As there is a lull in CONCH-L lately, I will bring up this subject.
 
Lately, I have received a number of requests about how to sell large
collections.  Usually they want to sell the collection as one lot.  I
answer that I can't do the sale for them due to the vast amount of labor
involved and costs of shipping.  I recommend that they get in contact
with a reputable local shell dealer that does a fair volume of sales.
Local so that the dealer can look at the collection before shipping it
if possible.  People usually don't indicate where they live, so I can't
pick out one dealer for them to contact.  I also strongly recommend as
the first order of business that they insure that data remains securely
with the shells.
 
I would appreciate it if you dealers would inform me if you are
interested in this type of business so that I wouldn't refer people to
dealers not interested.  Many other of the CONCH-Lers probably get the
same requests.
 
Any further suggestions?
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