Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle - whats a fairprice?

[Tim Heitz]

That is 7 times what they paid for it, your saying thats a fair price.

Tim Heitz

M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote:

Crazy, over the price of a historical fall.....for me
a price of $7/gr. max. is ok. No over. If is fall many
kilos is another question.
regards
Matteo

--- Tim Heitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

Hello,
I got a call from a man that lives right in the
     

area of which the 
   

meteorite fell. He told me that a guy had setup in
     

a parking lot and 
   

was paying  $1.00 PER GRAM
He wanted to know how much they were really worth.
What do you think the answer should have been?

Later he told me he had three big pieces and he
     

thought $1.00 PER GRAM 
   

was not enough.

Tim Heitz



Michael Farmer wrote:

     

Hello everyone, a little news from the
       

strewnfield. The news is not 
   

good. The people here all think that they are
       

millionaires, they all 
   

want $10 to $20 gram now. The police chief tols
       

Steve Witt to leave 
   

or be arrested as they think he robbed a
       

meteorite finder by paying 
   

several dollars per gram! The news has stated
       

that they are worth 
   

$500 per ounce ~$15 gram. The Museum in Chicago
       

has not helped, 
   

stating that dealers are here to rip the locals
       

off and that they 
   

should "donate all the pieces" to the
       

university/museum.
   

   I have been in 6 homes today that were
       

penetrated by meteorites, 
   

serious damage to many of them. There are many
       

pieces but as I said, 
   

people now want $100,000 for some stones and they
       

are NOT JOKING.
   

I wish anyone who plans to come out good luck, I
       

will hunt tomorrow 
   

and try to secure a stone or two, then go home
       

and let people get to 
   

reality.
I do have 4 pieces totaling about one kilo, 3
       

pieces that hit a house 
   

and damaged the siding. The other piece is a half
       

individual that 
   

impacted the median in a road, and has the nose
       

imbedded with yellow 
   

street paint. I do not know if there will be any
       

out for sale any 
   

time soon, the price is so high we are just
       

walking away from many 
   

people.
A few got a few cheap specimens, but very few. If
       

any will come for 
   

sale from me, it will likely be quite expensive.
       

I do not know what 
   

the next few days hold, more pieces should be
       

found though so maybe 
   

we will have more luck.
I will email  more info later.
Mike Farmer
       



     

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