Any news on how much these items are selling for? Adam
--- Darren Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't settle for partial Willametteness! > > http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/autocodes/countries/united-states-america/meteorite-auction-underway-$1157767.htm > > Meteorite auction underway > Sunday, 28 Oct 2007 18:25 > > Some of the universe's most expensive rocks are > going under the hammer in the > United States today. > > Bonhams and Butterfields of New York are hosting the > auction of > out-of-this-world objects, some of which are > expected to sell for millions of > dollars. > > Among the items on offer at the Historic Meteorites > and Associated Americana > sale is a 1,400lb Brenham meteorite with naturally > occurring gemstones, the > Claxton Mailbox meteorite whose "special delivery" > made quite a dent and other > specimens from the Moon and Mars. > > Bonhams' Ed Beardsley said: "It is a great privilege > to host the first auction > ever devoted to meteorites, and we could not be more > thrilled given the > spectacular offerings included in this sale." > > The top attraction, however, is the missing section > of the extremely Willamette > meteorite which sits without its missing section > in the American Museum of > Natural History. > > This 30lb section has an estimated value of up to > $1.3 million (£0.63 million). > Slivers of the rock have sold at auction before at > prices exceeding five times > the value of their equivalent weight in gold. > > Bovine fans with lesser spending power may be > interested in a chunk of the only > known fatal meteorite, which killed a Venezuelan > cow. This is valued at as > little as $3,000 (£1,461). > > "This could well be the first and last of such > salesyou just can't top this," > Darryl Pitt of the Macovich Collection commented. > ______________________________________________ > 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
