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Doug,
As purchaser of one of these dead specimens a couple of years ago, I can
attest that the price was indeed that low and the shell not worth more. It
made the eventual buy of a decent specimen seem worthwhile. As for a
collector misidentifying a "famous" rarity, no worries. I have found there
are collectors out there who do not buy books. I have been asked to
identify some shells that are present in almost any general shell book. I
haven't seen a Cypraea leucodon in this manner, but I was sent a nice Zoila
(Cypraea friendi) that the owner thought was Cypraea tigris. She was quite
pleased to hear her shell was a "fancy shell" as she called it. Of course,
there was no data. It had been tossed when the shell was purchased in an
estate sale.
Tom E.
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Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:06 AM
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Subject: Re: Suspicious purchase of Cypraea valentia
Doug, I've occasionally sold very dead specimens of both valentia and
leucodon, and $10 isn't too far off the price.
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