AW: [meteorite-list] advice...

2006-11-13 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Rob, at least there is hope for those, who bought rare early pre-NWA-desert, that their collections will gain value again after the devaluation of the last 5 years. (Names and falls all in all never were afflicted). Eeeeh, and Rob, those among the scientists still having the opinion you

AW: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future

2006-11-13 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Mark, as far as sample return missions are concerned, we are still at a price per gram for ordinary chondrites of 320 000 000$ - if the Hayabusa probe would have been successful. Gravity is quite an economically awful drag, friction too. (I hope the US-government won't have the idea to

Re: AW: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future lunarites

2006-11-13 Thread Rob McCafferty
--- Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I feed the inflation calculator with the widely reported costs of 65,000$ per gram for the Apollo-material, I get out a little less than 300,000$/g today. So lunaites compared to chondrites have to be articles for junk shops... Martin

AW: AW: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future lunarites

2006-11-13 Thread Martin Altmann
, Loooklookilucky 910, looky fine Moon, Rob, good Moon, looky Rolex... Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rob McCafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 13. November 2006 23:20 An: Martin Altmann; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: AW: [meteorite-list] advice

AW: [meteorite-list] advice...

2006-11-11 Thread Martin Altmann
Well, the good times in Sahara are over, we all have to get used with that fact, although so many newer collectors refuse to face the truth. The Munich show is always well frequented by Moroccans (it's not so far like Tucson for them). Dramatically was the decline of the amounts of material from

AW: [meteorite-list] advice...

2006-11-11 Thread Martin Altmann
- From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:04 AM Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] advice... Well, the good times in Sahara are over, we all have to get used with that fact, although so many newer collectors refuse to face