Hello, Actually...the 1st material to be sold in the US was from Alan Lang, not Michael Casper. It started at $3.00 plus per gram. I am pretty sure on this, but if I am wrong then I stand corrected. You bought your material after the 1st pieces and in anycase my statement is not misleading.... The whole reason of the statement was to show an example of a meteorite price rollercoaster ride......
----- Original Message ----- From: "dean bessey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a little collector advice........ > > > �When Zag first came out it was $3-$5.00 per gram > > > and then it shot up to $11.00, and now you can buy Zag > > > for $1.00 to $5.00 per gram......� > > > This is misleading. ZAG was selling for less than $1 a gram and then went up > after the water anouncement. > I still fondly remember buying a kilo of Zag from Michael Casper for 50 > cents a gram and then having the water story break before the material even > arrived to me and seeing another dealer offing it at $8 a gram. > And at that time ZAG had an official TKW of 175 kilos but likely double that > is conservative. Of course it did later fall back in price. > Right now meteorites in general are underpriced because of the large > quantities of desert material. Even known falls and rare material from other > non desert areas have droped in price like a stone (Or maybe that should be > "like a meteorite"). > Wither the $15 price that the new moroccan fall is currently being sold for > sticks, drops, or rises in the near term will depend on what it found in the > lab. A unusual LL fall seems like a good deal at $15. > There have been 15 kilos found as of last saturday (I have half of it) and > it seems that everybody in eastern morocco is currently looking for more. If > no more is found you will soon be very happy if you buy it now at $15. If > 100 kilos get found you will see $4 or $5 but right now it dont appear that > there is that much. > However, this meteorite is very vulnerable to getting wet. It has to be cut > with alcohol. And it has recently rained in the strewnfield so newly found > material will not be as fresh as the material that was picked up the day of > the fall (Like mine was). > Whatever the price this is certainly a stunning meteorite and you want > slices in your collection. > I have that 119.5 gram individual that I posted photos to the list a couple > days ago available uncut at $15 a gram. The rest I should have by next week. > I have two that are over a kilo. I dont expect a huge price drop on the $15 > a gram price (Unless there is a lot stashed away somewhere but searchers are > not having luck over the last few days in finding more). > This meteorite is really unusual looking. If anything really unusual turns > up in the lab you will likely see a price increase. And it is so unusual > looking that assuming that it is an LL you cant really go wrong at $15. But > I am selling the material so I am obviously biased in my opinions here. I > will have a sale posted shortly. > Cheers > DEAN > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
