In a auction of few days ago a slice of this material is go sold for $270/gr. when my slice of 1 gr. I have pay $700/gr. nice joke....after many persons say ebay not created the market in meteorite prices...
Matteo --- Rob Wesel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all - > > I hope the new year finds you well. > > I have available for sale a large fragment of the > very rare NWA 1877 Olivine > Diogenite. > > It is one of the largest samples of it in the world > weighing 59.6 grams. > > As many of you know, this material has consistently > traded for $750 per gram > and retails for $500 per gram. > > I am opposed to cutting it for two reasons: > The posterity of the piece > The cut loss > > I would much rather save the piece and forward the > cutting loss in savings > to you. > > So, before I set of to destroy it, I would like to > see what your interest > is. Send me an offer, all reasonable offers will be > seriously considered. I > am looking to get cash in order to get me out from > under the initial > purchase but EXCEPTIONAL trade offers are welcomed > as well. Furthermore, I > am willing to discuss a significant finders fee for > anyone able to find a > buyer. > > Some facts about the piece: > > The Olivine Diogenite, NWA 1877, fragment I have > for you to consider is the > largest single piece currently available for sale in > the world. > > It weighs 59.6 grams and is a bit larger than a golf > ball and round in > nature. > > It is the rarest class privately available in the > world, one is Antarctic, > GRA 98108, the other two NWA. > > The other, NWA 1459, was 49 grams and sold out for > thousands of dollars per > gram. This NWA has a TKW well under a kilo after a > full year of searching > the area. > > It is ~50% Olivine with huge crystals poking out > everywhere, golden orange > in color, the whole meteorite. > > It is the deepest sample to date from Vesta. > > It is very friable and I would be happy to stabilize > it upon request and > agreement to purchase. So much Olivine cleavage it > is trying to break itself > apart. > > This is rarest meteorite class, the deepest Vesta > sample and no HED > collection is complete without it. > > High resolution photo available to any interested > buyer. > > Rob Wesel > ------------------ > We are the music makers... > and we are the dreamers of the dreams. > Willy Wonka, 1971 > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ===== M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
