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Here is the bidding history for a similar specimen recently offered on an
online auction site.
Zaour (72) 560 $ 17-03-2011 > 12:23:08 2
telamon (299) 600 $ 17-03-2011 > 07:50:10 1
pinkert (13) 680 $ 17-03-2011 > 22:00:27 4
telamon (299) 700 $ 18-03-2011 > 20:46:42 5
telamon (299) 720 $ 18-03-2011 > 20:46:51 6
telamon (299) 740 $ 18-03-2011 > 20:46:59 7
telamon (299) 760 $ 18-03-2011 > 20:47:06 8
Zaour (72) 760 $ 17-03-2011 > 12:23:48 3
telamon (299) 770 $ 18-03-2011 > 20:47:14 9
b-evg (4) 790 $ 20-03-2011 > 15:25:04 11
telamon (299) 810 $ 23-03-2011 > 05:32:04 12
telamon (299) 830 $ 23-03-2011 > 05:32:20 13
telamon (299) 850 $ 23-03-2011 > 05:32:29 14
Zaour (72) 910 $ 19-03-2011 > 19:02:30 10
b-evg (4) 930 $ 23-03-2011 > 16:59:05 16
pilsbry (95) 1075 $ 23-03-2011 > 15:39:04 15
murex1961 (601) 1500 $ 23-03-2011 > 20:41:21 17
Zaour (72) 1525 $ 23-03-2011 > 20:59:05 18
So if price is any indication, it certainly isn't common. There were two
offered during that auction, both with opercs, one with an intact
periostracum.
Tom Eichhorst
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From: "James Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9:45 PM
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Subject: [CONCH-L] Looking for a Cymatium tigrinum?
> This rare shell has just been listed on eBay. Do a search on "Cymatium
> tigrinum" to find it. Does anyone know just exactly how rare this
> shell is? I have never seen one offered for sale in my 61 years! I
> have seen just one specimen in a good friend's collection (a member of
> the Jacksonville Shell Club, but that's all I'll say). Even Myra
> Keen's book on Western Atlantic Shells indicates that even in 1958 is
> was a hard specimen to find. The photos I could find on the Web range
> from stunning to pretty plain.
>
> Best regards,
> Jim
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