Hi Andrew,

just few thoughts;
Advantages:
Spliting protects the collection from being entirely destroyed in, say,
bombardment in war. I know of several collections that were lost here in
Europe this way.
Certain groups of molluscs should be stored where best specialist are. Good
coll. of Arctic Buccinids should be kept in Russia, Norway, Canada... not in
Senegal or India.


Disadvantages: personaly I dislike splitting of any collection (despite the
above advantages) because I feel it is like someone would smashed
Michelangelo's statue of David and one part of the statue would be exposed in
Louvre Museum- Paris, another in Ufizzi Gallery- Florence...A good collection
is a life-work and should remain in one piece.

regards, Milan



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