>Just thought i'd pass along an odd little shell-related tidbit.  A  few
>years ago, in my continuing search for affordable used Compendium of
>shells for customers who ask for a good general shell book, i started to
>notice that First Editions of the critter started to sell for
>UN-affordable prices: up to $100.  Over the timeframe of a few years,
>this penchent for over-pricing Compendiums has generalized to include
>ALL used copies, and things continue to escalate.  Yesterday or the day
>before (To quote the immortal Groucho Marx, time flies like an arrow.
>Fruit flies like a banana), i recieved an offer regarding a used
>Compendium of the "5th printing" of the 1986 version, for the munificent
>sum of $250.  With new copies going for only $80 or so, there would seem
>to be room for a neat little profit for folks who wish to do the Out
>with the Old, In with the New new year's thing with their personal
>versions of Abbott & Dance's collectors's classic.......... :=)

Sounds like time to unload my 2 spare copies!
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
‚ Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University
"There is water at the bottom of the ocean"  - Talking Heads

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