Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-13 Thread M come Meteorite
@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Data: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:42:37 -0800 (PST) Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!! Hello Listers Now I know Allende has always had a stable value per gram which has been around $10 to $12 a gram depending on the market or collection it comes

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-13 Thread Yinan Wang
@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Data: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:42:37 -0800 (PST) Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!! Hello Listers Now I know Allende has always had a stable value per gram which has been around $10 to $12 a gram depending on the market or collection

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-13 Thread Darryl Pitt
: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:42:37 -0800 (PST) Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!! Hello Listers Now I know Allende has always had a stable value per gram which has been around $10 to $12 a gram depending on the market or collection it comes from

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-13 Thread Darryl Pitt
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Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-13 Thread Greg Stanley
A: Meteorite Central meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Data: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:42:37 -0800 (PST) Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!! Hello Listers Now I know Allende has always had a stable value per gram which has been around $10 to $12 a gram

[meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-12 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers Now I know Allende has always had a stable value per gram which has been around $10 to $12 a gram depending on the market or collection it comes from. But now, it seems that the value has jumped up for one auction on a 23gram slice, selling for $1000 at the Natural History

[meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-12 Thread Shawn Alan
Message body Hello Listers Now I know Allende has always had a stable value per gram which has been around $10 to $12 a gram depending on the market or collection it comes from. But now, it seems that the value has jumped up for one auction on a 23gram slice, selling for $1000 at the Natural

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-12 Thread Darryl Pitt
Hi, After having curated the sale of more than 1000 specimens in traditional auctions since having introduced the auction of meteorites in the mid 90s, I can tell you Mike is 100% correct. There are trends, and there are aberrations---and this is an example of the latter. That is,..for

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-12 Thread Graham Ensor
In my experience at the big public auctions the smaller exotic items nearly always seem to go for lot more than the market price...especially Lunar meteorites. The only good deals are usually the larger museum quality pieces if you are lucky enough to find one without a high reserve and have deep

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-12 Thread Chris Spratt
Gee I hope so! I could then sell a couple of pieces of mine so I can pay my dog's vet bills! Chris Spratt Victoria, BC (Via my iPhone) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-12 Thread Shawn Alan
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!! Allende is one of the most important meteorites on the planet. Extremely undervalued due to the sheer amount which fell. Try getting it today. Not easy

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

2011-12-12 Thread Doug Ross
Hi Shawn, I attended the Bonham's auction yesterday, and I was indeed shocked by the bidding war over that Allende piece. On the other hand, I was equally shocked by the many other meteorites which went unsold, despite low starting bids in some cases. A 910mg slice of lunar Dhofar 1180