Hi Folks, Firstly, I would be one of the first to jump on the bandwagon of a new grading system, thing is you just need enough dealers to implement a new system and it will become a reality. Secondly, I know i have not been active on the conch L lately, and would just like to thank everyone for their support over the last couple of troubled years for myself. I am now free of all cancer and feeling fantastic. The heart attack at the beginning of the year and the pulmonary embolism a few months back are now just a bad memory. I will live to sell another shell. Thanks for the emails and phone calls. I really did appreciate it All the best for the new year Andrew Sharpe Shells www.specimenshells.net >From: Chris Takahashi <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Grading Sea Shells >Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:49:39 -0500 > >Aloha! >Fantastic thread on a worthy subject. Even though I was president of the >Hawaiian Malacological Society, i've felt the HMS-ISGS of the 70's needed a >up-grade. At the time a grading system was needed since correspondence with >pictures & typed letters took weeks whereas now it's a punch of a key. > >I like the 1-10 system suggested. But it can be further re-fined. Say a >Cypraea guttata not quite Gem but better than Fine might rate F+-G or >Fine+. >Under the 1-10 system it might be advertised as 9-9.5 thus giving some >flexibility. In all things it comes down to interpretation. What's Fine to >me maybe Fine+ to someone else. > >I do like the observations of Rich. Every dealer interpretes a shell >differently. You just need to get the "feel" of a individual. Nowadays with >digital cameras & emailing, multiple pictures play a important part of >shell >acquisitions & descriptions. Mahalo! >CHRIS:) > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs >To leave this list, click on the following web link: >http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 >Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and >click leave the list. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------