thanks to Paul Monfils and Frank Walker.. Hope you will feel better in the
next time.
So I can guess that a reasonable price would be around $ 50 - 60.--. A
friend of mine asked me as he bought
one specimen in Croatia in his holidays for about $ 60.--. It is a very
nice large beautiful piece.
I think that this dealer had to pay charges for transport so it seems
correct or not.
With best shelling greetings to all.
Helmut from Innsbruck



Helmut "Helix" Nisters
private:
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
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website: www.netwing.at/nisters
office:
Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
Feldstrasse 11a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
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> Also, remember that the cut off date for most of the prices is November, I
> believe, and go back one year. So the latest prices are all 12 to 24
months
> old at best. No way can this reflect the dynamics of any market place as
> shells become more available or harder to obtain. World events also have
an
> impact on the availability of many shells and if it happened in the last
two
> years, chances are it is not yet reflected in Rice's prices and won't be
for
> at least another year or two.
>
> We do have to give Tom time to update all the lists he gets from dealers.
> Perhaps now you can see why it is best used as a guide.
>
> Frank (still feeling poorly) in Massachusetts
>