Re: [meteorite-list] Auction UPDATE (ad)
Greetings all, Most unfortunately, the ever engaging Anita Westlake of Georgia will not be able to attend the Tucson Show this year, so we lost her as a presenter at the pre-auction activities - as well as the pleasure of her Company throughout the show(: HOWEVER: John Blennert has agreed to give the talk at 6PM at the Auction. John is the accepted King of Gold Basin. His accomplishments in that strewn field include but are not limited to: - Coordinated with Dr. Jim Kriegh in mapping the strewn field, recording the location of every find - Has donated hundreds of his GB finds to institutions - Is an accomplished gold finder - The guy is a magician! I swear I hunted 15 yards to his right and meteorites nearly jumped out of the ground into his pockets! In 20 minutes he had more than he could carry! - Has proven himself to be someone EVERYONE likes. IF GOLD BASIN INTERESTS, YOU THIS IS A MUST LECTURE. Other notes: - There are still spaces for 10 or more items if you have anything special. - Darryl Pitt will be entering 2 more special items (today or tomorrow?) And Twink will be entering several more pieces of meteorite jewelry. - Of the 81 items entered to date, only ONE has a minimum bid - and it is The entirely unique, Lovina (ANOM Iron). ALL OTHER ITEMS ARE NO MINIMUM. - Only a few more days remain to get in Absentee bids. Only a handful have come in to date. RSVP (off list, of course) Thanks, Michael __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Auction Update (AD)
The long awaited Adam Hupe surprise ( Lot 8 AH 8) is now up.Stinkin' spectacular! Also, Mike Farmer is placing some exceptional additions which are going up even now - I expect to have them all up by later in the day. In addition, Steve Arnold is submitting what he describes as a spectacular full slice of a choice Brenham he has discovered (uncovered) in his field work and expects To have a photo to me be Sunday evening. I am leaving next week, so, Anyone else interested in absentee bidding should submit their bids By Sunday night - Monday at the very latest. The For Print catalog has been streamlined, but people are encouraged to print Tuesday or, if they leave before that, right before they leave, as I will be putting stuff up through Monday. For a slow start, some spectacular lots are being offered with Price ranges from 2 to 5 digits. Really some spectacular stuff - and The vast majority of it starts with no minimum. Check it out - and later today at: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/TucsonAuction08.html Best wishes, Michael __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Auction Update (AD Info)
Hi all List members, If you go to http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/TucsonAuction08.html You will see I now have all the entries up to date. However, That is only 48 lots and the auction will be over quite quickly If no one else enters items soon. To that end - I am offering a 5 day, original 10% commission To any entries of value with no minimum. If you get your goodies Listed and jpgs to me by Sunday, you will get the same 10% rate As those that got in early. After that, the increases stand. I know I can rustle up some entries at the Show that will be quite worth While. Also, Moni Waiblinger had something come up that will prevent Her from attending, but Floyd Griffith has stepped up to do checkout During the auction, so, if anyone wants to bid on a specific item, then Leave, they can do so. Griff will also be helping me check out people After the auction, so that will go twice as fast as in the past. I still need 2 more volunteers to help out to make things go Smoothly. I pay a paltry $100. So, I know it is volunteer work, but at Least you get a little to buy with - and helpers are entirely welcome To bid. All the remaining positions are easy as pie, but I do need people I can count on. Please contact me off list for a position or to enter pieces for the auction. Thanks, Michael __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Auction update
1) I am pleased to announce that Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge will be checking people out early at my auction starting 2008. Those of you who are privileged to know Moni know she is a person of high character. She will also assist at the end to make final payments go twice as fast. 2) I have heard from numerous collectors regarding posting auction prices. However, I have never questioned whether collectors were interested in seeing price results. on the other hand, I have heard from only 3 dealers on the matter. If I do not hear from at least 10 dealers one way or the other, my policywill remain unchanged for the following reasons: A) I have, in the past, heard from dealers at the show that they felt the auction prices were being irrationally used by collectors as a reason not to buy from them. B) Most buyers are dealers who wish to resell the items purchased. What they paid is their own business However, Tucson is becoming more of the Wholesale show it used to be, in spite of clearly rising prices for nearly every category of meteorite and my auction has become nearly exclusively a wholesale auction. Therefore, I am open to hearing from dealers their attitude about posted sale prices. So, bring it on, boys. I need input to make a well considered decision. Best wishes to all, and thanks again to Moni (I was only teasing Jim Strope yesterday, for those of you who didn't get it). Michael __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Auction update: Moni
I am pleased to announce that Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge will be checking people out early at my auction starting 2008. Those of you who are privileged to know Moni know she is a person of high character. Moni is such a worthy, reliable, enthusiastic, and competent person! Cheers and kudos from her mother country! Sincere congratulations Moni and Michael! Bernd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Auction Update
Howdy Folks, DNA Dave brings up an interesting point in his request for a large stone in Michael Bloods Tucson Auction. As the largest single contributor of non-NWA pieces in Michaels auction, I put considerable thought and effort into both what I would offer and the reserve price if any placed on the piece. My choices were based upon the belief that the auction format works best when material is offered that cannot be readily acquired from other sources. Large unclassified stones are, for meteorites anyway, somewhat common with one Canadian dealer recently offering Humongous pieces at rather low prices. While the largest piece I have in Michaels auction is only 272g, I did try to include a variety of pieces covering many of the collecting threads pursued by those who fancy meteorites. Here are some statistics for the 38 pieces I have in Michaels auction: 10 Witnessed falls 11 Specimens with notable collection numbers and/or labels 6 pieces with Nininger numbers 2 E ucrites 2 Howardites 1 Diogenite 1 Ureilite 2 Mesosiderites 4 irons 1 Silicated anomalous iron 1 Enstatite chondrite 3 Carbonaceous chondrites including two type 3.0 specimens! 21 Ordinary chondrites including an LL4 fall 2 stones with a total known weight of ~200g or less 5 Other stones with at TKW of 5kg or less 1 Historic Nininger Star 7 Pieces that fell or were found in the 1800s 2 Pieces that fell or were found in the 1700s 14 Pieces with no reserve $50 is the lowest reserve $7000 the highest reserve 6 Specimens are half or complete individuals 4 Specimens are end sections 4 Specimens are fragments 22 Specimens are complete or partial slices So in a nutshell, while I cannot please everyone, I did make a conscious effort to please as many people as I possible. It is my hope that the rarity of most of these pieces will be recognized before or during the auction instead of after. Often when I review old auction outcomes whether the King Auction or Darryls auctions, I kic k myself saying, What was I thinking? I cannot believe I let that piece go! Cheers, Martin - Original Message - From: DNAndrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, January 28, 2005 1:11 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Auction Update (AD) ) I am surprised I don't have a good many more. I will be leaving Monday, so, absentee bids will be accepted up to midnight Sunday, Jan. 30th. Michael, I'll be there and will have more money than I usually have to indulge in. What I notice this year, is there is nothing BIG. No big stones, no big irons, just little piddly rare stuff...eucrites, howardites, achondrites, luanites,etc. I am looking for a BIG meteoriteunclassifiedclassifiedI don't care. Like the one I scarfed last year...very nice. I want something I can display to non-meteorite folk and have them go WOW! So, if there are some late seller with some decent sized stones or iro ns...let them in please! Maybe that HB oriented piece looks good to me, but I'm sure I'll get outbid on that one. Sorry to bitch, Dave __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Auction Update (AD)
Hi All, Just a reminder - besides the catalog being done, I want you all to know the bidding will NOT be in chronological order. The first 65 pieces are almost all NWA, so, I will be alternating from 10 or 20 chronologically, to 10 or 20 historic pieces. So, if your interest is in, say, # 123, that does NOT mean it will be the 123rd item offered, so you cannot safely come an hour late and necessarily still have the item available. It could be offered in the first 1/2 hr. This is to avoid anyone getting bored, as perhaps as many as 30 to 50% of the bidders are not interested in NWA material - or at least have a very heavy bias toward historic falls and finds. This will give us a mix of many very rare types from NWA mixed in with some very desirable and rare historic pieces. No one will find this boring. Some people have already gone to the show, so, it will be interesting to hear from them, as some will be posting to the list via lap tops with ethernet cards. I will TRY to do that, but this is the first year I will have a laptop with me. Looking foreword to seeing most of you there - others are still welcome to send in absentee bids - I have about 30 already, but with so many No Reserve pieces, (as well as many, many pieces with very low reserves) I am surprised I don't have a good many more. I will be leaving Monday, so, absentee bids will be accepted up to midnight Sunday, Jan. 30th. Best wishes, Michael See catalog here: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionOLCat.html -- You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. -Herb Cohen -- If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Auction update (AD)
Hi All, Just to let you know: 1) Mike and Bill Jensen (co-authors of METEORITES A to Z) will be selling their new edition at my auction in Tucson. This is a chance to get it without the cost of postage and personally autographed, as well. 2) I have 35 or 40 lots listed in my on-line auction catalog, but will be adding another 45 or 50 in the next day or so, including a 59 LB Canyon Diablo and other major specimens and TONS of no min/no reserve items. There will definitely be lots of goodies for all sized pocket books. Check it out at: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionOLCat.html Best wishes and looking foreword to seeing you all in TUCSON! Michael -- When Jesus said Love your enemies I think he probably meant don't kill them. Anonymous -- AMAZING photos of Aurora Borealis, etc. http://faculty.rmwc.edu/tmichalik/atmosphere.htm -- Hubble space telescope - AMAZING photos!: http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm -- http://www.costofwar.com/ -- SUPPORT OUR TROUPS: http://www.takebackthemedia.com/onearmy.html -- Worth Seeing: Earth at night from satellite: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg -- - Interactive Lady Liberty: http://doody36.home.attbi.com/liberty.htm -- Earth - variety of choices: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html -- Michael Blood Meteorites: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AUCTION - Update
Hello everybody, We finally figured out how to have dealers register their pieces early, and how to make them available for everyone to see before the Auction. I have "voluntereed" to be in the "Mineral and Fossil Supply" showroom all day Friday (from about 11am) so dealers and anyone entering pieces in the Auction will be able to come in, do their paperwork and place their pieces in locked display cases. And of course everybody is more than welcome to come and take a good look at those pieces before the auction. So, PLEASE, bring them in early, and come look. Just in case you wonder, I will have some of my pieces there too. Please go to my site and click on the NEWS page for a map and easy directions on how to find the showroom (and me). :-) See you all very soon. Anne M. Black www. IMPACTIKA.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMCA #2356
