Ralph Ferguson, of Ferguson's Marine Specialties, in Wilmington, California,
has been selling shells for 61 years.  He started in 1946, with Robert
Talmadge as his mentor and is still selling specimen and craft shells in his
little shop in Southern california.  He has had two heart attack, a couple
of strokes but he continues to run his shop, with the help of his daughter,
Lupe.
Dan



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From: "Marcus Coltro" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:14 AM
Subject: Ward's Natural Science Establishment and Shell dealers


>I was checking Pilsbry's book to scan some pages to post here, and a small
>label dropped from the
> book:
>
> http://www.wonderphotos.com/shellphotos/ward.jpg
>
> I checked on Internet and these guys still in the market! Of course they
> changed from selling shells
> to something else
>
> http://www.wardsci.com/default.asp
>
> I wonder if any shell shops selling today will be active after more than
> 100 years....
>
> By the way, who is the (hum... how can I say it without being offensive?)
> most "ancient" dealer
> still active nowadays? When we started selling shells back in 1989 our
> friends in Florida used to
> call us "The Boys from Brazil", some still do and I appreciate that!
>
> Marcus
>
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