I just sold one of those Seymchan spheres for $4000 two days ago on eBay, look it up. Larger than $16000 one sold today. I offer bargains:) But hey, I guess theirs comes with flashy catalog and "meteorite men" provenance.........
Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2012, at 7:52 PM, Greg Hupé <[email protected]> wrote: > I LOVE these high profile auctions as they illustrate just how great of a > deal us real 'every day' meteorite dealers are offering our material for. NO > seller premiums, NO hype... Just good old-fashioned deals for collectors who > work hard for their purchases!! > > Best Regards, > Greg > > ==================== > Greg Hupé > The Hupé Collection > [email protected] > www.LunarRock.com > NaturesVault (eBay & Facebook) > http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault > IMCA 3163 > ==================== > Click here for my current eBay auctions: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Michael Farmer > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:39 PM > To: Yinan Wang > Cc: Adam > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Heritage auction > > 25% buyers premium is highest I have ever seen, I wanted to bid on several > items but calculating that extra 25% killed it for me. > Michael Farmer > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 14, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Yinan Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No one forced anyone to participate. >> >> If something didn't sell, chances are it's because it had a high >> reserve set by the seller. When you set a high reserve, you run the >> risk of having no buyers, just like in any market. >> >> I'd say a photo fee and shipping is a low price to pay for a chance to >> sell something to a large audience for several times what its worth. >> >> -Yinan >> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> It is a train wreck for the suppliers who had to pay to put the items in, >>> ship them from Europe and elsewhere, and pay to ship them back! >>> Michael Farmer >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 14, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Yinan Wang <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> No offense intended, but how do you interpret this auction as a train >>>> wreck? >>>> >>>> Having worked in the natural history auction industry, this was a very >>>> good auction for everything except the high priced pieces. From what I >>>> observed, the sell-through rate was probably over 80%, which is great >>>> for a natural history auction. Many of the lower and middle ranged >>>> items went for 3-10 times the market price. >>>> >>>> High priced meteorites in general don't seem to sell often at auction. >>>> For example, the Willamette was very well marketed last year but did >>>> not sell at $650,000. Looking at past auctions, it seems $90,000 to be >>>> the top price for a meteorite sold at auction in the past few years, >>>> at least with this auction house. >>>> >>>> Personally I think the market for extreme high end meteorites may not >>>> be well established in auction houses yet. Yes, someone will (and has) >>>> shell out up to 2 million for a dinosaur at auction but won't do the >>>> same for a meteorite. >>>> >>>> -Yinan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Adam Hupe <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I think the timing of this auction during the middle of a political >>>>> campaign might account for the train wreck witnessed today or the economy >>>>> is worse off then anybody could imagine. Prices were all over the place, >>>>> some excellent, some poor but not a single item exceeded $50,000.00 even >>>>> with the huge buyer's premium in place. A few of my friends watched >>>>> parts of this auction on CNN and thought many of the descriptions should >>>>> have been based on the importance of the items instead of comparing them >>>>> to famous artwork. >>>>> >>>>> All of the big auction houses are struggling right now from what I have >>>>> read. Hopefully things will settle back down after the election. >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Adam >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> 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 > ______________________________________________ > > 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 ______________________________________________ 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
