The price on the ordinary chondrite that realized USD $105,939.00 should be
.68/gram not 6.81/gram. I missed a zero while doing the calculation.
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raremeteorites" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:15 AM
Subject: Christie's Meteorite Auction
Wow, after following this auction I was surprised.
http://www.christies.com/results
The top items were a 434 gram Seymcham Pallasites sphere that sold for an
amazing USD $303.08/gram ($131,535.00) followed by a NWA 155 kilogram, H6
ordinary chondrite that realized USD $6.81/gram ($105,939.00)
I believe the top price per gram honor went to a 6.43 gram NWA 8306 Lunar
Meteorite which realized USD $2777.34/gram ($17,775.00)
In total, the entire auction only realized USD $820,895.41 with most key
pieces failing to sell. I thought for sure somebody would pick up the
Zagami Martian Meteorite Main Mass which seemed reasonably priced to me at
around USD $250.00/gram, especially when a Pallasite that normally sells
for around $5.00/gram realized over USD $300.00/gram if the auction
results are not in error and the sale is completed.
Perhaps prospective buyers were not educated properly to the importance of
some of these pieces or the venue was improper. In any case, the results
were very surprising and unexpected to me since I have sold much more than
the entire auction amount over the years on eBay.
Adam
On Apr 20, 2016, at 12:08 AM, Anne Black <[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you Darryl.
But how do we see the hammer price on all those pieces?
Will Christie publish those prices? and where?
Thanks.
Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: Darryl Pitt via Meteorite-list
<[email protected]>
To: meteorite-list <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 4:25 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] REMINDER: Christie's Auction Tomorrow
Hi,
CHRISTIE'S Auction Tomorrow in London. 2.30p / (GMT+1) Catalog –
http://bit.ly/23DlL8D
It's worth noting...
— Several lots have no reserve;
— There is a benefit to those paying in US dollars. Due to currency
fluctuations, CHRISTIE'S current USD auction estimates are about 8% lower
than those printed in the catalogue. To track the current exchange
estimates, go to the CHRISTIE'S website http://bit.ly/1qp6Osq and look at
the “grid view” where the real-time dollar amounts can be compared with
those in the downloadable e-catalogue—which, again, can be seen here:
http://bit.ly/23DlL8D
Best of luck,
Darryl
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