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Catalog of Dealers Price's For Shells FINAL EDITION

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Catalog of Dealers Price's For Shells FINAL EDITION

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Catalog of Dealers Price's For Shells
Marine,Land & Freshwater 23^rd Edition FINAL EDITION
edited by Tom Rice

2007, Of Sea & Shore Publications, Phuket, Thailand, paper covers with clear plastic outer cover, spiral bound, 270 pages, about 8.5 by 11.5 inches (21 by 29.5 cm)

This looks as if it is going to be the last edition of this publication that Tom Rice is going to do. After putting a tremendous amount of work into to it from the modest beginnings until today it has been a publication that has required a tremendous amount of work and sadly, very little financial return. I know that many of us will sorely miss this publication since it has been the best source for not only shell prices but as a quick "look up" source for information on who named that shell , and when it was named. Many collectors that I know also use it as a quick check list to see what they have in their collections and what they need. This function has largely been replaced by the use of computers but it is still a function that many of us use. I think that Tom may have picked the right time to retire this publication. We are now at a time when the computer can give us more up to date information about the price of many shells than we can get from a publication that appears once a year. And we also are at a time when there is a two tiered structure in shell prices when it is impossible to get a "real" price for a shell when it sells in the USA for one price and in Europe for a (generally) higher price. The shell "market" is also one that now seems to be "new name driven" and there seems to be a more than ample supply of people who are willing to meet the demand for the supply new names for shells and who are at the same time willing to sell you specimens of these "new" shells that generally come with an extravagant price attached to them. I think that we all owe Tom a sincere "thank you" for the work that he has put into this publication and hope that the "loss" of this work will allow him to devote more time to his magazine "Of Sea & Shore" to make it an even better publication than it is now. I think that as the supply of this final edition drys up there will be increased demand for it both as a reference work, and as a reminder of what shell collecting was like before it became a blood sport. Thanks Tom, well done!

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