I had a similar thing happen. I was in Montrose, Colorado recently and
visited a small rock shop. The owner showed me an iron "from the fall
that happened here", as he put it. Turns out Curry had given (or sold?)
it to him to get him interested in meteorites then tried to sell him his
"meteorite collection". The shop owner told him he'd think about it, and
Curry contacted him later with an even higher price for his "valuable
meteorites". The shop owner looked Curry up online, found a slew of
negative comments about him, and refused to purchase the "meteorites".
So at least one shop owner wasn't fooled - the one who did some research
online before shelling out money.
Cheers,
Marc Fries
On 8/30/11 6:22 AM, Walter L. Newton wrote:
Just a few weeks ago, the family and I took a quick 4 day trip to
Albuquerque NM, Aztec NM and the Four Corners region of Colorado, for a
little ruins, rocks and state parks. On the way home, we stopped at a small
general store/rock shop in Cimarron Colorado, and the woman there had 3
pieces of this "Montrose Iron" with certificates of authenticity from Steve
Curry. On line, I also found a gift shop in Grand Junction selling some of
his "meteorites." It looks like Curry is trying to saturate the Western Slop
of Colorado with his junk. I tried to tell the woman in Cimarron that these
were fake, but she just complained to me that "these are out of your price
range, you wouldn't be able to afford them." And I emailed the shop in Grand
Junction, they never responded to my email. This Curry Crap (tm) is just
tainting the meteorite market, and the effect will snowball to honest
dealers and collectors and the general public who are going to get burnt.
Too bad.
Walter L. Newton
Website
http://newton.acrossthebow.com/
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