[meteorite-list] NWA 482 for sale

From: Michael Casper <Michael_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:13 2004
Message-ID: <000a01c0a13e$82b4b8a0$0300a8c0_at_Domain>

Hey Mike,

How are you? I hope you and Melodye are doing well and having fun with all
the money you're making these days. As both Michael and I told you on the
phone recently, you worked awfully hard and deserve every penny of it.

Actually, coins are a lot of fun. People really like them and it's funny .
. . an awful lot of folks (over 100,000 serious collectors) stay up late
nights playing with their coins . . . just like all the meteorite
afficianados!!! We have had a lot of fun at some recent auctions, made some
large sales and, when we want to go to a show, we can carry everything in
just three cases!! Quite frankly, a lot more fun than dragging across
country in a truck loaded with several thousand pounds of material around!

Enough of the chit-chat. I was actually the one who commented to Michael
about the statement you made. I don't know if you know that I spent almost
15 years in the stock brokerage business, most of that time on a regional
level. Sales were not my interest, but administration was. Anyway, I
learned an awful lot about what you can and cannot say to folks if you are a
salesperson. Of course, the stock brokerage industry is very tightly
regulated, which some other industries are not, but a statement guaranteeing
or even implying a guarantee of any kind that an commodity is going to
increase in value is generally something that should set off a red flag in
front of educated and informed buyers.

Now, please be assured that even if you would sell 1 gram of your pretty new
lunar meteorite to Michael, I would really fuss at him for wanting to buy
it. We still have plenty of material that we are selling steadily and I
will be so glad when the showroom is empty . . . I want to turn it into a
gym!!! Just last month that triceratops lumbered out of here, on the way to
a science center to make little kids happy!

The door is always open if you ever find yourself in Ithaca, Mike. Mexican
food in the restaurants here isn't anything to compare to what you have in
Tucson, but the meanest enchiladas in town come from my kitchen.

Say hi to Mel for me.

Cathi



----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Farmer <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
To: Michael Casper <Michael_at_caspercoin.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 for sale


> As I said, I would like to know how you feel that this is ANY of your
business?
> I would chop my $#_at_$@ off before I sold one gram to you. So since you have
none
> of this meteorite, and will have none, just go play with your coins, and
shut
> up. Dont worry about my guarantees, or my Lunar meteorite. Now I will
answer any
> questions I feel like answering, but to you Casper, just silence will
come.
> Bye.
> Mike
>
> Michael Casper wrote:
>
> > It is my business Mr. Farmer. Now please answer the question
intelligently.
> > I will ask you again:
> >
> > "The price will GO UP, not down like the other Lunars"
> >
> > Please explain the above statement that you posted to the list.
> > It certainly sounds like a guarantee of future performance. Is this
true?
> > Those who buy this lunar material from you are guaranteed that the price
is
> > going up? Please explain.
> >
> > Thank you, Michael Casper
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mike Farmer <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
> > To: Michael Casper <Michael_at_caspercoin.com>
> > Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 for sale
> >
> > > Dont worry about it, it is not your business. I think of you with
every
> > sale I
> > > make though, got some kilos of Esquel yesterday, Bob likes the new
Lunar,
> > so
> > > that means something............
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > Michael Casper wrote:
> > >
> > > > "The price will GO UP, not down like the other Lunars"
> > > >
> > > > Please explain the above statement that you posted to the list.
> > > > It certainly sounds like a guarantee of future performance. Is this
> > true?
> > > > Those who buy this lunar material from you are guaranteed that the
price
> > is
> > > > going up? Please explain.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you, Michael Casper
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Mike Farmer <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
> > > > To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 5:28 PM
> > > > Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 for sale
> > > >
> > > > > Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce the sale of the new Lunar
> > > > > impact-melt Breccia, NWA 482. Me and Jim Strope recovered this
> > > > > meteorite in Morocco in January of 2001. It is under
classification
> > > > > and was not meant to be sold yet, but unfortunately one of the
> > > > > investors has sold a little to another dealer who posted it today.
> > > > > Thus I will also offer some today.
> > > > > This meteorite is unlike any other Lunar, the second largest ever
> > > > > found, the freshest by far ever found! ORIENTED, FLOW LINES,
> > > > > EVERYTHING. Veins of molten glass. This is one for the record
books!
> > > > > IT will go now, and the rest will be held pending trades. The
price
> > > > > will GO UP, not down like the other Lunars, Why? Look at it and
that
> > > > > is all you need to see to understand. The Dhofar Lunars look like
dog
> > > > > $#$# compared to this one. Beauty sells.
> > > > >
> > > > > The listed pieces are the only ones i'll be selling for now. The
> > price
> > > > > is a special offering to match the offer of another dealer who was
not
> > > > > involved with the discovery but managed to get a little too soon.
Why
> > > > > not buy from the finders?
> > > > >
> > > > > I have also updated almost all of my website in the last few days,
so
> > > > > go check out the new Lunar, and see what else is new there.
> > > > > Mike Farmer
> > > > > http://www.meteoritehunter.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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Received on Tue 27 Feb 2001 11:25:37 PM PST