23rd Feb, 2023 14:00
Cabinet of Curiosities Part II: From the Depths
A VARIED AND ATTRACTIVE GROUP OF SHELLS
VARIED AND ATTRACTIVE GROUP OF SHELLS,
including giant barnacles, Megabalanus psittachus, with single valve of oyster Lophia cristagalli atached, South America, 18cm wide, two similar smaller examples; rainbow abalone or paua, Haliotis iris, New Zealand, 15cm wide; disk abalone, Haliotis discus, N. China Sea; a smaller donkey's ear abalone, a great green turban, two agatised gastropods and five smaller shells
Provenance: the collection of Dr. J. Gordon Todd MBChB FRCA.
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Sold for £100
Estimated at £30 - £50
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