Date:         Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:19:37 +0100
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From:         "Aiken, Simon" <Simon.Aiken@UK.ADIS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Buying Shells
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Just one thing to add to what Paul said: be aware that most shells offered
on dealers' lists are "freshly collected".  You would expect to pay
significantly less for shells from an old collection, purely because colour
tends to deteriorate quite rapidly over time.


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