International auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields, will hold its annual holiday auction of Natural History on Sunday, December 6, 2009. The sale will feature a diverse group of distinctive and high quality mineral specimens, exceptional fossils, gold nuggets and unusual jewelry including a selection of "phenomenal" gems as well as lapidary works of art. The Winter Palace, an illuminated music box fabricated of Rock Crystal Quartz, Diamonds and Aquamarines, highlights the lapidary ...