Beautiful, cool meteorite. But Darryl, I don't think you are the only one
that thinks $4K/gram is extremely exorbitant for this new meteorite.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Pitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: CALI COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER> AssortedSizes
& Prices!
I've long thought that Mike Farmer is The Man. What Mike has accomplished
and continues to accomplish is amazing; he is without peer.
The foregoing notwithstanding, what is it about Cali that makes it worth
$4000/g? Is it because it fell in an extremely rough area and there is
a couple hundred grams---of one of the stones? Or is it because it went
through a roof---even though more than one hundred roofs have been
penetrated by cosmic debris? What happens when Mike, and others who
emulate Mike, soon acquire another new common chondrite that goes through
a roof in a similarly rough neighborhood? Is that worth $4000/g as well?
More than 10x the value of some Martian meteorites? And what if it's a
lower-class roof in Nogales---what's that worth? (And I don't know if
many of you know this, but Peekskill---it's the Wild West up there.)
Some of you may recall when the Moon first came out of the Sahara and was
selling for $25,000/gram, I suggested on this very list that to pay such
a sum would be folly and soon prove insane. Cali has now entered the
realm of the lunar-tics.
Watch out below for a BUY recommendation in a column on Meteorite Market
Trends.
dp
On Aug 11, 2007, at 8:06 PM, Michael L Blood wrote:
Hi Mike,
Congratulations. Apparently, though I was told I was the
Only dealer that would be offering this material as ALL the
Rest was in the form of individual or whole specimens in private
Collections, yet, it appears you also managed to get some for resale.
This will is a good thing for the collecting community and will
Make a reasonable number of pieces available to a number of
collectors, as I will be offering both Cali "#1" and "#2" in a similar
size
range and also at $4,000/g (which is what I had to pay for my first
Purchase Of this delightful fall). I will announce when photos are
up on my Hammer page later this weekend.
With what you are offering and what I am offering there still
won't be enough to meet the demand, but at least a few dozen
Collectors will be able to get some instead of half a dozen.
Best wishes, Michael
on 8/11/07 3:51 PM, michael cottingham at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:50 PM
To: 'michael cottingham'
Subject: AD: CALI COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER> Assorted Sizes & Prices!
Hello,
I have up for sale on ebay The CALI, COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER #001. There
are
assorted sizes and prices to fit most micro budgets!
Included is a piece of Roof tile that got broken during the impact.
This is
a House Smasher and there is less than 280 grams total known weight!
Free Shipping to anywhere in the world with this purchase. Also, you
WILL
NOT see these on a discounted sale anytime soon!
Go To:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?
from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=cali+m
eteorite&category0=
or check out my auctions through my ebay store:
http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History
Thanks and Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham
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