| Category: | Auctions - Antiques & collectibles |
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| Position: | Id: 26926680 · Catalog number: 11-05364 · Ware in house 2 |
| Termin: | Auction at 28.11.2026 · Begin: 10:00:00 Balance time 18 days and 14 hours and 5 minutes Preview: 17.11.26 |
| Limit: | 450,- € |
| Beschreibung | rare and large fossil of a bonefish "Altractosteus straussi" of the cavern Messel,approx. 49 Mio. years old, optimally preserved, extraordinary fine details of embossed bone structure erkennbar, l excavation finding of the year 1972; primed by the relaying-synthetic- Transfer-Methode primed, dimension of the Fossils 32 x 6 cm, platter 34 x 12 cm, museum-quality, see ref.: Messel "Ein Schaufenster in die Geschichte des Lebens und der Erde", 1988, p. 74. The Messel Pit fossil site is celebrating a triple anniversary this year: 30 years of UNESCO status, 50 years of Senckenberg excavations, and 150 years since the discoveryof the first fossil |