Don't know about the riest of you, but my husband and I used to be
self-collected purists.  Then I got to thinking - since we moved from
Florida, the only show-quality shells we had collected while on selling
excursions probably averaged about $1,000 per shell.  We decided the bourse
at COA was quite a bargain.  Particular since we get older and it gets
harder to self-collect.

However, none of the purchase shells will have the meaning to me that the
self-collected ones do.  Each shell brings a memory and sense of pride.\

Sylvia S. Edwards
Huntsville, Alabama
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