Just using "Rice's Prices" may not be a universal solution for appraising
collections in the future.

First, Tom has stopped publishing it.

Second, it is just a compilation of dealers asking prices at the retail
level from mailed listings rather than wholesale prices dealers would
actually pay.  This is an important distinction, I think.

Third, there is often a wide range of prices listed for entries.  This is
designed to adjust for a so-so specimen and an exceptional specimen.
Sometimes it is hard for the seller and buyer to agree on where in the
spectrum a particular shell falls when a very wide range is listed.

If a species has not been listed by a dealer recently, there is no price
information provided.

Does anyone know if there will be a new publisher and future editions of
something that can replace this guide to pricing after the last edition Tom
issued becomes outdated?

Bill Fenzan
Norfolk, VA, USA

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