North Carolina Shell Club Auction

Every November, The North Carolina Shell Club holds a fund raising auction.

Money generated by this event is important to the continued life of the annual shell show held each September.

The expenses of the shell show, arguably the highlight of the club's year, increase annually.

Awards, lodging, meals and transportation for the judges are important to the success of the show.

Without the auction, the show would be at risk for survival.

Club members and friends of the club donate specimen shells, decorator shells, shell craft, literature and other items of interest to the study of mollusks and marine life for the auction.

Members and guests gather for an evening of bidding on shells to enlarge collections as well as to support the shell show.

John Timmerman, his wife Nancy, and member Doug Wolfe provide lively and entertaining auctioning of the many prizes available each year.

 

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The Specimen shells pictured below were donated to the 2010 Auction by club members Brian Hayes and Sue Hobbs.

 

 

Clockwise starting at the left: Harpa major, 80 mm, Mauritius; Cypraea tigris, 94 mm, Mauritius (dark); Cypraea tigris, 78 mm, Mauritius (pale and heavy); Conus textile eumitus, 54 mm, Mozambique; Lambis crocata, 142 mm, Zanzibar (two extra fingers!); Voluta Cymbiola chrysostoma, 70 mm, Indonesia (large)

 

 

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