And Buehler (Swiss Met Lab), old veteran collectors, harr, like me will remember, an highly appreciated dealer and author of the still best meteorite book in German languague, was a curator.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] UofA giving collection to dealer control. > One of the "Gods" of meteoritics, H.H. Nininger was also a dealer named > curator of the "Colorado Museum of Natural History". I am not saying I > agree with the UofA decision, and I understand Mike's viewpoint > entirely, but the precedent has been set. The difference here may be > the fact that Nininger stopped dealing once appointed as curator. Is > this the case for the SW-Meteorite Lab? If it is, then fine, give him a > chance. If not, then something is terribly wrong. > > Matt Morgan > > Michael Farmer wrote: > > > The more I think of this, the more outraged I am. > > I have donated tens of thousands of $$$ of meteorites to the UofA, and > > now they have been turned over to the control of a meteorite dealer. > > I wonder if some of them will be submitted at the auction in Tucson? > > This is in my opinion a huge conflict of interest. How can they do > > that? Why not put Christies in charge of the Smithsonian art > > collection, and Butterfields in charge of the American Museum of > > Natural History? When did Universities start doling out the job to > > commercial dealers? > > Is anyone outraged at this? > > No more donations to the UofA for me, I might find my Moon and Mars > > rocks on http://www.meteorite-lab.com/. > > > > This is total bunk, I guess museums are for sale. > > > > Mike Farmer > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > -- > =============== > Matt Morgan > Mile High Meteorites > P.O. Box 151293 > Lakewood, CO 80215 USA > http://www.mhmeteorites.com > ebay id: mhmeteorites > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
