Patty,
I assume that most of the folks that I trade with have at least some
interest in the shells other than as art objects. Most of what I ship are
Upper Cenozoic fossil mollusca and I would venture to say they have even
less commercial value than Recent shells. I label the packages scinetific
specimens or just specimens, no commercial value. I feel good using this
approach especially since I could not quote a price if someone wanted to
buy something from me.
As of now I am about 6 months behind on sending some material out. To
those of you waiting, thank you for your patience.
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm, Jr
Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
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