to Gary Rosenberg,
 
please contact me under [log in to unmask] for the
auction of may 15 th.
Helmut
 
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> Dear Gary Rosenberg,
>
> If you like some inlandshells from Austria and Northern Italy, maybe
> from other parts of Europe too, please let me know. I can send you
> a nice selection of about 50 species for your auction. I can prepare
> this parcel until the first of april, so that you will have them within in
> the date of the auction.
> Please let me know as soon as possible, so I can start to prepare
> some material with the other for other purposes.
> with best shelling regards
> Helmut Nisters from Innsbruck
>
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> > The Philadelphia Shell Club and the Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology
> > Campaign Committee proudly announce their 1999 Shell and Book Auction. Items
> > offered for auction will consist of:
> >
> >      Books from the library of Leonard Hill
> >      Select specimen shells from the Philadelphia Shell Club
> >      Shells from the collection of Meyer Naide
> >
> > All proceeds from the Meyer Naide and Leonard Hill materials will go to the
> > endowment fund of the Department of Malacology of the Academy of Natural
> > Sciences.
> >
> > Auction date: Saturday, May 15, 1999
> >
> > Location: The Commons Room of the Academy of Natural Sciences
> > 19th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> >
> > Auction schedule:
> >
> >  9:30 to 10:00 am: Registration (enter at 19th Street)
> > 10:00 to 10:30: Preview and continuing registration
> > 10:30 to 12:00: Books from the Leonard Hill library
> > 12:00 to  1:00: Lunch break
> >  1:00 to  3:00: Shells from the Philadelphia Shell Club
> >  3:00 to  4:00: Shells from the Meyer Naide collection
> >
> > Contact Nick Ruggeri, President of the Philadelphia Shell Club, for the
> > auction list <[log in to unmask]>.
> >
> > Anyone coming solely to the auction will not be charged admission to the
> > Academy of Natural Sciences. However, those wishing to visit the museum as
> > well as attend the auction will be offered discounted admission tickets;
> > admission will be $5.50 for adults and $4.50 for children instead of the
> > normal $8.50 and $7.50
> >
> > A bargain table consisting of material from the Meyer Naide collection will
> > be open before the auction, during lunch, and after the auction until
> > 5:00PM, the closing time for the Academy. The table will be strictly closed
> > during the auction.
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> > Gary Rosenberg, Ph.D.                     [log in to unmask]
> > Malacology & Invertebrate Paleontology    gopher://erato.acnatsci.org
> > Academy of Natural Sciences               http://www.acnatsci.org
> > 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway            Phone 215-299-1033
> > Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195 USA           Fax   215-299-1170
> >
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