Edwin, As an antique dealer I have lots of collections. As you know that includes a huge uncatagorized marble collection. I would be happy to show it to you next time you are in Tucson. I mainly collect Antiquities, Rock concert posters and anything NASA related. Best Regards, Carl -- Love & Life
---- Edwin Thompson via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello to all list members, > I am reaching out to the farthest corners of the known world to appeal to > any and all collectors. > Having dealt in and collected meteorites, tektites and related books since I > was just a kid, collecting all kinds of rocks which included a few cherished > meteorites as early as the age of six, life has been blessed with lots of > treasured finds. By the age of nine my parents allowed me to go off on summer > long geology exploring science camp trips with older kids. For three years > this was how I spent my summers, digging in fossil beds and agate beds all > across the Northwest, areas that have been closed to this sort of activity > since the mid to late sixties. At age seven I joined the Oregon > Archaeological Society and at age fourteen I was given the privilege of being > a dig site foreman for a Scappoose Indian housing and burial site before it > was built into the now dismantled Trojan Nuclear Energy Power Plant along the > banks of the mighty Columbia river near my home here in Oregon. Over time, > life has changed and my interests have changed with the exception of a few > common threads. On e > of them being that rocks from Space are the coolest of all rocks! > Many of you know that from 1987 until 2002 I displayed and sold meteorites, > fossils and artifacts at roughly 48 gem and mineral shows each year around > the western United States. > During those wonderful years of travel both here and abroad, I had the joy > and pleasure (and still do) of meeting collectors and seeing their amazing > collections. What I have seen and I am sure that many of you can relate to > this, is that most of us who collect rocks from Space, also collect other > things. I have seen a collection of antique surfboards, a huge collection of > ancient suits of armor, cannons, guns, diamonds, polished stone spheres, > stamps, coins (I think coins are how Michael Casper made his fortune! Good > for him!). I've seen amazing collections of fossils, minerals and gem stones > in private homes and on and on. > Long story made shorter, I stopped collecting these beloved meteorites when > I formally started selling them back in 87'. I have learned that this might > have been a huge mistake but it's the choice I felt I needed to make in order > to pay the bills and to remain competitive in an ever shrinking world market. > But, the collecting bug never went away, it just changed shape and theme. > > Here is the pitch; about 1990 I started collecting antique handmade glass > marbles. These gorgeous, colorful treasures were made by glass workers in the > Lauscha region of East Germany from approximately 1880 until 1920. They are > rare and hard to find. I have amassed a large collection and yet am always > searching for more. I would be delighted to trade meteorites, tektites or > books, even art, rare wine or cashy money for any number of these marbles. > If you are a marble collector then I would enjoy talking with you about your > collection and collecting direction. Recently Patrick got infected by this > same obsession and he is an avid collector of the more recent machine made > marbles from as early as the 1920's and 30's and later. If you just want to > talk marbles please drop me a line. If you know someone with marbles to sell > or if you have some yourself, please give me a chance to make an offer. > > > On a less selfish thread, I think it would be a lot of fun to read about the > things that others collect. I recall the first time I met Mike Bandli in > Tucson years ago he was dealing in Space surplus and he had a huge collection > of super cool artifacts. I learned at this last Tucson show that John Kashuba > and I have nearly matching collections of rare, old wines. Hey, there is a > meteorite collector in New York who collects live scorpions! And who hasn't > seen Bruce Wegman's digital watch collection? > > Come on folks, share the fun! > > Best regards, E.T. > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
