Dear Listees; I was in awe at the birthday party. Art is YOUNG. Kevin K. is young and has one heck of a story that has no bark. Robert Haag does not age, and neither does Anne Black. Next year we all should dress cowboy for the party. Dean Bessey has donated $30 that will go to the IMCA web site. Michael Blood auctioned the 1/2 pound-ish piece of Mr. Nininninger's crapper for free and I donated the swell specimen. Mr. Bessey will have a bit more for those interested in aquiring their specimen of this unique OLD meteorite museum collectable. The new Barringer crater museum is wonderful...only there is a large toxic feeling about Mr. Nininninger in the musseum staff and the local community.
It is 15 degrees in Wyoming at the present time. Best Wishes, Dave Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I've just returned from six days in Tucson and will file this report for >those that weren't able to make it. I'll include some peripheral info. > >Because I was hand-carrying a suitcase full of meteorites, I received special >attention at the FtMyers (Fla.), Chicago and Tucson airports both coming and >going. I was selected randomly again at the boarding gate in Chicago for a >second inspection. In Tucson both X-Ray machines kept malfunctioning and we >also had to remove our shoes for a sniff test. If they were looking for >"smelly" I'm a winner. > >Weather was good 40*- 70*F. Very windy at times. > >Attendance by dealers looked to be down 10%. Attendance over all down 25%. Of >course the show is the "Rock and Gem" show. I believe that more meteorite >"people" were there than ever. > >If you want unclassified NWA's you came to the right place. All sizes and >grades from 100% crusted to apparent pieces of "mud." There were abundant >classified NWA's, too. Surprising to me, some types like eucrites and >howardites had relatively high "ask" prices. My friend Bruno wants $15K for >his low TKW nakhlite and its Mars' mantle water alteration. Some dealers >inventory was >50% NWA. > >Dean Bessey, Marvin Kilgore, Jim Labenne and Mike Farmer tell me that the >NWA's "strewnfield" is about "fished out." Where the Bedouins were visiting >"collecting families" with rocks piled to the ceilings of their tents (?) >only shoebox size amounts are now available. If you want 'em, buy 'em now. >The strewfield of opportunity will be moving elsewhere. > >Sculpted Gibeons and large or small Canyon Diablos are slim pickins' and >prices are higher. "Trophy" Campos are not to be found. "Named" meteorites >were far less abundant then the last 5 years. Prices for these are now >firming and I suspect (my opinion folks) that barring the end-of-the-world, >the meteorite market has bottomed. > >Darryl's auction had notable successes and failures. Sienna (4.74gms.) >brought $2,016 (inc. 12.5% buyer's premium). Allende (160.8 gms, 50% crust) >brought $619. Williamette (9.55gm - no tribal protest on site, though a train >went by during it's auction) - $3375. No sale on 6.84 gm. D'Orbigny @ >$230/gm, or Steinbach (93 gms.) @ $60. Chassigny (0.034gms) went out @ >$24,800/gm. Perhaps someone will post a complete list........ > >Please remember that items at auctions can be pallasites that aren't >translucent, huge specimens that will bring far less per gram than little >ones, and many other variables that affect the price. The price that a >specimen brings at auction is only the price of that particular item, not >necessarily every one of its type. > >Reports that people are digging through the boxes of NWA "mud" and finding >urelites and CR's are somewhat exaggerated. Some un-named individuals were >seen slicing anonymous NWA's in half declaring "it's either a urelite or >weathered granite." > >The Birthday Boy's Steve and Geoff will have a tough time topping this year's >party. A large room was rented for the 75 attendees at La Fuente Mexican >restaurant complete with mariachi band playing rock. (Si, te amo "rock") To >top off the festivities the "First Annual Harvey Awards", (like in Nininger) >an NWA on a Lucite pedestal were awarded to: >- Mike Martinez for "contributing to bringing respect to the meteorite >community." Of course, his main "contribution" was wearing a hard hat >inscribed "Meteorite Recovery Team" that featured adjacent racks for liquor >bottles and flexible straws for easy drinking. >- Blaine Reed received "Congeniality" award for allowing every met dealer in >Tucson to make deals "commission free" in HIS room. >- Bob Haag "Lifetime Contribution" Award for the obvious. Bob being Bob, he >deferred his speech time to the celebrants Steve and Geoff. >- Dean Bessey accepted an award for the Canadian Government for their actions >in allowing Tagish Lake to sink to the bottom of a lake. > >We also met Art, our list administrator. We're in excellent hands. > >And thank-you-very-much but everyone can now stop barking every time they see >me......... > >Kevin Kichinka > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
