> I read the article and thought of the times I was
> caught up in a bidding war over a shell I really wanted, and bemused about
> the fact that I too came close to that line of being obsessive over my
> collection. I thought by sharing this it might elicit similar responses.
There is something wrong with someone who won't spend more than $20000
on shells, unless it's for budgetary reasons. Spending all that on
one shell versus on lots of other shells and shell books might be a
hard sell, though.
--
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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