Today, the Conchology, Inc. certificates are coveted items as an extra addition to your shell collection. For each auction shell, Conchology, Inc. produces a free personalized certificate.

Each certificate has the auction text, written by Guido T. Poppe with the help of Sheila P. Tagaro. Guido pours in his decades long experience and knowledge into each certificate to make them unique and customized for each shell.

The following information is included in the certificate: your name, a high quality picture, family, genus & species, author, locality, size and the description by Guido Poppe.

Each image presented in our auctions has been made on regularly color-calibrated computer screens, and the photos have been taken in artificial light imitating natural sun light - this results in the most realistic possible images. The certificates are printed on high quality glossy paper with a 6 color Epson printer to match perfectly the real-life colors from the shells.

Conchology, Inc. certificates bring in that extra notch of importance to your shells, confirming a nice pedigree for the future.

Provenance

Certificates are used worldwide to authenticate an item, the Conchology, Inc certificate does just that. In the future, when you decide to sell or donate your collection, you can show the certificates to make clear the provenance of your shells. Proving a good provenance of an item is getting more and more important in the world of today.