>Here's the idea! A good many of us collect other things besides
>shells. I have a good many club pins which I display in Riker Mounts.
>I also have similar pins representing Railroad Heralds. (When I was a
>kid, I had the best collection of olive pits on the block). I think
>it might be welcome for a dealer to begin issuing a Shell-Of-The-
>Month pin.
>     A dealer--- because dealers have pretty good mailing lists; and
>also because they can use the list of subscribers to SOTM to further
>their own business.
>    I think the SOTM can be done much like the club pins. Only have
>the identity of the pin run around the edge. Beautiful shells only.
>Maybe gloria-maris first. Maybe try to do the hundred best looking
>shells chosen from a list of collector nominees---maybe a poll or
>contest.
>    True, I don't know much about having the pins made. But all the
>clubs seem to have them, and they sell them for about $5.00---
>including tax. Perhaps one could start by issuing three at a time.
>How many subscribers would be needed to interest dealer A or dealer B?
> Would 100 do it? Including me---only 99 more are needed.
>      Art
 
Art,
Now you only need 98, as my wife is an ardent pin collector.  She has over
50 club pins and is still looking.  Conch-l has brought her several, even
from Australia.  Good idea.
Dan Yoshimoto
 
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