Dear shelloak,
 
No you misunderstood me. As I dont't collect exotic and outereuropean species, I'll give them all to the museum
Only when I get some detritus from the Mediterranean, or
when I exchange shells with detritus, and I sort it out, then
I keep some shells for me. When I changed European material
with other exotic species I gave all to the museum. As I don't
want to burd the museums collection I always gave eventual
material when it was asked out of my private collection. This
is only to misunderstand in my homepage. If you read exactly
you maybe come to my conclusion.
Thank you best and please don't misunderstand
yours sincerly Helmut
 
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> After thinking it over, if Helmut will give me two shells I will give them
> both to the C.O.A. auction.  The way I understand it, if you give Helmut 2
> shells one goes to his collection and the other to "his" museum, I may be
> wrong, but this is the way it sounds to me.  Hope to see you soon Lynn.
> John
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> From: Helmut Nisters <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Cypraea teulerei
> Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 4:40 PM
>
> Dear shell friends around the world.
> Dear Lynn Scheu and other friends, who don't like to see my private
> messages on internet, sorry for this, but I will ask on this way
> for one or two specimens of Cypraea teuleri in donation to the
> natural history department of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum.
> We will put the name of the donator in the annual report of the
> Tiroler Landesmuseum. As I am quite toothless (really at the moment
> I have only a few own teeth in my mouth as I always have healthy problems
> with my teeth a Cypraea without teeth should be well matched and go
> with me) I am so dare to ask for this Cypraea for my work at the museum.
> Hope that somebody is willing to send me Cypraea teuleri.
> Hope for nice answers.
> with best toothless greetings
> yours sincerly Helmut Nisters
> [log in to unmask]
> homepge: www.netwing.at/nisters/
> If so, please send the shells to my address
> Helmut Nisters
> Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
> A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
>
> or
>
> Natural History Department of the
> Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
> Feldstrasse 11 a
> A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
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