Any shell can make you feel good but is ones collection ever complete? Geoff >From: William Corey <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Must Have Shells >Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 22:47:51 EDT > >Greetings to All, > Recently, coffee cup in hand, I was admiring some of my shells. >As I >was gazing rather fondly at them I wondered "What compels people to collect >particular shells?" I thought I would like to convene a virtual summit and >ask the question this way: > > As you have been building your collections have you ever >thought:....What would be your "Canon" or closed list of must have >specimens. > For example, as a collector of Cones (or cowries or whatever), what must >you >have to feel you have a "good" or "complete" collection. Of course it is a >matter of personal taste, but I am curious if there is a consensus among >the >collectors in this readership: > > Of the kinds of specimens you collect, what must you have? Or, to >put >it another way: Which specimens do you feel should be in every "good" >collection? > > Thanks, in advance, for your opinions _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com