----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 7:18
PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest
- Round Two
Adam, good lord, after you and AL Lang lectured
me about paying too much, you tried to snag my stone by offering $15000 for it
12 hours later! the Highest price offered in Park Forest. So indeed, you did
contribute to the high prices, so please don't act like you did'nt.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 10:39
AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest -
Round Two
Dear List,
Here we go again! I am
personally glad to be home after spending five intense days in the
so-called "Urban Strewnfield". For those of you who were not able to
go you did not miss much. The weather was horrible, most of the
neighborhood was rough and the greed was amazing.
My brother, Greg arrived yesterday and met up
with Al Lang to pick up an entire bedroom that had been hammered by one
of these stones. We will reconstruct the bedroom with the ceiling
that had two holes punched in it, the venetian blinds that were
split down the center, a metal windowsill with a huge impact crater and a
mirror that was shattered, all hit by the same meteorite that thankfully
missed a boy by inches as he was sleeping. This collection will be
displayed proudly next to the Peekskill car in a private museum. We
plan on possibly displaying the collection at the Tucson show next year if
there is enough interest. We acquired several other impacted items
from all over the strewn field and will integrate them into another
interpretive display. This represents the world's largest collection of
man-made objects impacted by meteorites. We feel it is
important to preserve these historical items for future generations to
enjoy.
On another note:
Why couldn't the meteorite have landed
somewhere in a rural area?, maybe next time. I do not believe the
prices would have been so high if the stones where recovered by farmers and
ranch-hands. Word spread like wild fire in the Park Forest
neighborhood about prices being realized for stones that hit things.
These street-smart finders then played a lot of dealers and collectors in
the field for as much money as they could get and now everybody
is paying the price. You can blame dealers who lacked the
patience to negotiate better prices and manage the situation in a
professional manner for these high prices. Instead money was
thrown around exciting the neighborhood into a feeding frenzy.
I owned up to my part in this whole thing with a post called "Park
Forest - the pulling of teeth". If I contributed in anyway to the high
prices, I apologize. I admit there were a few times when we paid
more than we should have.
Wishing everybody well,
Adam Hupe
IMCA 2185
