Sylvia,
Best example of how that isn't always true in the Cypraea fultoni. Listed as
rare in almost every book. At one time only know ex-pisce from the
musslecracker fish they sold from $12000 to $20000 only 20 years ago. A few
months ago, one dealer has 1000 specimens for sale at the Paris shell show.
Granted they were only F and F/F+ but still 1000 at one time. As a collector
of almost 25 years, it boggles my mind.
Frank W.