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Lot 45
Fossil: An exceptionally rare and large positive and negative impression of a Stenophlabus sp. Dragonfly (Cymatophlebia longialata) Solnhofen, Germany, Jurassic with dendrites around plate edge specimen 12cm.; 5ins by 19cm.; 7½ins Solnhofen in Germany is one of the most famous and important fossil localities in the world, and it is from here that the celebrated Archaeopteryx (the first known bird) was found. The quarries around Solnhofen were originally mined for the beautiful lithographic slate they contained and the process of lithography was invented using this stone. While digging, the quarrymen often came across the remains of a variety of different creatures perfectly preserved in the rock. Small dinosaurs, crocodiles, pterosaurs, plants, sea urchins, fish and sometimes - although very rarely - even insects, like the dragonfly offered here.
Lot 54
Fossil: A large Palm Eocene period 55 million year old 202cm.; 80ins high by 157cm.; 62ins wide. specimen 154cm.; 61ins high A truly wonderful palm frond from the famous Green River formations of Wyoming. Because of its intrinsic fragility, vegetable matter is rarely reserved in the fossil record; usually it decays long before the conditions are right for fossilization. The Eocene deposits known as the Green River Formations are one of the few places where plant remains were covered by silt quickly enough to enable their preservation. Yet even here palm fronds are rare, and ones of this size and quality exceptionally so. Even when present in the rocks, their thin, delicate structure means that they remain hidden between layers of sediment and they are only found in the most unusual of circumstances. If by chance they are found the remains are usually fragmentary. The very few spectacular examples of the kind offered here are highly sought after.
Lot 45
Fossil: An exceptionally rare and large positive and negative impression of a Stenophlabus sp. Dragonfly (Cymatophlebia longialata) Solnhofen, Germany, Jurassic with dendrites around plate edge specimen 12cm.; 5ins by 19cm.; 7½ins Solnhofen in Germany is one of the most famous and important fossil localities in the world, and it is from here that the celebrated Archaeopteryx (the first known bird) was found. The quarries around Solnhofen were originally mined for the beautiful lithographic slate they contained and the process of lithography was invented using this stone. While digging, the quarrymen often came across the remains of a variety of different creatures perfectly preserved in the rock. Small dinosaurs, crocodiles, pterosaurs, plants, sea urchins, fish and sometimes - although very rarely - even insects, like the dragonfly offered here.
Lot 54
Fossil: A large Palm Eocene period 55 million year old 202cm.; 80ins high by 157cm.; 62ins wide. specimen 154cm.; 61ins high A truly wonderful palm frond from the famous Green River formations of Wyoming. Because of its intrinsic fragility, vegetable matter is rarely reserved in the fossil record; usually it decays long before the conditions are right for fossilization. The Eocene deposits known as the Green River Formations are one of the few places where plant remains were covered by silt quickly enough to enable their preservation. Yet even here palm fronds are rare, and ones of this size and quality exceptionally so. Even when present in the rocks, their thin, delicate structure means that they remain hidden between layers of sediment and they are only found in the most unusual of circumstances. If by chance they are found the remains are usually fragmentary. The very few spectacular examples of the kind offered here are highly sought after.
Lot 143
A Standish mahogany 12 drawer entomologial cabinet and collection circa 1870 100cm.; high by 53cm.; 21ins wide by 47cm.; 18½ins deep drawer size 46cm.; 18ins wide by 41cm.; 16ins deep by 6cm.; 2½ins high This cabinet contains a recently assembled collection of colourful and extraordinary butterflies, moths, beetle, scorpions and other insects and spiders. The Victorian era was truly the great age of discovery, the world was becoming a smaller and the push was on to uncover all of nature’s great secrets. Pioneers ranged across the planet looking for new species and evidence of those long lost. Every type of creature, mineral, fossil and plant became ‘collectable’, some of their sheer beauty, some which had yet to be named and added to the ever increasing lists and some for the economic benefits to be gleaned from their discovery and management. The wealthy and learned were predominant in their need to discover, name and possess specimens. Those who discovered species or examples of nature’s creations had them named after themselves and vast reference collections were formed and prized not only by the major institutions but by private collectors too. These were times when natural history collections marked out the status in society of those who owned them. Following naturally from this pursuit it became imperative that suitable ways of housing collections were created and a whole industry evolved engaged in the manufacture of ‘collectors cabinets’. The ‘cabinet of curiosities’ was born. The quality and precision with which this specialised furniture was created was second to none! British cabinet makers were at the forefront of this revolution. Hundreds of years of skill and ability contributed to the production of fine and beautiful cabinets built from the finest materials the planet could offer. Wealthy collectors would commission series of cabinets styled to grace their beautiful homes. Museums employed high skilled cabinet makers to create the settings for their collections and to build cabinets that would not just protect the items within by would look magnificent in these ‘temples of knowledge’. Today these pieces of furniture would be impossible to make to such a standard, the skills are not there and the materials are no longer available. Cabinets once used to protect and display entomological or other collections ‘crossover’ very neatly to other collecting pursuits. It is possible to buy examples of this golden age of cabinet making for a fraction of what it would cost today to even try to emulate the standards of the original makers.
Lot 205
Disney Pixar Toy Story Toys. 3x Mattel ? Power Boost Buzz Lightyear. Plus a Buzz Lightyear cuddle toy. Plus a Woody similar. Thinkway RC Free Wheel Buggy. A Fossil collectors watch. Large 3-eyed Alien back pack. And similar ?World of Ice? figure. Buzz and Alien plastic tumbler and mugs. Russian doll style decreasing size wooden set. Pull Toy Slinky Jr Dog, Bo Peep etc. Plus approx 30 various other items including a stationary set, ZAP Ltd ?Toy Story? curtains, plus duvet cover and pillow case set. Many boxed/packeted. All VGC-Mint. See the-saleroom.com
Lot 206
Disney Pixar Toy Story Toys. 2x Mattel large scale Buzz Lightyear (65cm tall). Plus a game ?Toys Awaaaay?. 2x Fossil collectors watches. A Christmas Collection picture frame. Plus 15 English/French issue packeted toys by Thinkway and Lansay, including ? Action Figure ? Figurine Articulee Solar Buzz Lightyear with rocket action, Rex with moving legs, neck, etc. Hamm with coin action. Knock-Down Woody. Stealth Buzz Lightyear. Infrared Buzz Lightyear. Alien and a Fighter Woody, etc. Many boxed/packeted. All VGC-Mint. See the-saleroom.com
Lot 267
Natural History of New York. Geology of New York. Part I This large and informative book is the report of the survey for the First Geological District and contains 46 beautiful lithographic plates (39 hand colored) at the back of the report with 653 pp. of text and an appendix describing the plates. The 1st Geological District comprises twenty-one counties in southeastern New York, and extends from the north end of Washington county between Lakes Champlain and George, southwesterly to the Susquehannah River; so as to include the counties of Washington, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Delaware, and all east and south of this line. The geology and economic deposits of counties encompassed by this area are all described in the report. The report devotes considerable space to a discussion of stratigraphy and glacial drift. Although Mather did not accept Agassiz`s ice sheet glacial theory (he adopted an iceberg interpretation), his data on erratic boulders and other glacial features was so complete that later geologists were able use this information to reconstruct the backbone of Long Island as the terminal moraine of a great continental ice sheet. The report contains classic views of New York features (Saratoga Springs and Howe`s Cave), many early drawings of fossils, and numerous plates showing geological and topographical features, cross-sections, profiles, and maps, most in color. The volume is complete with all plates and the large folding geological map is present. Quarto, hardbound in original brown cloth with fossil graphic on front cover. Bound into the book is Mather`s large folding Geological Map of Long & Staten Islands... ( 50 x 22.5"") that was based on the surveys of J. Calvin Smith. This colorful geological map depicts 8 different geologic types and covers Long Island, Staten Island and the greater environs of the New York City area. At lower-right is an inset of New York Island or Manhattan. Editions of this book with the map still attached are quite scarce. Maps, plates, and text are generally bright and clean with occasional spots of foxing. The large folding map of Long Island is lightly toned with faint offsetting and a 2.5"" binding tear at left. Covers are lightly rubbed with some wear along spine edges. The spine is cracked and nearly detached. 12"" W x 9.5"" H Mather, W. W. 1843
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