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Auction 21 November 2023 AN AMATEUR'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES - Paris

Bid on the lot list Eve : 21 November 2023 - TOUS LES LOTS DESCENDENT AU MAGASINAGE DE DROUOT A L'ISSUE DE LA VENTE(SERVICE PAYANT à partir de 10h le 22 Novembre).NOUS INFORMONS NOS ACHETEURS QUE LES LOTS ACQUIS DANS CETTE VACATION ET NON RETIRES LE JOUR DE LA VENTE OU LE 22 novembre ENTRE 8H00 ET 10H00 EN SALLE 7 SERONT CONFIES au MAGASINAGE de Drouot. Ce service est à la charge de l'acheteur. FRAIS de dossier dès le 1er jour et FRAIS de stockage à partir du 3e jour ouvréPour plus de renseignements sur les frais appliqués : 6 bis, rue Rossini - 75009 Paris - FranceTél. +33 (0)1 48 00 20 18<a href="mailto:magasinage@drouot.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">magasinage@drouot.com</a> VENTEHÔTEL DROUOT9 rue Drouot, 75009 ParisMardi 21 novembre 2023à 13h30SALLE 7 EXPOSITIONSSamedi 18 novembre11h -18hLundi 20 novembre11h-18hMardi 21 novembre11h-12h Téléphone pendant l’exposition:01 48 00 20 07 EXPERTSOlivier Boilly7 rue des chrysanthèmes59700 MARCQ EN BAROEULEntomologiste et régisseur des collectionsau musée d’histoire naturelle de LilleExpert en Histoire Naturelle06 98 80 44 67ob_entomologie@yahoo.comwww.olivierboilly.comLOTS : 63-76,78,79,81-84,87,90-99,101-118 François EscuilliéEldonia9 avenue des Portes Occitanes03800 Gannat06 73 88 15 81eldonia@wanadoo.frLOTS : 20, 21, 36, 58-60, 62, 63-73, 75-86 Agnès WolinerExpert en Arts premiers06 26 12 44 96LOTS : 125-218 Alexis Renard5 rue des deux ponts75004 Paris01 44 07 33 02courrier@alexisrenard.comLOT : 243 Salle 7 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

AN AMATEUR'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Tuesday 21 November 2023 - 13:30 (CET) - Live

Salle 7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

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Lot n° 0. TEST 0

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Lot n° 1

three abalone shells L. 19, 18...

three abalone shells L. 19, 18 and 12 cm Plexiglass base

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Lot n° 2

TWO LARGE COQUILLES of pearl shells Dim.:...

TWO LARGE COQUILLES of pearl shells Dim.: 20 x 22 cm and 16 x 15 cm Plexiglass base

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Lot n° 3

LARGE COMMON PTEROCERAN SHELL ("Lambis...

LARGE COMMON PTEROCERAN SHELL ("Lambis lambis" or Seven Fingers) Dim. 34.5 x 20 x 13 cm Plexiglass base

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Lot n° 4

SET OF 5 COQUILLAGES including...

SET OF 5 COQUILLAGES including : - Three common pteroceres ("Lambis lambis" or Seven Fingers) - L.: between 11 and 25 cm - A "Cypraecassis rufa" red helmet (or bull's mouth helmet) - Dim.: 7.5 x 5 x 6 cm - A "Cassis" shell - Size: 10 x 7.5 x 6 cm

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Lot n° 5

SET OF 3 LARGE COQUILLAGES including...

SET OF 3 LARGE COQUILLAGES including : - A giant dolium (or fluted ton) "Tonna galea" - Dim.: 24 x 16.5 x 22 cm - A "Cassis flammea" helmet - Dim.: 20.5 x 14 x 16 cm - Lobatus gigas" conch - size: 25 x 21 x 12.5 cm

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Lot n° 6

SET OF 5 COQUILLAGES including...

SET OF 5 COQUILLAGES including : - A birch cone "Conus betulinus" - H. 12.5 cm - D. : 9 cm - A "Tonna perdrix" - Dim.: 13.5 x 9 x 7.5 cm - A red helmet (or bull's head helmet) "Cypraecassis rufa" - Size: 13.5 x 8 x 10 cm - A "Cassis cornuta" horned...

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Lot n° 7

3 CORNUS CASQUILLAGES "Cassis cornuta...

3 CORNUS CASQUILLAGES "Cassis cornuta L.: 26, 28.5 and 30.5 cm

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Lot n° 8

2 LARGE AUSTRALIAN TROMPET COQUILLAGE...

2 LARGE AUSTRALIAN TROMPET COQUILLAGE ("Syrinx aruanus") H. 36 and 38 cm Plexiglass base for one Australian trumpets are one of the world's largest species of sea snail, measuring up to 91 cm and weighing over 15 kg.

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Lot n° 9

LARGE AUSTRALIAN TROMPET COQUILLAGE...

LARGE AUSTRALIAN TROMPET COQUILLAGE ("Syrinx aruanus") H. 63 cm Black metal base Australian trumpets are one of the largest species of sea snails in the world, measuring up to 91 cm and weighing over 15 kg.

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Lot n° 10

SET OF 2 COQUILLAGES including...

SET OF 2 COQUILLAGES including : - A conch - Dim.: 26 x 21 x 16 cm - A murex ramosus - Dim. 26 x 16 x 20 cm

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Lot n° 11

TWO WHITE HALIOTIS (or abalone)...

TWO WHITE HALIOTIS (or abalone) shells L. 15 and 8.5 cm

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Lot n° 12

SET OF 10 COQUILLAGES including...

SET OF 10 COQUILLAGES including : - A conical shell "Trochus niloticus" - H. 7.5 cm - D. 8.5 cm - An Australian trumpet "Syrinx aruanus" - H. 15.5 cm - A "Harpa harpa" harp shell - H. 11 cm - A "Cymbiola imperialis" shell - H. 13.5 cm - A "Procardium...

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Lot n° 13

: SET OF 7 COQUILLAGES including...

: SET OF 7 COQUILLAGES including : - One black murex "Hexaplex nigritus" - Size: 12 x 10 x 9 cm (Plexiglass base) - Two murex - L. 7 and 17.5 cm - Four mottled shells "Cypraea pantherina" - L. between 7.5 and 8.5 cm

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Lot n° 14

SET OF 4 CORALS including : -...

SET OF 4 CORALS including : - A branch of "Acropora florida" coral - Dim.: 18 x 24 x 12 cm - A white shark cushion - D. 11.5 cm - Diploria labyrinthiformis" brain coral - Dim. 9.5 x 16 x 14 cm - A small bouquet of calcified coral - Dim. 10 x 6 x 5...

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Lot n° 15

3 white calcified coral corals L.:...

3 white calcified coral corals L.: 20, 22.5 and 35.5 cm

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Lot n° 16

2 SMALL "Gorgonacea" BLACK GORGONES Dim.:...

2 SMALL "Gorgonacea" BLACK GORGONES Dim.: 24 x 21.5 x 4 cm and 23 x 24 x 4 cm

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Lot n° 17

BLACK GORGONE "Gorgonacea Size:...

BLACK GORGONE "Gorgonacea Size: 58 x 43 x 12 cm

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Lot n° 18

SMALL BRANCH OF SEA WHIP Size:...

SMALL BRANCH OF SEA WHIP Size: 37 x 43 cm

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Lot n° 19

SET OF 7 SEA SPONGS of different...

SET OF 7 SEA SPONGS of different varieties, two of them calcified L. between 13 and 21 cm

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Lot n° 20

LARGE SPONGE Approx. H.: 66 cm...

LARGE SPONGE Approx. H.: 66 cm - D.: 62 cm

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Lot n° 21

PINK ARAGONITE BLOCK Approx. size:...

PINK ARAGONITE BLOCK Approx. size: 30.5 x 42 x 29 cm

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Lot n° 22

ROSE DES SABLES gypsum Dim.: 9...

ROSE DES SABLES gypsum Dim.: 9 x 27.5 x 11 cm

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Lot n° 23

LABRADORITE BLOCK with one polished...

LABRADORITE BLOCK with one polished face Dim.: 18.5 x 16.5 x 4 cm

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Lot n° 24

LABRADORITE BLOCK, polished Size:...

LABRADORITE BLOCK, polished Size: 27.5 x 16.5 x 6 cm

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Lot n° 25

LABRADORITE BLOCK, polished Size:...

LABRADORITE BLOCK, polished Size: 23 x 18 x 6.5 cm

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Lot n° 26

SLICE OF RED AGATE D. approx....

SLICE OF RED AGATE D. approx. 10 cm

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Lot n° 27

BROWN AGATE SLICE with white quartz...

BROWN AGATE SLICE with white quartz inclusions Dim.: 15.5 x 21 x 0.5 cm Plexiglass base

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Lot n° 28

BLACK AGATE SLICE Size: 13 x 16...

BLACK AGATE SLICE Size: 13 x 16 x 0.5 cm Stained wood base

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Lot n° 29

Polished RUSSIAN AGATE BLOCK H....

Polished RUSSIAN AGATE BLOCK H. 22 cm

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Lot n° 30

HALF-POLISHED BLUE AGATE WITH WHITE...

HALF-POLISHED BLUE AGATE WITH WHITE QUARTZ cut in two to form a bookend Dim.: 10.5 x 8.5 x 7.5 cm

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Lot n° 31

BLOCK OF ORBICULAR GREEN AND PINK...

BLOCK OF ORBICULAR GREEN AND PINK AGATE with small cavities revealing quartz crystals Size: 16.5 x 9 x 4 cm

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Lot n° 32

polished dendritic agate block...

polished dendritic agate block Dim. 21 x 24 x approx. 6 cm Plexiglass base

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Lot n° 33

BLOCK OF AGATE, brown JASPE and...

BLOCK OF AGATE, brown JASPE and polished ochre Size: 21 x 14 x 9 cm

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Lot n° 34

TWO LARGE freeform polished AGATE...

TWO LARGE freeform polished AGATE JASPE BLOCKS H. 35.5 and 36.5 cm

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Lot n° 35

BLOCK OF AGATE JASPE polished gray...

BLOCK OF AGATE JASPE polished gray and ochre Size: 58 x 30 x 7 cm

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Lot n° 36

RETICULATED JASPE BLOCK polished...

RETICULATED JASPE BLOCK polished D. 66 x 76 cm Black metal base

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Lot n° 37

LAZULI LAPIS BLOCK polished with...

LAZULI LAPIS BLOCK polished with two layers of pyrite inclusions H. 13 cm Plexiglass base

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Lot n° 38

Polished LAZULI LAPIS BLOCK with...

Polished LAZULI LAPIS BLOCK with pyrite inclusions Size: 25.5 x 17 x 6 cm

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Lot n° 39

SET OF 14 SMALL CRYSTALS AND MINERALS...

SET OF 14 SMALL CRYSTALS AND MINERALS including : - Green apophyllite on stilbite - Size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm (plexiglass base) - Aragonite - Size: 10 x 8 x 4 cm - Lapis lazuli - Dim. 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm (Plexiglas base) - White quartz with rutile inclusions...

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Lot n° 40

AZURITE BLOCK with malachite inclusions...

AZURITE BLOCK with malachite inclusions Dim.: 8.5 x 14 x 10 cm

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Lot n° 41

2 MALACHITE BLOCKS, one with one...

2 MALACHITE BLOCKS, one with one polished side mounted on a base, the other unpolished Dim.: 14 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm and 14 x 8.5 x 3 cm

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Lot n° 42

SET OF 3 CARVED MALACHITE OBJECTS...

SET OF 3 CARVED MALACHITE OBJECTS including : - A round covered vegetable dish (H.: 13 cm - D.: 20.5 cm) - A Buick Roadster car from the 1920s/1930s mounted on a plexiglass base (L. total: 24 cm) (Minor restoration) - A carved egg (H.: 9 cm)

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Lot n° 43

SET OF 3 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS...

SET OF 3 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS including : - Malachite with azurite inclusions - Dim.: 6 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm - A white quartz with tourmaline and mica inclusions - Dim.: 8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm - A carborandite - Size: 13.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm Stained wood bases

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Lot n° 44

SET OF 3 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS...

SET OF 3 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS including : - A rough block including malachite, azurite and calcite - Dim.: 7 x 19 x 10 cm - A block of rose quartz - Dim. 11 x 15 x 9 cm - A pink steatite (probably) - Size: 12 x 10 x 7 cm - (black metal base)

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Lot n° 45

MINERAL BLOCK WITH PINK COBALTOCALCITE...

MINERAL BLOCK WITH PINK COBALTOCALCITE D. 23 x 15 x 12 cm

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Lot n° 46

BOX CONTAINING A COLLECTION OF...

BOX CONTAINING A COLLECTION OF SMALL MINERALS, CRYSTALS AND FOSSILS such as quartz, agate, azurite, goethite, aragonite, citrine, ammonite, trilobite... Box size: 5 x 32 x 41 cm

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Lot n° 47

SET OF 2 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS...

SET OF 2 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS including : - A dumortierite - Dim. 10 x 15 x 11 cm - A set of kyanite crystals on quartz matrix - D. 7.5 x 17, x 8 cm

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Lot n° 48

SET OF 2 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS...

SET OF 2 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS including : - A white quartz topped with lilac mica leaves - Dim.: 11.5 x 7 x 8 cm - A block of black sphalerite, mica, quartz and calcite - Size: 8.5 x 11 x 8 cm (hole for base mounting)

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Lot n° 49

SET OF 4 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS...

SET OF 4 MINERALS AND CRYSTALS including : - Partly polished amazonite - Size: 16.5 x 8 x 4 cm - Dioptase in its gangue - Size: 8.5 x 13 x 9 cm - Chrysocolla turquoise - size: 11 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm - Apatite - Size: 4.5 x 9 x 5.5 cm 2 POLISHED TURQUOISE...

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