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NEWSLETTER COA CONVENTION 2017 IN FLORIDA

Left Hank Chaney right Paul Callomon conducting the oral bidding of the Frederic Weisscollection

The COA Convention was apparently quite special this year and particularlyinteresting because an important part of the large Frederic Weiss collection was auctioned

Donald Dan send us a fine report on this event which we here reproduce in itsintegrality The report is followed by some photographs also from Donald and finally weshow some photos of auctioned shells that reached interesting auction values withcomments

But lets give the word to Donald

The 2017 convention took place at the Double Tree by Hilton Grand Key Resort in alush tropical setting We had good attendance with 234 registered participants for theAugust 15-19 event The numerous talks were planned by our program chairman CaroleMarshall The opening talk on the first day was delivered by Wolfgang Grulke from UK wellknown for his two modern books one on Heteromorph ammonites and one on NautilusMany other insightful and educational talks followed The Dealers Bourse on August 18 and19 had 30 dealers from domestic US and overseas offering many attractive shells

One special feature of this years event was the auctioning of part of the FredericWeiss collection The collection is a vast accumulation of some very desirable shells The11000 specimens were generously donated to COA by Emily and Susan Weiss in memoryof their father The proceeds from the disposition of this collection goes to the COAendowments fund of which I am the chairman therefore my close involvement

Beside enriching the COA endowments the familys other purpose of this donation isto pass on their fathers legacy in his passion for shell collecting The collection will now bedispersed to other equally passionate shell collectors worldwide With these focuses COA



has produced and actively promoted a beautiful color catalog covering some very fineexamples auctioned off at this years oral auction

The 119 lots generated $8186000 during the oral auction The highest single bid wasfor a 345mm Morum veleroae There were twenty lots reaching $100000 and higherAnother four silent auction sessions with 1200 shells generated $2365100 We had thefortune of having John amp Cheryl Jacobs (St Pertersburg Shell Club) managing the silentauctions

The fabulous Morum veleroae Emerson 1968 which reached a stunning 10 000 $ in the oralauction

These COA auctions drew great interest in the shelling community Several Chinesecollectors flew in to attend the event Our youngest participant was Qi TianHong 13 whoflew in from Beijing accompanied by his mother Our venerable auctioneers Paul Callomonand Hank Chaney conducted the oral bidding The auction rooms were packed The wholeoral auction process was conducted by Everett Long of the North Carolina Shell Club Eightother club members helped in handling the auction shells all dressed in blue uniform andblack apron The auction logistics were rehearsed ahead of time to ensure glitch freeoperation

Other tasks filled by North Carolina Shell Club members included the co-chair of theconvention Ed Shuller convention treasurer Jeannette Tysor and registration chair KarlynnMorgan to name just a few As was evident throughout the convention it took a lot ofselfless volunteer team work and planning to make this convention a resounding success

Next years convention is being planned for San Diego California August 30 to Sept 3

Here follow some photographs of Donald illustrating the above events

Chinese visitors



Left to right Zhang Bowen (PhD student at Emery U) - Qi TianHong age 13 and theyoungest visitor from Beijing - Wu JingYu Shanghai - living in Houston - Dong Jing mother

of Qi TianHong

Great enthusiasm for the silent auction all are checking carefully lot by lot



The oral auction was perfectly prepared each shell documented

And here the attentive public during the oral auction

As shell collectors many of us are interested in the prices reached in this auction andhere is the result of the oral auction

2017 COA Key West Oral Shell Auction - Bidding List - Prices are in $

1 Nodipecten fragosus (Conrad 1849) 1698 purple 1136yellow 500 838 yellow 817 mm high knobs

500

2 Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 Purple 1910White 1890mm 5003 Scaphella dubia (Broderip 1827)f kieneri Clench 1956 180 160314681038

mm180

4 Scaphella junonia butleri Clench 1953 1360mm 240



5 Scaphella junonia (Lamarck 1840) f johnstoneae Clench 1953 1438mm 4606 Puntacteon eloiseae (Abbott 1973) 323 301 283 mm 4507 Chama lazarus Linnaeus 1758 Hypotypes 723 713 587 539 mm 1808 Bathybembix humboldti Rehder 1971 538mm 1609 Tenorioconus aurantius (Hwass in Bruguiere 1792) 530mm 40010 Conus bandanus (Hwass in Bruguiere 1792) 130 [Conus vidua Reeve 1843 f

mozoii Melvin 1980] 492mm130

11 Conus barthelemyl (Bemardi 1861) 706mm amp 57 8mm 21012 Tenorioconus cedonulli (Linne 1767) 496mm 18013 Tenorioconus cedonulli (Linne 1767) f holemani 490mm 26014 Conus crocatus thailandis da Motta 1978 69 0mm 36015 Conus excelsus GB Sowerby III 1908 769mm 64016 Conus marmoreus Linnaeus 1758 591mm orange 14017 Profundiconus profundorum (Kuroda 1956) 720mm 68018 Kurodaconus stupella (Kuroda 1956) 724 58 6 mm 42019 Conus thomae (Gmelin 1791) 792mm 12020 Latiaxis mawae (JEGray in Griffith amp Pidgeon 1834) 414 500mm 12021 Latiaxis pilsbryi Hirase 1908 447 400 mm 23022 Babelomurex santacruzensis (Emerson amp DAttilio 1970) 35mm 105023 Hirtomurex teramachii (Kuroda 1959) 489mm 18024 Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill 1888) 218mm 60025 Zoila rosselli Cotton 1948 614mm 34026 Luria tessellata (Swainson 1822) 418mm 122027 Luria tessellata (Swainson 1822) 345336 mm 70028 Cirsotrema rugosum (Kuroda amp Ito 1961) 948 620mm 26029 Sthenorytis pernobilis (Fischer amp Bemardi 1857) 508 272 mm 140030 Fusinus meyerl (Dunker 1869) 2102mm 16031 Austroharpa exquisita I redale 1931 240mm 40032 Austroharpa loisae Rehder 1930 23 4mm 90033 Austroharpa punctata (Verco 1896) 384mm 55034 Harpa gracilis Broderip amp G B Sowerby I 1829 223mm 17535 Harpa major Roding 1798 f conoidalis Lamarck 1822 of authors 10038 Morum amabile Shikama 1973 353 350 314 mm 20037 Morum brunni (Powell 1958) 375mm Hypotype 130038 Morum exquisitum (A Adams amp Reeve 1858) 345mm 700039 Morum grande (A Adams 1855) 836mm 15040 Morum joelgreenei Emerson 1981 548 500 330 mm 20041 Morum kurzi Petuch 1979 246mm 25042 Morum macandrewi (GB Sowerby III 1889) 340 274 mm 60043 Morum matthewsi Emerson 1967 28 0mm 12544 Morum lindae Petuch 1987 399357 mm 35045 Morum ponderosum (Hanley 1858) 365 290 mm 400 The 290mm shell was

illustrated in Hawaiian Shell News Feb 1986400

46 Morum ninomyai Emerson 1981 459 440 mm 12547 Morum praeclarum Melvill 1919 368 308 mm 17548 Morum uchiyamai Kuroda amp Habe 1961 63 7mm 17549 Morum teramachii Kuroda amp Habe 1961 544 542 mm 8050 Morum veleroae Emerson 1968 345mm 10000



51 Morum watanabei Kosuge 1981 423 375 mm 8552 Gaza olivacea Quinn 1992 403mm 7553 Timbellus bednalli (Brazier 1878) 786689550409mm 60054 Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis (Locard 1897) 484mm 35055 Ceratostoma burnetii (A Adams amp Reeve 1849) 1033mm amp 1008mm 22556 Homalocantha dovpeledi Houart 1982 568mm 40057 Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot 1786) 1008 890 475 mm 558 Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin 1791) 767mmAlbino amp 916mm 55059 Naquetia fosteri DAttilio amp Hertz 1987 864mm 75060 Favartia hidalgoi (Crosse 1869) 362mm 16061 Chicoreus loebbeckei (Swainson 1833) 834mm 170062 Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip 1833) 54 4 529 464 mm 18063 Timbellusus phyllopterus (Lamarck 1822) 796692 mm 105064 Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve 1848) 480mm 15065 Austrotrophon catalinensis (I Oldroyd 1927) 882mm 310066 Scabrotrophon emphaticus (Habe amp Ito 1965) 486mm 17067 Pagodula fraseri (Knudsen 1956) 438mm 6068 Stramonistrophon plicatus (Lightfoot 1786) 619mm 66069 Trophonella longstaffi (EA Smith 1907) 408mm 300070 Nipponotrophon stuarti (EA Smith 1880) 574mm 38071 Fossil - Ecphora quadricostata (Say 1824) 1005mm 36072 Vullietoliva foxi (Stingley 1984) 290mm 17573 Equichlamys bifrons (Lamarck 1819) 1282mm 10074 Bractechlamys corallinoides (dOrbigny 1840) 567mm 22575 Mirapecten cranmerorum (Waller 1986) 686mm 20076 Mirapecten cranmerorum (Waller 1986) 553mm 17577 Semipallium dianae (Crandall 1979) 463 521 453 mm 14078 Anguipecten lamberti (Souverbie in Souv amp Montr 1874) 706mm 120079 Nodipecten magnificus (GB Sowerby I 1835) 1940 1244 mm 160080 Mirapecten rastellum (Lamarck 1819) 548458 mm Red Sea form 7581 Annachlamy reevei (A Adams amp Reeve 1850) 513mm 27582 Annachlamy reevei (A Adams amp Reeve 1850) 402mm 17583 Gloriapallium speciosum (Reeve 1853) 567551 mm 9084 Mimachlamys townsendi (Sowerby III 1895) 1829mm 12085 Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman 1879) 1965mm 190086 Pleioptygma helenae (Radwin amp Bibbey 1972) 880mm 28087 Spondylus gloriosus gloriosus Dali Bartsch amp Rehder 1938 1300 Yellow-96mm

Orange- 1143mm Purple-1257mm amp White-1157mm1300

88 Mikadotrochus salmianus (Rolle 1899) 1053mm 90089 Tibia insulaechorab Roding 1798 2157mm 17090 Spondylus senegalensis Schreibers 1793 1250 Two Hypotypes 800 767

742 726 606 mm1250

91 Lambis pilsbryi Abbott 1961 1832mm 10092 Ophioglossolambis violacea (Swainson 1821) 1278mm 40093 Angaria vicdani Kosuge 1980 754747 mm 25094 Bolma girgyllus (Reeve 1861) 755 730 mm 20095 Altivasum flindersi (Verco 1914) 1566mm 70096 Cymbiola cymbiola Gmelin 1791 715mm 125



97 Festilyria duponti Weaver 1968 1072mm 55098 Amoria grayi kawamurai Habe 1975 1122mm 250099 Voluta ebraea Linnaeus 1758 2024mm 130100 Volutoconus mcmichaeli Habe amp Kosuge 1966 1075mm 1000101 Volutoconus grossi (Iredale 1927) 1308mm 700102 Volutoconus hargreavesi (Angas 1872) 1145mm 500103 Volutoconus daisyae Weaver 1967 933mm 800104 Volutoconus bednalli (Brazier 1878) 1417 1075 mm 1000105 Lyria lyraeformis (Swainson 1821) 13231198 mm Somalia 800106 Lyria lyraeformis (Swainson 1821) 1057 910 mm Kenya 650107 Voluta musica Linnaeus 1758 Seven forms 40mm to 80mm 300108 Provocator mirabilis (Finley 1926) 1517 824 mm 300109 Cymbiolacca perplicata Hedley 1902 834 632 mm 800110 Voluta polypleura Crosse 1876 873mm 300111 Festilyria ponsonbyi (EA Smith 1901) 824mm 900112 Cymbiola thatcheri (McCoy 1868) 1312mm 3000113 Cymbiola thatcheri (McCoy 1868) 1080mm 450114 47 species Conidae illustrated in Walls Cone Shells book 750115 24 species Costellariidae illustrated in Kaichers catalog and 250 Pechar Prior amp

Parkinsons book250

116 60 species Mitridae illustrated in Sally Kaichers catalog 250117 Tonna luteostoma (Kuster 1857) 1973mm 100118 Tonna tankervilliii (Henley 1860) 1997mm 350119 World Record Size shells Sold as a single lot

It concerns the following species Heliacus stramineus Vexillum sangsuisugaAmalda vernedei Talochlamys abscondita Bractechlamys noduliferaTudivasum kurzi Cymbiola rutila

3500

What we can state after this auction is that the public got a very good knowledge onthe value of shells The prices reflect almost perfectly the international market Collectorswere aware of the historical value of the shells as well as of the importance of sizesexceptional colors availability on the markets and all other multiple parameters that makethe prices of this particular type of collectors items

To congratulate are the organizers who as can be seen from the photos took greatcare in documenting the valuable collectors pieces

We finish this newsletter with a few photos by John Timmerman for which our thanksof fine specimens from the Weiss collection



On the left the set of two Cymbiolacca perplicata one of my favorites and a truly historicalshell Supply is not assured for the future of this species which explains together with the

very good size of the large shell (83 mm+) the price of 800 $

On the right Cymbiola thatcheri the 131 mm piece There has not been any recent supply byour knowledge of this fabulously beautiful Volute At the time of plenty of the thatcheriwhich is by now more than twenty years gone this size was already extremely rare The

majority of the shells measures between 100 and 120 mm All above that are valuable andthis piece went for a justified 3000 dollars

We remain in the Volutes with this magnificent Amoria kawamurai The shell went for 2500dollars and measures 112 mm which is average for the species The quality looks fabulous

and the majority of the shells offered recently have more or less several flaws It is veryseldom one can acquire a gem in the kawamurai and the winning bidder was lucky to have

taken this opportunity to get one



A set of Epitonim pernobilis that reached 1400 $ The size of the large specimen isresponsible for this nice pricing at a stunning 50+ mm this is a grand rarity

This bright set of Spondylus senegalensis reached the fine pricing of 1250 dollars Twoshells figured in the literature in the set add to the value but we think that the main reason istriple first the spines are particularly well developed in these shells Second the colors arevery good the very red orange and purple pieces are not common most shells are a dullorange red Third this type of senegalensis which is likely to have come from Senegal hasnot been collected in quantity for more than 25 years

The above report was written and forwarded by Donald Dan for which all our thanks

The final remarks with the few photos were written by your classic author of thenewsletters

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has produced and actively promoted a beautiful color catalog covering some very fineexamples auctioned off at this years oral auction

The 119 lots generated $8186000 during the oral auction The highest single bid wasfor a 345mm Morum veleroae There were twenty lots reaching $100000 and higherAnother four silent auction sessions with 1200 shells generated $2365100 We had thefortune of having John amp Cheryl Jacobs (St Pertersburg Shell Club) managing the silentauctions

The fabulous Morum veleroae Emerson 1968 which reached a stunning 10 000 $ in the oralauction

These COA auctions drew great interest in the shelling community Several Chinesecollectors flew in to attend the event Our youngest participant was Qi TianHong 13 whoflew in from Beijing accompanied by his mother Our venerable auctioneers Paul Callomonand Hank Chaney conducted the oral bidding The auction rooms were packed The wholeoral auction process was conducted by Everett Long of the North Carolina Shell Club Eightother club members helped in handling the auction shells all dressed in blue uniform andblack apron The auction logistics were rehearsed ahead of time to ensure glitch freeoperation

Other tasks filled by North Carolina Shell Club members included the co-chair of theconvention Ed Shuller convention treasurer Jeannette Tysor and registration chair KarlynnMorgan to name just a few As was evident throughout the convention it took a lot ofselfless volunteer team work and planning to make this convention a resounding success

Next years convention is being planned for San Diego California August 30 to Sept 3

Here follow some photographs of Donald illustrating the above events

Chinese visitors




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NEWSLETTER: COA CONVENTION 2017 IN FLORIDA · known for his two modern books, one on Heteromorph ammonites and one on Nautilus. Many other insightful and educational talks followed