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Auction 08 April 2024 BEAUTIFUL SALE OF ARCHEOLOGY, CIVILIZATION AND PAINTINGS - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Bid on the lot list Boscher Enchères : 08 April 2024 - <p>Exposition à l&#39;Hôtel des ventes de Cherbourg, sur rendez-vous du 1er au 5 avril, puis de 14h à 18h le vendredi 5 avril et de 10h à 12h et de 14h à 18h le samedi 6 avril.</p> Hôtel des Ventes de Cherbourg - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

BEAUTIFUL SALE OF ARCHEOLOGY, CIVILIZATION AND PAINTINGS

Monday 08 April 2024 - 09:30 (CEST) - Live
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Lot n° 1 

Egyptian meteorite Gebel KamiLength...

Egyptian meteorite Gebel KamiLength : 4.5 cm. Weight: 59 g. Nickel-rich ataxite. The first impact crater discovered in Egypt, February 19, 2009. East Uweinat Desert. Diameter: 45 m. Total mass: 1,600 kg. Fall dated to around 5,000 years ago. For the ancient...

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Lot n° 2 

Campo del Cielo" meteorite. Campo1....

Campo del Cielo" meteorite. Campo1. Octahedrite-type iron-nickel meteorite. Fall dated to around 4500 years ago. At least 20 craters. Fragments over 60 kms. El Chaco / Santiago del Estero provinces. Argentina. Length: 4 cm. Weight: 40 g.

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Lot n° 3 

Three "Campo del Cielo" meteorites...

Three "Campo del Cielo" meteorites mounted as pendants. Campo2. Argentina. Length: 1.5/1.7 cm approx. Total weight: 11.7 g approx.

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Lot n° 3. 2 

A chondrite meteorite. This meteorite...

A chondrite meteorite. This meteorite comes from inter-asteroid collisions. Weight: 161.02 g.

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Lot n° 4 

Meteorites. Pallasite from Kenya....

Meteorites. Pallasite from Kenya. Polished rectangular plate. Yellow-orange olivine crystals embedded in an iron-nickel core. Stabilized by a protective film of epoxy resin. Sericho, Kenya. 6.5 x 3.5 x 0.8 cm approx. Weight: 36 g approx.

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Lot n° 5 

Meteorites. Beautiful oriented...

Meteorites. Beautiful oriented Saharan chondrite. Sahara. 5.2 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm. Weight: 103 g.

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Lot n° 6 

Meteorites. Beautiful oriented...

Meteorites. Beautiful oriented Saharan chondrite (Ch1). Sahara. 7.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm. Weight: 287 g.

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Lot n° 7 

Minerals. Natural aquamarine with...

Minerals. Natural aquamarine with dissolution phases. Former French collection. Conseilhero Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm. Presentation on base.

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Lot n° 8 

Minerals. Natural Fontainebleau...

Minerals. Natural Fontainebleau gogotte. Stable on two natural feet, a beautifully rounded composition in the spirit of Botero. White sandstone concretions, now collector's items, with unique and atypical shapes, highly prized by Louis XIV at Versailles....

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Lot n° 9 

Minerals. Important cobalto-calcite...

Minerals. Important cobalto-calcite flesh from Morocco. Magnificent deep flesh pink color. Bou-Azzer mine, Ouarzazate. 18 x 10 x 5 cm. Weight: 153 g.

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Lot n° 10 

Minerals. Beautiful natural nugget...

Minerals. Beautiful natural nugget of pure native copper. Michigan, USA. 13.5 x 12 cm. Weight : 706 g. A highly sought-after quality of metal.

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Lot n° 11 

Minerals. Beautiful vanadinite...

Minerals. Beautiful vanadinite with large crystals. Mibladen, Morocco. 14 x 9 x 8 cm. Weight: 760 g.

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Lot n° 12 

Minerals. Beautiful Chinese mottled...

Minerals. Beautiful Chinese mottled calcite with red ghosts. Former French collection. Depleted mine at Leiping, Chenzhou, Hunan. Length: 20 cm. Weight: 1165 g.

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Lot n° 13 

Minerals. Polished labradorite...

Minerals. Polished labradorite block with electric-blue iridescence. Sawed-off base for stable vertical display. Madagascar. Height Height : 14.5 cm. Weight: 130 g approx.

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Lot n° 14 

Minerals. Magnificent fluorite...

Minerals. Magnificent fluorite with light purple crystals on a bed of quartz and barite flakes. A refined piece with attractive cubes up to 2 cm in length. Polished sawn base for stable presentation. Prestigious provenance: former La Cabana mine, Berbes....

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Lot n° 15 

Minerals. Rhodochrosite. Finely...

Minerals. Rhodochrosite. Finely polished plate. Argentina. Length: 6.5 cm.

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Lot n° 16 

Minerals. Large bouquet of quartz....

Minerals. Large bouquet of quartz. Brazil. Natural rock crystal of great purity. Height 12 cm. Length : 19 cm. Weight: 2.86 kg.

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Lot n° 17 

Minerals. Intense blue lapis lazuli....

Minerals. Intense blue lapis lazuli. Polished tabular block. Semiprecious stone sought after in this intense hue. Afghanistan. Length: 12.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm approx. Weight: 600 g approx.

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Lot n° 18 

Fossils. Fish on limestone slab....

Fossils. Fish on limestone slab. Priscacara cerrata. 4 - 55 million years old. In this extinct genus, a rare species with a sunfish-like body and strong dorsal and caudal spines. Green river formation. Kemmerer. Wyoming. Lower Eocene. Former American...

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Lot n° 19 

Fossils. Tooth of giant shark Megalodon....

Fossils. Tooth of giant shark Megalodon. Carcharodon Otodus megalodon. 4 - 23 million years old. As is (consolidation of use). Miocene to Pliocene. Indonesia. Height. 10.5 cm.

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Lot n° 20 

Fossils. A rare and very ancient...

Fossils. A rare and very ancient group of fossil starfish. Petraster sp. Protopaleaster sp. Ascocystis sp. 450 million years old. One main plate and three individual specimens. Rare petrified glimpse of the primary era seabed. Fossilization in fine detail....

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Lot n° 21 

Fossils. Large dental cobble, unique...

Fossils. Large dental cobble, unique mouth plate of a shellfish crusher. Eodiaphydus granulosus. 66 to 72 million years old. Fine detail, well preserved. Unusual dentition of a contemporary fish of the Mosasaurs, emblematic of the Maastrichtian of Khouribga,...

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Lot n° 22 

Fossils. Five globular teeth of...

Fossils. Five globular teeth of Mosasaurus Globidens, one connected to a jaw. 66 - 72 million years ago. Predatory marine reptile, 6 meters long. Powerful jaw adapted for crushing the shells of small turtles and the shells of ammonites, nautiluses and...

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Lot n° 23 

Fossils. Beautiful polished sawn...

Fossils. Beautiful polished sawn ammonite. 100 million years old. Beautiful crystallized lodges. Albian, Lower Cretaceous. Mahajanga. Madagascar. Length: 16.5 cm.

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Lot n° 24 

Fossils. Mosasaur jaw (Mosasaurus...

Fossils. Mosasaur jaw (Mosasaurus anceps). 65 million years old. Two connected teeth (visible height approx. 6 cm), two visible teeth in formation. Large marine reptile predator contemporary with the dinosaurs, up to 15 meters long. As is (consolidation...

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Lot n° 25 

Fossils. Polished nautilus fossil....

Fossils. Polished nautilus fossil. 110 million years old. Albian, Lower Cretaceous. Mahajunga, Madagascar. Length: 5.6 cm.

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Lot n° 26 

Fossils. Rare dinosaur egg. Hadrosauridae....

Fossils. Rare dinosaur egg. Hadrosauridae. 73 million years old. On its natural gangue of red sandstone. Bipedal duck-billed dinosaur. Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous. Probably Kaoguo formation. Ysan. Hubei, China. Former French collection. 13 x 12 x...

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Lot n° 27 

Fossils. Rare dinosaur footprint....

Fossils. Rare dinosaur footprint. Grallator sauclierensis. Natural counterprint. 200 million years old. Known only by its footprints, the theropod, standing on its two three-toed hind legs, must have reached 3 to 4 meters in height. Hettangian, Lower...

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Lot n° 28 

Fossils. Magnificent Spinosaurus...

Fossils. Magnificent Spinosaurus tooth with root (Spinosaurus aegypticus). 94 - 100 million years old. Very well preserved, now rare. Beautiful patina. The largest known predatory dinosaur: crocodile-like head, fine, sharp teeth, first known dinosaur...

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Lot n° 29 

Fossils. British Ammonite Asteroceras....

Fossils. British Ammonite Asteroceras. 200 million years old. In its natural hard schist matrix. Base sawn and polished for stable presentation. Jurassic. Provenance: depleted Coningsby quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK. Former British collection....

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Lot n° 30 

Fossils. Exceptional tooth of Tyrannosaurus...

Fossils. Exceptional tooth of Tyrannosaurus Carcharodontosaurus (Carcharodontosaurus saharicus). 93 - 98 million years old. Extremely rare in size and quality. The African T-Rex, a fearsome theropod measuring 12 meters and 6 tons. Its sharp, ridged teeth...

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Lot n° 31 

Fossils. Three fossil fish. A duo...

Fossils. Three fossil fish. A duo of Dapalis and a Knightia. Provence and Wyoming.

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Lot n° 32 

Fossils. Tooth of giant shark Megalodon....

Fossils. Tooth of giant shark Megalodon. Carcharodon Otodus megalodon. 4 - 23 million years old. As is (consolidation of use). Miocene to Pliocene. Indonesia. Height. 11.5 cm.

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Lot n° 33 

Fossil Beautiful iridescent ammonite....

Fossil Beautiful iridescent ammonite. 100 million years old. Lower Cretaceous, Albian. Mahajanga. Madagascar. Length: 9 cm.

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Lot n° 34 

Fossils. Rare pine cone fossil...

Fossils. Rare pine cone fossil in limestone nodule. 16 - 20 million years old. Fossil strobile. Conifers. Pinaceae family. Pinus sp. Fossilized scales in fine detail. Indication of origin "Sardinia" (probably Nureci, province of Oristano). Burdigalien,...

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Lot n° 35 

Fossils. Six gem-quality iridescent...

Fossils. Six gem-quality iridescent ammonites. 100 million years old. Lower Cretaceous, Albian. Mahajanga, Madagascar. Length: approx. 3 cm.

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Lot n° 36 

A rare theropod dinosaur tooth....

A rare theropod dinosaur tooth. Approximately 100 million years old. Length: 16.9 cm.

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Lot n° 37 

A flint spear point. Predynastic...

A flint spear point. Predynastic era, 4th millennium B.C. "Mer rouge" inscription. Length: 11.9 cm.

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Lot n° 38 

Archaeology. Prehistory. Early...

Archaeology. Prehistory. Early Saharan Palaeolithic. Magnificent chopping tool. Circa 500,000 to 1 million years ago. Quartzite pebble with six bifacial retouches, eolian patina. Length: 15 x 12 x 7 cm approx. Weight: 1.6 kg. One of mankind's oldest tools....

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Lot n° 39 

Prehistory. Early Saharan Palaeolithic....

Prehistory. Early Saharan Palaeolithic. Biface in black quartzite, a remarkably hard stone. Length: 14.3 cm. Early Acheulean.

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Lot n° 39. 2 

A carved flint dagger. In the Upper...

A carved flint dagger. In the Upper Paleolithic tradition. Length: 11 cm.

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Lot n° 40 

Prehistory. Saharan Neolithic....

Prehistory. Saharan Neolithic. Three rare white quartz ornaments. 5,000 to 10,000 years old. Height 1.8 to 3 cm. Diameter: 3.5 to 4 cm. These enigmatic precious objects, in the shape of cylindrical pegs, are interpreted as labrets. Former Belgian collection....

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Lot n° 41 

Prehistory. Saharan Neolithic....

Prehistory. Saharan Neolithic. Two rare hardstone ovoid pendants, prehistoric ornaments. Length: 5 and 6.5 cm. Ref. Eckard Klenkler. "Sahara. Material culture of early communities. Prehistoric artifacts". pp.376-377

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Lot n° 42 

A gold plate depicting a crouching...

A gold plate depicting a crouching Thoth (Baboon). Egypt, Saite or Ptolemaic period (663/332 B.C.). Height 1.5 cm high. Provenance : Hôtel Drouot 14.03.1963.

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Lot n° 43 

Small ointment glass. Egypt X/XIII...

Small ointment glass. Egypt X/XIII A.D. Height 3.5 cm high

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Lot n° 44 

Large inscribed Ouschebti style....

Large inscribed Ouschebti style. Frit or other. 9 registers of hieroglyphs on the ventral column. Length: 18 cm.

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Lot n° 45 

An ovoid calcite vase. New Empire...

An ovoid calcite vase. New Empire to Low Period, 1539 to 332 B.C. Height 9.2 cm.

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Lot n° 46 

Lot of five amulets including 2...

Lot of five amulets including 2 oudja eyes, a Bes god, an arrowhead and a bone jewel. Egypt, 4th to 1st millennium B.C.

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Lot n° 47 

A gold plate representing a cartouche....

A gold plate representing a cartouche. Egypt, Saite or Ptolemaic period (663/332 B.C.). Height 3.2 cm high. Provenance : Hôtel Drouot 14.03.1963.

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Lot n° 48 

Egypt. Statuette of Isis lactans...

Egypt. Statuette of Isis lactans de style, the goddess Isis suckling the young god Horus. Bronze with dark patina. Low Ep. style. Length: 9.8 cm with wooden base. Pen label attached. Former French Alcide Teynac collection.

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