SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 497(J)
The undersigned on behalf of Selected American Shares, Inc. (the
"Registrant") hereby certifies that the form of propspectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not
have differed from that contained in the Registrant's most recent post-
effective amendment to its registration statement. The text of such
amendment to the registration statement was filed electronically.
Dated May 6, 1998
Selected American Shares, Inc.
By: /s/ Thomas D. Tays
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Thomas D. Tays,
Secretary
