Two Day Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities - ONLINE ONLY

A 19th century Derbyshire fluorspar egg, probably Crich, 7cm long; another 19th century geology specimen egg, Derbyshire fossil marble, [2]

A 19th century treen whistle, 6cm long; others, horn and stag antler (3)

A Black Forest cabinet carving, of a squirrel, 8cm high, c.1900; another, of a bear, on all fours, 10cm long; another (3)

A Black Forest novelty coat hook, carved as an owl, glass eyes, 14cm long, early 20th century

A coral necklace, composed of rustic specimens, 42cm long

A pair of early 20th century gilt bronze country house wall plaques, as stags' heads, oak mounts, 16cm long

A substantial collection of 18th century and later gentleman's pipes and pipe bowls, various media but the majority clay, occasional archaeologica...

Angling - a 20th century steel-tipped bamboo fishing priest, by Fosters Bros, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, ring suspension and leather strap, the kosh i...

Antiquities - a large archaeological collection of Roman, Medieval, and post-Medieval domestic pottery shards, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, ink M...

Dendrology - an interesting didactic collection of timber specimens, by Fitchett & Woollacott Ltd, Nottingham, each numbered and with a correspond...

Geology - Three amethyst quartz egg shaped specimens, 4cm long; a canvas pouch (4)

Natural History - a black branch coral specimen, mounted for display, 18cm high

Natural History - a crustacean specimen, crab, mounted for display, 14cm wide

Natural History - a grooved brain coral (diploria labyrithiformis) specimen, mounted for display, 30cm high

Natural History - Dendrology - a globular desk weight, containing samples of fossilised wood, ebonised base, 13cm high

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, a large tray collection of British ammonites, various shapes and sizes, from the Whitby Jurassic coastli...

Taxidermy - a Victorian arrangement of birds, naturalistically mounted amongst grasses, ferns and moss, glazed ebonised case, paper label to vers...

Travel and the South Seas - a hardwood carving, of a turtle, stamped to the plastron ?Pitcairn Island?, 15.5cm long

Geology - a collection of egg shaped specimens, including fluorspar, alabaster, onyx and other stones and marbles, the largest 8cm long

Geology and Natural History - a collection of specimen samples and fragments, various stones, red jasper (with ink ms. label), agate, ammonite fos...

Natural History - a a grooved brain coral (diploria labyrithiformis) specimen, mounted for display, 16cm high; other coral specimens (3)

Natural History - a collection of geological and conchological specimens, arranged in a 19th century French brass mounted box, 21.5cm wide

Natural History - a collection of prehistoric sharks' teeth; a 19th century mahogany box, 12.5cm wide ...[more]

Natural History - a coral specimen, mounted for display, 26cm high overall

Natural History - a coral specimen, mounted for display, 26cm wide

Natural History - a denticulated fish, mounted for display, 49cm long

Natural History - a grooved brain coral (diploria labyrithiformis) pillar specimen, 20cm high, mounted for display, 25cm high

Natural History - a 'herbarium' arrangement of pressed and mounted seaweed specimens, each annotated in hand manuscript, 35.5cm x 55.5cm overall, ...

Natural History - a 'herbarium' arrangement of seaweed samples, each annotated in ink manuscript, 24cm x 33.5cm

Natural History - a porcupine puffer fish (diodon holocanthus), 7cm long, mounted for display

Natural History - a ram's skull and horns, a few molar teeth present, 42cm wide

Natural History - Conchology, a collection of large conch and other sea shells, various forms and shapes, [qty]

Natural History - Conchology, a collection of seashells, including conch, murex, cones, scallops, cowries, etc., various forms, sizes and hues, bo...

Natural History - Geology - a didactic teaching collection of geological samples and plaster illustrative models, by Gregory, Bottley & Co, Chelse...

Natural History - Geology, a Peruvian pyrite sphere, enclosing geometric formations, 6cm diam, [1]

Natural History - Geology, Mineralogy - an opaque and transparent white quartz geode, 17cm wide; a citrine specimen, quartz and dendritic pink-hue...

Natural History - Geology, Mineralogy - Local Interest - a Derbyshire Blue John mineral, Cliff Blue Vein, the fluorite with calcite and quartz, 8....

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology - a British baby woolly mammoth partial-tusk (Mammuthus primigenius), 52cm long, Dredged from Brown Bank,...

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, an African ammonite (Dichotomoscphinctes antecedens), 21cm diam, Majunga, Madagascar, Oxfordian, Middle...

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, a British baby woolly mammoth tooth molar (Mammuthus primigenius), 15cm wide, Dredged from Brown Bank, o...

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, an African ammonite (Cleoniceras besairiei), bi-sected and polished, the matrixes enclosing crystalline ...

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, an African ammonite, 26cm diam, Agadir, Morocco, Cretaceous period, 100 million years old, [1]

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, an African bi-section of silicified wood, from a monkey puzzle tree (Dadoxylon sp.), the top of the foss...

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, an African theropod dinosaur tooth (Carnosaur), 4.5cm long, Tegana Formation, Aptian, Kem Kem Basin, Mor...

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, an American megalodon fossil shark tooth (Otodus (Carcharcoles), 13cm long, 10.5cm wide, Charleston Area...

Natural History - Geology, Palaeontology, an American megalodon fossil shark tooth (Otodus (Carcharcoles), traces of encrusted coral, 12cm long, 1...

Natural History - Geology, Paleontology - a fossilized wood, of sculptural form, 39cm high

Natural History - Geology, Paleontology - a woolly mammoth (mammathus primigenius) skull section, 27cm x 12cm, Brown Bank Area, Southern North Sea...

Natural History - Geology, Paleontology - an Andalusiana (Cambropallas) trilobite fossil, 19cm long, Western Sahara Desert, Morocco, Africa, Cambr...

Natural History - Palaeontology - an ammonite fossil, mounted for display, 13cm high overall; others (3)

Natural History - Palaeontology, a British partial woolly rhino skull (Coelodonta antiquitatis), 51cm long, Devensian, Pleistocene Ice Age, Thames...

Natural History - Paleontology - an ammonite fossil , mounted for display, 10.5cm high overall

Natural History - Paleontology - an ammonite fossil, 10cm x 9.5cm, mounted for display, 17cm high overall

Taxidermy - a coral specimen, 11.5cm diam, mounted for display; another (2)

Taxidermy - a fox head, its mouth formed in a snarl, oak shield-shaped mount, suspension loop, 28cm high, c. 1900

Taxidermy - a pair of 14-point stag antlers, reputedly from Exmoor, Devon, 78cm long, [2]

Taxidermy - a Victorian barn owl, naturistically modelled, glass case, 43cm high, c.1900

Taxidermy - an arrangement of domestic birds, comprising a pair of kingfishers and a snipe, naturalistically mounted and arranged among faux grass...

Taxidermy - an early 20th century barn owl, holding a sparrow, its prey, in its beak, naturalistically mounted, glazed ebonised case, 40cm x 27cmP...

Antiquities - a collection of archaeological and metal-detecting finds, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, Roman and onwards, ink MS collector's label,...