Well said, Alex. And not only rare classes such as planetaries,
carbonaceous, achondrites etc. - exceptional fine individuals of common
classes as well. Years ago I was lucky enough to buy a parade example of a
shield oriented NWA stone, weathered, but perfectly shaped, 120 gm, for ca.
50 $. Today? Difficult to find anyway. And the price? Well ...
Best,
Matthias
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Seidel" <[email protected]>
To: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
Don´t forget, folks, that once upon a time, which in fact is not way
tooooo long ago (only just a bit more than a decade or so right now) lunar
or martian meteorites were simply unavailable on the private market. And
when the first lunar, DaG 262, was available from the sawblade of the
finder, the price even for saw dust was absolutely unpayable, and then
when DaG 400 (some time after) appeared on the market, courtesy of Blaine
Reed and through channels of a certain German gentleman, if I remember
correctly, the first asking price was very high up somewhere in the
20-thousands-range dollars a gram.
Listees, don´t forget - we live in "golden times" with those planetary
meteorites and other rare stuff even today, while prices are clearly
increasing now for top Lunars or Martians, and the other rare ones, as
people get more interested in meteorites but supply, on the other hand, is
limited.
P.S.: I still remember, how difficult it was for a type collector to get
even an LL4 in the old, pre-NWA-days, e.g. in the mid-Ninetees! Some of my
colleagues, who have been in the hobby for an even longer time than me,
may second what I said. The NWA rush has changed it all ever since, and I
do not hesitate to add: at good terms for both the private collector and
the scientist! Though there seem to be other lines of thought here and
there now, fired by the media...
Just a few quick comments from an old hound in the hobby.
Alex
Berlin/Germany
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Datum: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:25:16 -0400
Von: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <[email protected]>
An: [email protected]
CC: Meteorite List <[email protected]>
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
Hi Count, Melanie and List,
Several months ago, I saw a small crumb of Honolulu sell for $400 on
eBay. I don't recall how much it weighed, but it could not have been
more than 50mg.
Best regards,
MikeG
On 8/10/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Melanie asked "What is the most expensive per gram...?"
>
>
> Gram sized and larger individual specimens of NWA 5000, Nakhla,
Shergotty
> and Chassigny, just to name four planetaries, have brought up to $4,000
a
> gram depending on attractivness of size, weight, shape, lithology,
fusion
> crust, preparation and documented provenance.
>
> Count Deiro
> IMCA 3536
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Melanie Matthews <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Aug 10, 2010 1:38 PM
>>To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]>
>>Cc: Meteorite List <[email protected]>
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
>>
>>Wow,, and the Sylacauga Hodges stone is just an ordinary chondrite..
>>Can
>> you
>>imagine if it were a rare achondrite or a Planetary meteorite, with a
>> limited
>>amount available to collectors?! @_@
>>
>>
>> -----------
>>-Melanie
>>IMCA: 2975
>>eBay: metmel2775
>>Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
>>
>>I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----
>>From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]>
>>To: Melanie Matthews <[email protected]>
>>Cc: Meteorite List <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Tue, August 10, 2010 5:29:53 AM
>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
>>
>>I once paid $100 for 1mg of the Sylacauga Hodges stone.
>>
>>
>>
>>On 8/10/10, Melanie Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Good evening/morning all
>>> What is the most expensive meteorite per gram, to date? The Lunar
>>> Calcalong
>>> Creek? After that which ones are next in line?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----------
>>> -Melanie
>>> IMCA: 2975
>>> eBay: metmel2775
>>> Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
>>>
>>> I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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