing flange that he deploys in case of danger in order to intimidate his opponents. It mainly...

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Lot n° 46

Transparent rock crystal sphere...

Transparent rock crystal sphere with inclusions of black tourmaline in a gyroscopic support Brazil H. 23,5 cm - W. 13 cm - D. 8 cm EXTRA CLEAR CRYSTAL SPHERE with inclusions of black tourmaline in a gyroscopic support Brazil H. 9 in

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Lot n° 47

UNUSUAL AMMONITE PAIR Crioceras...

UNUSUAL AMMONITE PAIR Crioceras curnieri & Olcostephanus sayni Cretaceous Provence Region, France An interesting pair of two different species of ammonites together on their original matrix. The grey hardstone matrix has been professionally carved and...

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Lot n° 48

PETRIFIED WOOD SLICE Magnolia sp. Oligocene...

PETRIFIED WOOD SLICE Magnolia sp. Oligocene Barisan Mountains, Sumatra, Indonesia This large superlative slab was cut from a petrified log 35 million year old. The beautiful earth-tone coloration is due to the high iron content in the mineralization process....

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Lot n° 49

Chameleon on white coral under...

Chameleon on white coral under globe Calyptratus and stylophora pistillata Solomon Islands H. 34,5 cm - D. 26 cm This magnificent animal standing on an "elk horn" coral is native to Yemen. The Veiled Chameleon -Chamaeleo calyptratus- can take almost any...

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Lot n° 50

Aepyornis egg Aepyornis Maximus...

Aepyornis egg Aepyornis Maximus Toliara region, Southern Madagascar Pleistocene, (100,000 - 10,000 ya) H. 32 cm ELEPHANT BIRD EGG Aepyornis maximus Pleistocene, (100,000 - 10,000 ya) Madagascar H. 12.5 in

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