yikes.
while i appreciate your frustration, a few tips:
---if at all possible, you do want to rely on shipping organized by
an auction house. this is typically subcontracted to bonded art
shippers (i.e., expensive shippers) or the buyer is provided a list
of such bonded shippers from which to choose.
---if the value of a purchased lot is predicated and the length of
the specimen (e.g., shark's tooth), and the measurement is
significantly off (and i assure you it's not bonhams which has made
the error but a misrepresentation on the part of the consignor), you
have every right to return the specimen as being falsely
represented. in some instances, you may even be able to negotiate a
better deal.
--finally, (and sometimes i have trouble remembering this one) only
bid an amount at which you will be delighted if your bid is
successful---even if your success was achieved by your paying the
full amount of your absentee bid.
all best to my friends in meteorites....
dp
On Apr 7, 2008, at 10:11 AM, mckinney trammell wrote:
avoid like plague! i did on of those absentee bids
and they shilled me right up to the penny. further
more, the shipping was EXTREME price AND... when i got
the items (shark teeth) they were SHORT!!! theyb LIED
about the length!!! i f you can't be there, you are
setting yourself up for dissaster
!!!
--- Timothy Heitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello List,
Does anyone know if any other meteorites are being
offered?
Tim Heitz
Midwest Meteorite - http://www.meteorman.org/
Go to Google News
Rare meteorite goes under hammer
10 hours ago
A meteorite is expected to fetch £500,000 at
auction in New York this
month.
Weighing more than 925lbs, the object was
discovered eight years ago in
China's Xinjiang Uygar province.
Its rare olivine crystals endured atmospheric and
impact forces as it
crashed down to Earth.
Bonhams' Natural History Department director Thomas
Lindgren said: "Less
than 1% of all meteorites are pallasites, the most
alluring of all
meteorites due to their aesthetic appeal."
Pallasites - meteorites composed of around 50%
olivine and peridot crystals
and 50% nickel-iron - are thought to be relics of
forming planets.
The Fukang meteorite will go under the hammer at
Bonhams on April 30 in New
York.
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