Dear Russ;-
    Annulus? Moneta?
   Looks to me like he plans to string 'em and buy a bride in the South Pacific. If there is to be a reception, maybe we can get invited!
    Art
>
> From: "J. Ross Mayhew" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/05/22 Sun PM 04:21:17 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Eccentric but well intentioned?
>
> I just recieved a rather odd email from a certain "Willy G.M. Van
> Damme",  of  MaWi EnterpriseV.O.F. <[log in to unmask]>, who claims to
> have had a large Cypraea colection which he was forced to sell a few
> years ago for "pennies on the dollar", and is now concentrating on
> building a large collection of two species only: C. annulus and C.
> moneta, for what seems like fairly plausible reasons couched in suitably
> scientific terms.  He requests as many lots of these spp as i can send,
> on a donation basis, and says he is sending this email out "on a random
> basis" to many collectors.
>
> While this could be simply the unusual project of an eccentric amateur,
> the whole thing just feels  -  not to judgemental or cause trouble, but
> the way the letter is written just has the feel of something being "not
> quite right".
>
> To clear up this mystery,  can someone tell the list who this person is,
> and whether or not he is one of the Good Guys?  Does anyone remember the
> sale of the collection ("2000 Cyps and a lot of Spondylus and Lambis")?
> Was or is he an active member of a club in the Netherlands?
>
> Please forgive me if this is an "improper" posting - i probably should
> have made private enquries first, before asking the list.  However, at
> least this way,  any doubts people have regarding this interesting
> affair can be set to rights and his name cleared publically and
> completely:  i can't be the only one to be having second thoughts about
> this matter.
>
>  From the Stormy Wilderness of New Scotland,
> ross mayhew.
>
>

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