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| Item | # 0003990290 | | Family | Conidae | | Name | Conus gloriamaris - VERY RARE 140.4 mm GIANT , Chemnitz, 1777 |
| Size | 140.4 mm, w/o |
| Locality | Philippines |
| Note | The advanced collector will be aware of the supreme difficulty of obtaining a truly GIANT specimen of this ‘classic’ species of superb quality. Virtually all examples of 130 mm+ exhibit substantial growth disruptions, along with other flaws, and the pattern becomes wayward, to unsightly, upon account of the ‘stop-start’ slow incremental growth of hypermature examples. By contrast, the current specimen, at 140 mm, exhibits a beautiful regular pattern, in rich colours, and its single restricted growth disruption occurs upon the ventral, (non-display) side. (Image available upon request, as above images illustrate the magnificent nature of the shell in all other respects.) It is exceedingly difficult to obtain a specimen of 140 mm+ now, with those few known coming only from old collections. As rare and coveted a ‘collector’s item’ at this size today as it was in the past. Data: Davao Gulf, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines; upon sand/mud substrate; 100-200 m; tangle nets (lumun-lumun); 1996. Size: 140.4 mm. Grading: Gem; w/o. Provenance: JES Collection; London / Melbourne. |
| Seller | JES (1395) - Register to view Feedback | | Seller Country | AUSTRALIA |
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| Curr. of this item |  EURO |
| Start Price | 1,00 € |
| Current Price | 305,00 € - offered by joelyu333 - Auction closed -
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| under 100 € | 1 € |
| from 100 to 200 € | 2 € |
| from 200 to 500 € | 5 € |
| from 500 to 1000 € | 10 € |
| over 1000 € | 25 € |
| | End | 24-12-2025 > 21:15:00 | | shellauction.net timeServer time | 26-12-2025 > 21:25:22 | | Time left | ... | |
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