Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1906 — Prices for Butterflies. [ARTICLE]

Prices for Butterflies.

Butterfly collectors are seldom able to estimate with any confidence the value of their collections, since th* prices for specimens so constantly vary. A case in point is that of the bin* butterfly of Brazil, specimens of which were originally sold for from. SSO to $75". Not long ago some 'collectors who supplied the London market ran into a perfect swarm of these butterflies and shipped to England such quantities that better specimens than the original insects are sold for $1 each. It not Infrequently happens that two or three specimens of a certain family are discovered ’by collectors, who, encouraged by the high prices received for their Rods, are tempted to prosecute their search for this particular variety without result for several years. Suddenly they" «r some other collector finds the insects grown plentiful, and the cherished varieties of the cabinet become among the commonest specimens.