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Any shell can make you feel good but is ones collection ever complete?
Geoff
>From: William Corey <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Must Have Shells
>Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 22:47:51 EDT
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>Greetings to All,
> Recently, coffee cup in hand, I was admiring some of my shells.
>As I
>was gazing rather fondly at them I wondered "What compels people to collect
>particular shells?" I thought I would like to convene a virtual summit and
>ask the question this way:
>
> As you have been building your collections have you ever
>thought:....What would be your "Canon" or closed list of must have
>specimens.
> For example, as a collector of Cones (or cowries or whatever), what must
>you
>have to feel you have a "good" or "complete" collection. Of course it is a
>matter of personal taste, but I am curious if there is a consensus among
>the
>collectors in this readership:
>
> Of the kinds of specimens you collect, what must you have? Or, to
>put
>it another way: Which specimens do you feel should be in every "good"
>collection?
>
> Thanks, in advance, for your opinions
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