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Hello list, Hi Jim, as I’m living in Munich and the Munich show is
my home fair, I think I’m predestined to give you my impressions about this
show. But first I have to introduce myself, because
I’m joining this list only since two weeks, amused about the exchange of insults
between the dealers ( Bruno, Mike, Matteo et.al: My prices are even cheaper! :-)
and really glad that there is someone else on the list, who helps me not to be
so ashamed of my poor English…. My name is Martin Altmann and like Jim I’m from
the group of astronomical enthusiasts. First in contact with meteorites I got as
twelve year old boy, of course during the Munich fair 20 years ago, where I
acquired my first specimen. Uh, I was so proud – three weeks later I found out,
that it was only a tektite. But next year I bought my first real meteorite, a
small Mundrabilla from german meteorite pope Walter
Zeitschel. Well the meteorite prices were paradisiacally
cheap at those times, but as a pupil I couldn’t afford much and had always pangs
of conscience in spending all my pocket-money for meteorites, regarded from my
fellows and my family as a complete idiot . Later when the prices grew and grew
due to the upcoming internet, I was forced to start to deal a little bit with
meteorites to keep my collection growing like many others do. I’m running a
homepage ( www.meteorite-martin.de , www.meteorite-martin.com ), but because of a lack of
time I’m not able to keep it updated (for the case, that someone is interested
in my assortment for sale or trade, I gladly will mail an actual list) and most
stuff I’m selling via ebay (ID: pardelmops). My collection is small but
extremely conservative, I try to focuse on classical localities – meteorites
with “names”, not with numbers – and from those I like most observed
falls. Because the space for postings is limited, I have
to split my report from the show into 3
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