How doth the Thacheria look,
    The mirabilis kind?
Why, look thou in a picture book;
    Most anyone you find.


Jan Haspeslagh wrote:

> Hi LaVerne,
>
> just go to this link, where you'll find a very nice picture of the shell ! I
> guess 4,50 $ is about a normal price these days (provided your shell looks
> about the same as the one in the picture ;=))
>
>  http://park.org/Guests/Shells/Shell_Catalogue/Shell_Pages/M/Shell_Thatcheria_mirabilis.html
>
> Jan Haspeslagh
>
> LaVerne Lambert wrote:
>
> > >By the way, I also bought a nice Thatcheria mirabilis from the same seller
> > >for US$4.50. It is 73mm, trawled in 145m off Okiniwa, Japan in 1983. I know
> > >that this was one of those "once" moderately rare and coveted shells, but
> > >not so any more. How much are they worth these days? Maybe I got a good
> > >bargain with this one too.
> > >Kindest regards from Kiwiland.
> > >Barbara Jouvernaux
> >
> > I tried to look up your new shell, but couldn't find it so far.  What does a
> > Thatcheria mirabilis look like? Thanks!
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