Literally every beach souvenir shop I’ve ever visited has bunches of seashells for sale.
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frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Also, why would anyone she sell seashells by the seashore, of all places? Terrible business model to sell seashells where your customers can easily find their own.
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minesweepermilk@lemmy.world 9 months ago
From what what I remember, this saying is about Mary Anning and how she sold fossils by the beach in England where she lived. So most people probably didn’t know how to pick a rock with a fossil, or open it well enough to preserve said fossil
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
So people say. I’m a bit sceptical about that origin story because fossils aren’t seashells and, as far as I remember, Mary Anning didn’t sell many of her fossils!
Markimus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The shells she sells are sea shells for sure.
konalt@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The value of those shells will fall. Due to the laws of supply and demand, no one wants to buy shells cause there’s loads on the sand.
Raxiel@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You’re paying for the curated selection. Been to the seashore lately? Most of that shits all chipped and broken.
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
You’re right, I take it back.