Auctioneers offer golden oldies

Illustrated here are some of the oldest lots ever auctioned – three in the Evolution Sale at on November 20 at Summers Place Auctions (25/20% buyer’s premium) of Billingshurst, West Sussex, and the other from Fonsie Mealy (23% buyer’s premium inc VAT) of Castlecomer, Ireland, in a sale held on the same day.

This 8ft (2.4m) tall mammoth skeleton shown above dated to around 8000BC was uncovered by Siberian…

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