Sylvia,
        Pacific Shell Club always has a "People's Choice Award" and it was
almost always given to the person for the display.  The Judges' Awards were
given for content.
Dan
 
>Has any club ever had a shell show and included a "People's Choice" award?
>I wonder how different the choices would be between people's choices and
>judges' choices.  I know in stamp shows it makes a big difference.  Peoples
>choice seemed to voted on the popularly of the topic, rather than the
>quality of the display.
>
>Sylvia Edwards
>Huntsville AL
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas E. Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 8:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] "Most Beautiful Species" -NOT!!
>
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>>An interesting way to hang a most beautiful label on a shell might be to
>>have someone look at the shells who DOESN'T know the values.  I
>>guarantee  that if you lay down a row of pecten shells with a
>>Gloriapallium pallium, a Volachlamys tranquebaria, a Gloriapallium
>>speciosum, a Chlamys australis, and maybe a Decadopecten superbus --
>>there would be know way of telling which shell would win.  These are all
>>pretty shells and vary from the very inexpensive G. pallium to the
>>pricier D. superbus.  On the other hand, a shell collector might let
>>rarity influence his or her choice.  Notice how I stayed away from
>>Cypraea or Conus.
>>
>>My problem is at this moment I could say which shell I think is tops in
>>most every family, but then tomorrow I would see a great image on Bret
>>Raines web page, or Guido Poppe's page, or the Jacksonville Shell Club
>>page, or any of the many pages with great shell images and my
>>convictions might just waver.
>>
>>Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA (just passing the time)
>>
 
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