Thank you so very much Helmut, your donation will be gladly accepted and
appreciated.  I'll make sure that your name is in our shell show program for
you donation . once again , thank you so much . Some of those land shells
have incredible forms , Please send any donations to
Mark & Peta Bethke
3001 South Ocean Dr. suite 4-V
Hollywood , Florida USA
33019-2804
-----Original Message-----
From: Helmut Nisters <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 4:51 AM
Subject: AW: A call for Auction Donations


>Dear Mark,
>
>I am able to prepare a nice selection of European inlandshells
>for the auction of beginning at next year. I'll prepare them until
>for the middle of november.
>with best shelling greetings
>Helmut from Innsbruck
>
>Helmut Nisters
>Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
>phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>url: www.netwing.at/nisters/
>
>or
>
>Natural History Department of the
>Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
>malacological collection
>Feldstr. 11a
>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
>phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37
>
>----------
>Hello All, As some of you might know  Elizabeth Brown and I are organizing
>the Greater Miami Shell Club's shell show slated for January . We are
>planning a silent Auction and I have volunteered to be the organizer . I
>could really use some donations in the way of specimen shells for this
>auction. I myself have donated one of my well crafted wooden Sailing ship
>replicas , those who saw the ship at the 1998 shell show will remember the
>ship I donated for that raffle, Harvey . anyway the only complaint was that
>it was a bit too big for most decors so this year I have donated a smaller
>version at 18 in. long by 18 inch tall . built of mahogany and beech it's a
>quaint addition to any library of living room . So if there is any
>possibility that we can get a donation for any of you that would be most
>appreciated . thanks , mark bethke
>