My bad. The caption should have been written to state that the
specimen is paired with 4880, as was reported to me by the seller.
Sincerely,
Darryl
On Dec 1, 2008, at 8:26 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:
Dear List Members,
I have been receiving disturbing emails and phone calls about a
specimen entered in the Bonhams' Natural History Auction. The piece
in question is lot #1124. The 90.6 gram weight of this single rock
claimed to be NWA 4880 outweighs the entire Total Known Weight of
NWA 4880 entered in the Meteoritical Bulletin. I appreciate IMCA
members and scientists reporting this to me but this is not my stone
and I do not want to engage in pairing issues which are up to
scientists to determine, not me.
No, I did not add more stones to the NWA 4880 designation as some
are accusing. This stone is not NWA 4880 and I did not provide it to
the seller or Bonhams. I was sold out long ago on this material and
this piece did not come from the Hupe Collection. Please direct
your complaints to Bonhams as this is not my auction. This issue is
between perspective buyers and the seller of this stone and not me
so please direct your inquiries elsewhere.
Here is a link to the auction in question:
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4147630&iSaleNo=16155&iSaleSectionNo=1
Here is the meteoritical bulletin entry:
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=45804
I am not trying to start something here, just making it clear that
this stone did not come from my collection and is not NWA 4880 as I
handled every genuine piece of this material as did the scientists
who studied it.
Best Regards,
Adam
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