2004 Sea Shell Searchers Shell Show Synopsis

    
Trophy

    
Title of Exhibit

    
Winner

    COA

    Muricidae

    Patty Humbird
 

    Dupont

    State Shells of USA

    Harold & Freida White
 

    Junior- Best Exhibit

     My Favorite Shells

    Chris Corbett
 

    Mildred Tate Gulf of Mexico

    Gulf of Mexico

    Janey Nill
 

    T. E. Pulley Award

    Amaea mitchelli

    Janey Nill
 

    Best of the Caribbean

    Vexillums of the Carribean

    Leslie Crnkovic
 

    Best of Texas

    Seashells of Texas

    Janey Nill
 

    Shell of the Show self collected

    Mitra helenae

    Leslie Crnkovic
 

    Shell of the Show

    Cancellaria rosewateri

    Steven Coker
 

    Largest shell

    Triplofusus gigantea

    Rusti Stover
 

    Smallest shell

    Vitrinella hilicoidea

    Janey Nill
 

    Beachcomber

    Driftwood with shells

    Dean Harris
 

    Judge's Choice-Takahashi

    Nature's Shell Collector  "Xenophora pallidula"

    Wayne Humbird
 

    Judge's Choice-Green

    Lambis: The Spider Shells

    Lucy Clampett
 

    Best of Class 16

    Candlewick Shells

    Patty Humbird
 

    Best of Class 17

    Small Hall of Malacology

    Rusti Stover
 

    Under the Sea Beanie 2004

    O Tannenbaum Froggie

    Ellen & Ted Strasser

    Judge's Choice-Artistic

    Venus on the Half Shell

    Janey Nill

    
2004 Sea Shell Seachers Shell Show
    Finishes

    Cat.

    Category Name

    Exhibit Name

    Exhibitor

    Place
 

    1B

    One Major Family - Worldwide

    Muricidae

    Patty Humbird

    first

    2A

    One Minor Family - Regional

    Vexillums of the Carribean

    Leslie Crnkovic

    first
 

    2B

    One Minor Family - Worldwide

    Cancellariidae - The Nutmegs

    Steven Coker

    first

    3B

    One Genus - WorldWide

    Lambis: The Spider Shells

    Lucy Clampit

    first
 

    3B

    One Genus - WorldWide

    Charonia

    Wanda Coker

    second

    3B

    One Genus - WorldWide

    Genus Terebellum

    Wayne Humbird

    third
 

    4

    One Species

    Nature's Shell Collector  "Xenophora pallidula"

    Wayne Humbird

    first

    4

    One Species

    Conus ateralbus

    Roe Davenport, Jr.

    second
 

    4

    One Species

    Triplofusus Growth Series

    Rusti Stover

    third

    5

    Single Specimen

    Spondylus linquaefelis

    Patty Humbird

    first
 

    5

    Single Specimen

    Conus eumitus

    Roe Davenport, Jr.

    second

    5

    Single Specimen

    Queen Conch

    Dean Harris

    third
 

    6

    Texas

    Seashells of Texas

    Janey Nill

    first

    7

    Gulf of Mexico

    Gulf of Mexico

    Janey Nill

    first
 

    8

    Regional

    Western Australia

    Ellen & Ted Strasser

    first

    8

    Regional

    Panamic Beauties

    Darwin Alder

    second
 

    9

    Worldwide

    Stamps and Shells

    Janey Nill

    first

    10

    Texas State Shell

    Stripes and Bands of Texas

    Darwin Alder

    first
 

    11

    Educational

    State Shells of USA

    Harold & Freida White

    first

    11

    Educational

    A History of the Journal "Pariah" & the Shell Related
    Books Authored by Jerry G. Walls

    Leslie Crnkovic

    second
 

    12

    Fossils

    Nautilus Fossils

    Janey Nill

    first

    12

    Fossils

    Megalomus

    Rusti Stover

    second
 

    13

    Land/Freshwater

    Apple Snail

    Harold & Freida White

    first

    14

    Marine Life

    Marine Life

    Wanda Coker

    first
 

    15

    Beachcomber

    Driftwood with shells

    Dean Harris

    first

    15

    Beachcomber

    Bottles in the Sand

    Rusti Stover

    second
 

    16B

    Shell Art - Needlework

    Candlewick Shells

    Patty Humbird

    first

    17D

    Shell Craft - Sailor's Valentines

    Sailor Valentine

    Ellen & Ted Strasser

    first
 

    17E

    Shell Craft - Personal Accessories

    Shell Fetish Jewelry

    Rusti Stover

    first

    17G

    Shell Craft - Other

    Small Hall of Malacology

    Rusti Stover

    first
 

    17G

    Shell Craft - other

    Wreath

    Ellen & Ted Strasser

    second

    17G

    Shell Craft - Other

    The Fat Man's Workshop

    Darwin Alder

    third
 

    18

    Shell Collectibles

    Venus on the Half Shell

    Janey Nill

    first

    19A

    Under the Sea Beanie: In Natural State

    Beanie Beacon

    Rusti Stover

    first
 

    19B

    Under the Sea Beanie: Cleverly Disguised

    O Tannenbaum Froggie

    Ellen & Ted Strasser

    first

    19B

    Under the Sea Beanie: Cleverly Disguised

    The "Top Star"

    Rusti Stover

    second
 

    19B

    Under the Sea Beanie: Cleverly Disguised

    The Workshop of Light

    Darwin Alder

    third

    20

    Junior

    My Favorite Shells

    Chris Corbett

    first