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Re: MONAHANS, TEXAS METEORITE PURCHASE

sorry, that is... common L6's or any common material .............Casper
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Casper 
To: WBranchsb@aol.com ;
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com 
Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: MONAHANS, TEXAS METEORITE PURCHASE


>WRONG!!!..........paying $50.00 per gram for MONAHANS,TEXAS will have NO
>bearing on the price of common La's............i.e.. = CLAXON,GA.,
>PEEKSKILL,NY.,
>NOBLESVILLE,IN...............MONAHANS,TX now joins the ranks of witnessed
>falls
>that have caused to some extent a bit of excitement.........Casper
>-----Original Message-----
>From: WBranchsb@aol.com 
>To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>
>Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 11:06 AM
>Subject: Re: MONAHANS, TEXAS METEORITE PURCHASE
>
>
>>Hello Michael and List
>>
>>> As I see it, after all is said and done, Monahans will be out there
>>>  for no less than $50.00 per gram!...............Casper
>>
>>Same logic applies - collectors, don't buy it for $50.00/gram.  In the
>final
>>analysis, collectors determine the prices of meteorites, not dealers.
>Dealers
>>sell for what the market will bear, and rightly so.  This is one of the
>>fundamental tenets of a free market economy and I don't fault a dealer one
>>bit.  I would do the same if I were a dealer.  Another fundamental tenet
>>states that if something doesn't sell at a given price, perhaps the price
>is
>>too high and needs to come down.  We saw this recently with the only two
>>samples of moon rock available to private collectors.  When a more
>reasonable
>>price came along. collectors jumped.
>>
>>Buyers ultimately determine the market price for most goods and services.
>If
>>you want to pay a lot more more for L6s in the future, then lets all buy
>this
>>one up at $50.00/gram.
>>
>>-Walter
>>
>>-Walter
>>
>>
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