Thanks.  It is a great looking cone, even being a fake.

Tom

On 1/7/2022 2:26 PM, George Sangiouloglou wrote:
> Dear Thomas & Scott,
> In my shelling trip on 2007 to Cebu was many Conus laterculatus FAKE 
> in the market from small dealers, I bought few of them also a dealer 
> from Austria was there, then a friend big dealer informed me that was 
> fake.
>
> http://www.george-shells.com/auct/con_laterculatus_fake_l471.jpg
>
> Warm regards.
> George
>
> Thomas Eichhorst wrote:
>
>> I believe you can see you shell if you go to this auction web site.Â
>> http://www.george-shells.com/auction_con_oct07.html George Sangiouloglou
>> lists it as a fake shell on his auction site.
>>
>> On 1/7/2022 6:31 AM, Scott Robichaud wrote:
>> > I was in the Philippines about 15 years ago and I bought four cone 
>> shells From one of the many locals camped out on the lawn in front of 
>> our hotel rooms selling seashells. We were on Mactan island in Cebu. 
>> The shells are light purple, thin and long at 50-55mm. They have the 
>> same shape, size, and texture as Conus laterculatus, except they are 
>> all light purple with no mottlings. I can’t seem to find this shell 
>> in any of my literature. Does this sound familiar to anyone. If these 
>> were painted using an airbrush method, someone really did a really 
>> stellar job. Is anyone out there familiar with this little purple cone?
>> > Scott
>> >
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