It is too bad the article is full of errors. The original mold casting
system was created in 2007, not 2014. I displayed it in Anne Blacks room at
Tucson in January of 2008. The original Hupe Collection was started by me
in the late 1990's not 1990. Greg did not come onboard until much later.
These castings are in clear violation of my copyright, artistic and
intellectual rights since I never authorized any castings made on my mold
released for public resale. Greg was given permission to create one replica
from my casting system, that I put over 200 hours into to make it perfect,
for promotional purposes only. These unauthorized copies put an immense
amount of wear and tear on my molding system by mass producing them. There
is only a very limited number of replicas that can be produced on the
original casting system before they start degrading and loose definition.
I wanted to make this statement public for the record.
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Hupe via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 12:38 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News
Dear List Members,
Very happy to announce the Public Display of the main mass of NWA 5000 at
the Yale Peabody Museum with special Babylonian Tablet with human 'Moon'
association! I am amazed and thrilled by the professionalism and style my
friends at Yale Peabody & ALL involved who have afforded me and OUR
project. Without them I could not be part of this! Thank you!!
I hope everyone and anyone interested in seeing a World-Class meteorite at
THE World-Class Yale Peabody Museum, please do so and hope to see you
there! Share photos!!! ;-)
In continued support and appreciation, I am giving all props to my local
Florida artist friend, Judy, for her fine work on a separate, yet parallel
project:
http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/NWA5000-ReplicaArticle.jpeg
Here is a repeat of last week's announcement of the NWA 5000 Replicas I
have available:
Now that I am back from the two France shows and the Fourth of July
holiday
weekend has wrapped up I would like to 'Officially' offer my NWA 5000
replicas. Since these are a Limited Edition, and I mean "Extremely
Limited",
there are just a couple available. I sold the one I took to the Ensisheim
Show and it is destined for a World Class museum on the other side of the
globe from me. How cool is that?!
As mentioned in a post here June 14th, I interviewed and chose a
professional artist in the town where I live and she did a fantastic job
on
these 'One-of-a-Kind' works of art. Thank you Judy! These were two years
in
the making of my own personal time and great financial expense, not to
mention the dozens of hours of labor over a nine month period of time by
my
artist.
Of the 'Limited' number of replicas I made of NWA 5000, most will be given
'Free of Charge' as a personal gift by me to my customers who purchased a
full slice or be kept in my personal collection (and of course the one I
gave to the Yale Peabody Museum!). My only hopes in making a couple of
these
available for purchase is to recoup my great 'financial' expense in
producing them. I am sure my friends/clients will all appreciate my
efforts
and gifts, a couple who have been patiently waiting for two years to
receive
this compliment to their collections!
When I considered pricing these I kept in mind many things, first and
foremost was to keep them affordable and realistic. Considering all of the
financial and labor considerations, and the fact that these are all
'One-of-a-Kind' artworks, I believe I've priced these incredibly well and
affordable!
Please find below the link to my Nature's Vault web site where the images
are located. Be sure to click on the first replica image to see eight more
views of these dimensionally full-sized replicas. The weight is
approximately 40% of the original before cutting:
http://www.naturesvault.net/meteorites/nwa5000.html
Here is an image of my artist, Judy, who did a fantastic job:
http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/Judy_NWA5000.jpg
Here are a couple images from the Ensisheim Show where one of the replicas
was appreciated by many:
1) http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/EnsiShow1.jpg
2) http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/EnsiShow2.jpg
Thank you for looking, and for those who appreciate our efforts or would
like to purchase, please reply! :)
Best Regards,
Greg
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