2019 Shell Show Awards and Winners

2019 BSC SHELL SHOW AWARDS
– SCIENTIFIC DIVISION –

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AWARD – Gene Everson – Naticidae Category: One Family Minor Any Manner

CONCHOLOGISTS OF AMERICA AWARD – Robert & Alice Pace – Upper/Lower Florida Keys Self-Collected – Category: One Region Self-Collected

THE DuPONT AWARD – Robert & Alice Pace– The Genus Helicophanta Found on Madagascar – Category: Land or Freshwater Shells

“BEST OF THE BEST” – Gene Everson – Australian Seashells Self-Collected

LEN HILL MEMORIAL – Gene Everson – One Case Wonder – Category: Super 10

SHELL OF SHOW – Self-Collected – Gene Everson – Haustellum langleitae – Category: Single Shell Worldwide Self Collected

SHELL OF SHOW – Any Manner – Robert Pace – Latirus Mcmurray – Category: Single Shell Florida/Caribbean Any Manner

SHELL OF SHOW – FOSSIL PHYLLIS DIEGEL MEMORIAL – Robert Pace – Antractodarwinella ellioti – Category: Single Shell Fossil Any Manner

JIM VUNKANNON MEMORIAL FLORIDA/CARIBBEAN TROPHY – Vicky Wall – Adventures in the Western Atlantic Self-Collected – Category Worldwide Self-Collected

GERRIT De GRAFF MEMORIAL – Gene Everson – Phyllonotus eversoni – Category: Super 10

NEIL HEPLER MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE – Pat & Bob Linn – A Sampling of the Olividae Family – Category: One Family Minor Any Manner

RICHARD DUERR MEMORIAL BEST FOSSIL EXHIBIT – Robert & Alice Pace – 3 Locations of Self-Collected Fossil Shells – Category: Fossils – Any Manner

BETTY HAMANN MEMORIAL BEST SEA LIFE – Duane Kauffman Various Invertebrate Marine Life; Crabs, Coral, Seahorses, etc. – Category: Sea Life

BEST STUDENT EXHIBIT SCIENTIFIC – No Entry

BEST SEA LIFE – Phyllis Gray – Sea Urchin – Category: Sea Life

BEST BEGINNING SCIENTIFIC – Sue Wehrheim- Argonauta argo – Category: Single Shell Florida/Caribbean Self-Collected

EXHIBITOR’S CHOICE AWARD – Pat & Bob Linn – A Sampling of the Olividae Family – Category: One Family Minor Any Manner

SCIENTIFIC RIBBON WINNERS

ONE REGION SELF-COLLECTED – BLUE
Robert & Alice Pace – Upper/Lower Keys Self-collected

WORLDWIDE SELF-COLLECTED – BLUE
Vicky Wall – Adventures in the Western Atlantic Self
-Collected

FLORIDA/CARIBBEAN ANY MANNER – BLUE
Nancy Galdo – Cypraea surinamensis, A Caribbean
Signature Cowry

ONE FAMILY MAJOR – BLUE
James Redding – Life of Cowries

ONE FAMILY MINOR ANY MANNER – BLUE
Gene Everson – Naticidae

ONE FAMILY MINOR ANY MANNER – BLUE
Pat & Bob Linn – A Sampling of the Olividae Family

ONE FAMILY MINOR ANY MANNER – RED
Ron Bopp – Distorsios

ONE GENUS ANY MANNER – BLUE
Gregory Curry Sr. – Genus Ericusa

SINGLE SHELL WORLDWIDE SELF-COLLECTED
BLUE Gene Everson – Haustellum langleitae

SINGLE SHELL WORLDWIDE SELF-COLLECTED
RED Vicky Wall – Cypraea tigris pardalis

SINGLE SHELL WORLDWIDE ANY MANNER –
BLUE Greg Curry Sr. – Minicymbiola corderoi

SINGLE SHELL WORLDWIDE ANY MANNER –
RED Robert Pace – Morum amabilis

SINGLE SHELL WORLDWIDE ANY MANNER –
WHITE – Pat Linn – Globularia fluctuate Moon Shell

SINGLE SHELL WORLDWIDE ANY MANNER –
WHITE – Eric Petrusha – Angaria delphinulus

SINGLE SHELL SELF COLLECTED FLORIDA /
CARIBBEAN – BLUE
Alice Pace – Conus anabathrum “Large”

SINGLE SHELL SELF COLLECTED FLORIDA /
CARIBBEAN – BLUE
Robert Pace – Aeguipecten exasperatus

SINGLE SHELL SELF COLLECTED FLORIDA /
CARIBBEAN – RED Sue Wehrheim – Argonaut argo

SINGLE SHELL FLORIDA/CARIBBEAN ANY
MANNER – BLUE Robert Pace – Latirus mcmurray

SINGLE SHELL FLORIDA/CARIBBEAN ANY
MANNER – RED
Kevan Sunderland – Teramachia mirabilis

SINGLE SHELL FLORIDA/CARIBBEAN ANY
MANNER – WHITE Sonny Ogden – Cymatium
parthenopeum “Great Hairy Triton”

SINGLE SHELL FLORIDA/CARIBBEAN ANY
MANNER – WHITE
Alice Pace – Caribachlamys pellucens “Red”

SINGLE SHELL FOSSIL SELF-COLLECTED – BLUE
Ron Bopp – Melongena taurus

SINGLE SHELL FOSSIL ANY MANNER – BLUE
Robert Pace – Antractodarwinella ellioti

SINGLE SHELL FOSSIL ANY MANNER – RED
Gregory Curry Sr. – Amoria exoptanda

SINGLE SHELL FOSSIL ANY MANNER – RED
John Chesler – Strombus coronatis

SINGLE SHELL UNUSAL VARIANTS – BLUE
Robert Pace – Harpa with Blister Pearl

TRUE MINIATURES ANY MANNER – BLUE
Duane Kauffman – 96 Shells Less Than 8mm

FOSSILS ANY MANNER – BLUE
Robert & Alice Pace – 3 Locations of Self-Collected
Fossil Shells

FOSSILS ANY MANNER – RED
Gregory Curry, Sr. – Scaphella Fossil of Florida

LAND & FRESH WATER SHELLS – BLUE
Robert & Alice Pace – The Genus Helicophanta
Found on Madagascar

LAND & FRESH WATER SHELLS – RED
Vicky Wall – The Snail the Dinosaurs Saw

SEA LIFE – BLUE
Duane Kauffman – Various Invertebrate Marine Life;
Crabs, Coral, Seahorse, etc.

SEA LIFE – RED Phyllis Gray – Basket Sea Star

SUPER 10 – BLUE
Gene Everson – One Case Wonders

EDUCATIONAL – BLUE
Vicky Wall – A Shell Collector’s Journey with the
Best Shell Book Ever Written

EDUCATIONAL – RED
Anne Dupont – Shelled Opisthobranch Mollusk

JUDGE’S SCIENTIFIC SPECIAL MERIT RIBBONS

Nancy Galdo – FLORIDA/CARIBBEAN ANY MANNER – Cypraea surinamensis, A Caribbean Signature Cowry
Gregory Curry, Sr. – ONE GENUS ANY MANNER – Genus Ericus

2017 BSC SHELL SHOW AWARDS
– ARTISTIC DIVISION –

BEST STUDENT EXHIBITOR
Caroline Dolezal – Student Grade K – 6 – Photography

BEST IN SHOW TROPHY HOBBYIST
Shanti Moore – Conch Flowers

BEST IN SHOW TROPHY PROFESSIONAL
Heather Strawbridge – Seahorse Lamp

BEST IN SHOW TROPHY SAILOR’S VALENTINE
Susan Saunders – Sailors Valentine – Single Octagonal Case Sailor’s Valentine

BEST TABLETOP SHELL CRAFT
Shanti Moore – Urchin Wonder – Tabletop Only

BEST WALL HUNG SHELL CRAFT
Shanti Moore – A Sister’s Love

FAY MUCHA MEMORIAL BEST COLLECTIBLES
Sonny Ogden – Shell Pictures

BEST BEGINNING ARTISTIC EXHIBITOR
Kathy Kerrigan – Letter K

EXHIBITOR’S CHOICE AWARD
Linda Ebeling – Rain Barrel – Under the Sea

ARTISTIC RIBBON WINNERS
– HOBBYIST –

BEGINNING EXHIBITOR – BLUE
Kelly Lyon – Photography

BEGINNING EXHIBITOR – BLUE
Kathy Kerrigan – Letter K

BEGINNING EXHIBITOR – WHITE
Donna Clarke – Seahorse

BEGINNING EXHIBITOR – WHITE
Susan Elliott – Seahorse

BEGINNING EXHIBITOR – WHITE
Helena Daley – Shell Mirror

STUDENT GRADE K-6 – BLUE
Caroline Dolezal – Photography

STUDENT GRADE K-6 – RED
Abby Jalik – Letter A

STUDENT GRADE K-6 – RED
Alex Jalik – Letter A

FLOWER ARRANGEMENT LESS THAN 6″ – BLUE
Shanti Moore – Conch Flowers

FLOWER ARRANGEMENT GREATER THAN 6″ –
BLUE Shanti Moore – Urchin Wonder

PICTURE OR MOSAIC GREATER THAN 6″ – BLUE Shanti Moore – A Sister’s Love

LAMP – SINGLE LAMP – WHITE
Diane Siciliani – Sand Dollar Lamp

DECOR & WALL HUNG ONLY – RED
Pat Linn – Wreath

SHELL BOX, CHEST, OR ANY ENCRUSTED TABLETOP ITEM – RED
Shanti Moore – Sea Treasure

PHOTOGRAPHY – BLUE
Vicky Wall – Photography

PHOTOGRAPHY – RED
Pamela Breitberg – Barnacles

HOLIDAY THEMES – RED
Shanti Moore – Fall Holiday Wreath

ARTISTIC RIBBON WINNERS
– PROFESSIONAL –

PICTURE OR MOSAIC GREATER THAN 6″ – WHITE Vivian Griffith – Seashell Fantasy

FLOWER ARRANGEMENT GREATER THAN 6” – BLUE Jae Kellog – Driftwood Arrangement

SAILOR’S VALENTINE SINGLE OCTAGONAL CASE – BLUE Susan Saunders

MIRROR – RED Heather Strawbridge – Mirror Sconce

LAMP – BLUE Heather Strawbridge – Seahorse Lamp

TREE OR TOPIARY SINGLE NON-HOLIDAY – RED Linda Ebeling – Tree of Sealife

SHELL BOX, CHEST, OR ANY ENCRUSTED TABLETOP ITEM – WHITE Jae Kellog – Birdhouse

PHOTOGRAPHY – BLUE
Ronald Lusk – Framed Photo

PHOTOGRAPHY – RED Bev Dolezal – Triton

PAINTING – WHITE Vivian Griffith – Shell Fantasy 1

HOLIDAY THEMES – BLUE
Jae Kellog – Angel Wing Flower Vine

SPECIAL – BLUE
Linda Ebeling -Rain Barrel – Under the Sea

SPECIAL – RED
Jae Kellog – 3 Paperweights

JUDGE’S ARTISTIC SPECIAL MERIT RIBBONS

Professional – Linda Ebeling – Rain Barrel – Under the Seashell club