How do I sell my seashell collection?

Select where you will sell the shells. Options include an online store such as Amazon.com, online auction sites, your own website, a retail bricks and mortar location, arts and craft shows, flea markets or a kiosk in a shopping mall. The venue should be relevant to the types of seashells you’re selling.

Is shell collecting illegal?

Collecting shells and shell grit is prohibited in national parks, nature reserves and Aboriginal areas. Unoccupied shells and shell grit may be collected in other habitat protection and general use zones for non-commercial purposes. Collecting more than 10kg per person per day requires a permit.

What is a shell collector called?

Answer: The official term for a shell collector is a “conchologist”. This is one who collects and studies the shells.

What is the rarest seashell to find?

Junonia
Junonia is one of the rarest shells to find. It’s highly coveted among beachcombers. Because Junonia snails live on the ocean floor, their shells aren’t likely to wash up on the beach. Once a Junonia dies, its shell is more likely to stay buried than to travel the 60 to 150 feet to the sand.

Can shells be worth money?

Some shells are quite valuable, worth tens of thousands even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Arguably the rarest shell today is the Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis , a kind of snail with a dark shiny shell and an unusual boxy-oval shape and a row of fine teeth on one edge.

What can I do with collected seashells?

What to Do With All of Those Shells You Collected This Summer

Put them in a pretty jar. Seriously this is the easiest thing you can do and still look all fancy.
Attach them around a mirror.
Make candles.
Use a big shell as a soap dish.
Make shell lights.
Make some Christmas ornaments.
Make a seashell wreath.

What seashells are worth money?

Here’s 6 of the most rare and beautiful.

Nautilus Shell. The name Nautilus is derived from the Latin word meaning sailor.
Hundred-Eyed Cowrie Shell. This particular type of Cowrie Shell is a firm favourite for keen seashell collectors.
Queen Conch Shell.
Miyoko Murex Seashell.
Conus Gloriamaris Seashell.
Venus Comb Murex Shell.

Are any sea shells worth money?

Is it possible to advertise on seashell collector?

20 december 2017 : Advertising in 2018 is again possible at main site and it’s related forum : http://www.seashell-collector.com/miscellaneous/page_advertising-at-seashell-collector-forum.html

Is the database for live seashell collectors closed?

Databases are actually closed in order to upload and test the new version (worldwide collectors, live seashells,…). 10 october 2014 : We still have a lot of spammers trying to log in our forum and everyday this blocks our mail account. Tou may not received the confirmation mail.

How many plates are in the seashell guide?

Two versions will be published in January 2019: a French and an English version. This is the result of a year and a half of work. This is a 173-page guide that will delight the beginner but also the specialist. 70 plates representing 278 specimens are presented to you.

Which is the last description of a coneshell?

18 march 2018 : The iconography of the Polynesian coneshells have been updated with the last described specie : Conus easoni. http://www.seashell-collector.com/iconography/page_conidae-from-french-polynesia.html

How do I sell my seashell collection?