Martin, I can't find it at the moment, but someone sent me what seemed to be a quality analysis of eBay meteorite volume fairly recently which indicated that the annual market was about $2,000,000 USD. The figure was extrapolated from a fairly narrow window (either a week or a month). Best, Dave www.fallingrocks.com
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Altmann Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad New Canadian Meteorite for sale Meteorites and "Market"? I have always my difficulties. A collectors market? Hmm 71 million$ for a Warhol here, 40 milions for a van Gogh there, 2.5 million for a Macke here, 120 millions for a Klimt there... And the stuff we collect is rarer than these... (In principle it is bizarre to discuss, whether a Bassikonou or a Mali should cost 50 cents, 1$, 3$ or 1000$.... or a Moon 1000$ or 10,000,000 isn't it?) Imagine, if only a single of these collectors buying such collectibles will discover meteorites as a field of collecting. Eeeek! Once such a sum spend like for such a painting - and booooom - there is no meteorite market anymore, because there are no meteorites left :-) Any estimates, which annual volumes in total are moved in the meteorite market? Ebay-fanatics - has one of you ever noted how many $$$ are actually sold (sold not offered) in meteorites there per week? Would be interesting. Martin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Darryl Pitt Gesendet: Sonntag, 7. Dezember 2008 18:28 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Meteorite-list Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad New Canadian Meteorite for sale Darren, I hear you, but it's not about the rich snobs, it's about economic forces brought to the table which will result in a more stable marketplace and increasing valuations---and that's good for all of us. Wouldn't it be great if there were market factors which limited the kinds of aberrations which have stung us all at one time or another? I'm all for fun! ;-) ______________________________________________ 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
