Is that true - Michael Caspar was curator of Cornell's meteorite collection? Was he a dealer at the time, or a curator at an earlier period?
Anybody know who the present curator of Cornell's collection is, and for that matter, how big a collection it is? Thanks! Mark Grossman ----- Original Message ----- From: "E.P. Grondine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Michael Casper > Hi Mike - > > This is very sad to hear about. As near as I knew, > when specimens from NWA began to appear, but before > prices had really started to fall, Casper simply > decided to get out of the business, liquidating all > his holdings, a move which mystified many at the time. > > I did not know Casper had damaged so many dealers in > doing so. Could you provide more details on the > transactions? Did he return the meteorites he had > contracted for, but not sold? Or did he simply decide > not to take acceptance? > > Oh well, a sad end to Cornell's curator of meteorites. > > E.P. Grondine > Man and Impact in the Americas > > > >Michael Casper is a thief, criminal, and total > >scumbag. He is like a virus that moves from business > >to business, taking what he can, then leaving > >overnight. I won a lawsuit against him, (have never > >seen a dime yet) and when he left the business, he > >left owing many people over $100,000. He got the > >Russians alone for almost $70,000. He spent tons of > >money when he was big, so dealers would sell him on > >credit, he left and simply refused to pay them all at > >the end. I know that he has done the same in coins, > >now he has moved into solar energy. > > www.caspersolar.com > >This is a typical way that con-men operate, they come > >in huge, do real business, then vanish overnight with > >the money. Thank god he is gone from meteorites, he > >was the biggest buffoon and damaged the market more > >than anyone I know of. He loved to buy high and sell > >low when he saw something else he liked more. > >Michael Farmer > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
