[meteorite-list] CR2s a temporary bargain
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:48 2004 Message-ID: <003801c1a0af$947808a0$ebd00140_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C1A07D.482190C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was in the strewnfield four days ago.=20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Gregory=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:42 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] CR2s a temporary bargain Dear List I am one of about 4 dealers who bought up CR2s in Morroco.We all = shared our good fortune with friends, collectors and Ebay buyers.This = however was a very temporary opportunity which will never be seen again. = Dean Bessy allowed collectors for a once in a lifetime chance at letting = them have CR2s at $23 a gram. People who would never have dreamed one = year ago at such an opportunity, now proudly display their CR2s and are = expanding their collections.He will sell out at Tucson leaving only = three of us with the lion's share of this find. The strewn field is = small and totally worked over.Those of us left will never after Tucson = let this rare material sell for under $100 a gram.I probably control = half of the fall and will personally keep or donate it to the Royal = Ontario Museum in Toronto , Canada. [ about4,000+ grams]. Thus supply = and demand kick in and those that have it are in no hurry to sell it at = low prices after Feb. 2002. For those that bought CR2s from Dean, = Congratulations on the great deal. For those who didn't it's highly = unlikely you will ever be offered this gift again, which was more of a = temporary parntnership to help offset Deans investment.Dean has done = well by buying from the source and adding a bit of a mark up. He is = providing material today that we could only have dreamed of a year ago = at affordable prices. He has helped to expand the base of our collecting = community and is an asset to us.Those who bought in the past at high = prices should not worry. The material is limited and will continue to = sell to high prices in the future. Best regards David Gregory=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C1A07D.482190C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was in the strewnfield four days ago. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dgregoryd_at_attcanada.ca = href=3D"mailto:gregoryd_at_attcanada.ca">David=20 Gregory</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 19, = 2002 12:42=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] CR2s = a=20 temporary bargain</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I am one of = about 4=20 dealers who bought up CR2s in Morroco.We all shared our good fortune = with=20 friends, collectors and Ebay buyers.This however was a very temporary=20 opportunity which will never be seen again. Dean Bessy allowed = collectors for=20 a once in a lifetime chance at letting them have CR2s at $23 a gram. = People=20 who would never have dreamed one year ago at such an opportunity, now = proudly=20 display their CR2s and are expanding their collections.He will sell = out at=20 Tucson leaving only three of us with the lion's share of this find. = The strewn=20 field is small and totally worked over.Those of us left will never = after=20 Tucson let this rare material sell for under $100 a gram.I probably = control=20 half of the fall and will personally keep or donate it to the Royal = Ontario=20 Museum in Toronto , Canada. [ about4,000+ grams]. Thus supply and = demand kick=20 in and those that have it are in no hurry to sell it at low prices = after Feb.=20 2002. For those that bought CR2s from Dean, Congratulations on the = great deal.=20 For those who didn't it's highly unlikely you will ever be offered = this gift=20 again, which was more of a temporary parntnership to help offset Deans = investment.Dean has done well by buying from the source = and adding a bit=20 of a mark up. He is providing material today that we could only=20 have dreamed of a year ago at affordable prices. He has helped to = expand=20 the base of our collecting community and is an asset to us.Those who = bought in=20 the past at high prices should not worry. The material is limited and = will=20 continue to sell to high prices in the future. Best regards=20 David Gregory </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C1A07D.482190C0-- Received on Sat 19 Jan 2002 01:07:28 AM PST |
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