Hello,
 
 
 
Strombidae and Harpidae books are now in an final stage. There is still one
month to collect photos of living animals. A few conchologists did so, but
I hope on more as these two families are only the start of a major series.
So, the photographers among you, please contact us.
 
For booklovers, it may be interesting for you to know that Hemmen sold the
whole bussiness to the Groh family. So, you can find back your beloved
shell books and old manuscripts on:
http://www.conchbooks.de/
 
a link to place among the other classic malacological booksellers.
 
for the ones curious to know how the fultoni story went in Paris: Halfway
the first day (the moment I had to quit to get Brussels) Amorim sold
already 500 of the 800 he got with him. As some told, you got what you paid
for, and this stock should be gone by now. The beautiful fultoni still
stands with its classic quotation. I didn't expect something like that was
possible, and that the market could absorb that much in such a little time.
This year, the shells offered on the show were not as before. Less variety
and collectors avidly picking up the best pieces very rapidly.
News from the Philippines: apart from some classics turning up quite well
now, such as again diving valentia, the northern winds are blowing and
there is little or most of the time no tangle netting from now until the
end of march, so very few interesting shells are coming up.
 
 
 
Best regards, Guido
 
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