Provenance is provenance. Museums cut their specimens too, and does not change the fact of where they came from. A copy of the original label along with your own of the modified specimen(s) should accompany them when changing hands in the future.
gary On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:11 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hello All. > > Here's a question that's been rolling around in my mind for quite a while. > > Suppose you purchase a 50g meteorite from Joe Dealer and Joe supplies > information that the specimen is "ex Museum of Natural History, New York." > > Then, suppose you cut it in half. > > Are either of the pieces, or both, considered to be "ex Museum of Natural > History, New York?" > > Cheers. > > Paul Swartz > IMCA 5204 > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
