A few observations.
   1. If it is a famous collection (THE George Washington Collection) one would want it kept together.
   2. If it is the Art Weil collection, it couldn't make any difference. After all, the shells were not together when collected.
   3. Splitting makes more material available in more places.
   4. Depositing in museums takes material out of circulation. What with bans and restrictions, it may be better to "seed" new collectors.
   5. frinstance: The Cincinnati Museum has a collection of 135,000 shells---all in storage---none on display.
   Art
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> From: Andy Rindsberg <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/07/27 Tue AM 10:05:40 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Splitting collections
>
> Dear Conchlers,
>
> What are the advantages and disadvantages of splitting a collection of
> shells from one place?
>
> By splitting, I mean repositing the collection in more than one institution.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> Andrew K. Rindsberg
> Geological Survey of Alabama
>
>

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