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Rare Shells
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Frank Walker <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 9 Jul 2000 08:41:17 EDT
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How about Cypraea nivosa? Once quite rare, now just uncommon. In the other
direction, I remember almost 25 years ago when Cyp exusta was only a $45
shell. Today they can go as high as 5 times as much. This was caused, I am
told, by political unrest. What other factors can effect shell values?

Frank Walker

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