[meteorite-list] a little collector advice........

From: dean bessey <deanbessey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:27 2004
Message-ID: <LAW2-F413Y9MErThctR00011601_at_hotmail.com>

> > ³When Zag first came out it was $3-$5.00 per gram
> > and then it shot up to $11.00, and now you can buy Zag
> > for $1.00 to $5.00 per gram......²
>
This is misleading. ZAG was selling for less than $1 a gram and then went up
after the water anouncement.
I still fondly remember buying a kilo of Zag from Michael Casper for 50
cents a gram and then having the water story break before the material even
arrived to me and seeing another dealer offing it at $8 a gram.
And at that time ZAG had an official TKW of 175 kilos but likely double that
is conservative. Of course it did later fall back in price.
Right now meteorites in general are underpriced because of the large
quantities of desert material. Even known falls and rare material from other
non desert areas have droped in price like a stone (Or maybe that should be
"like a meteorite").
Wither the $15 price that the new moroccan fall is currently being sold for
sticks, drops, or rises in the near term will depend on what it found in the
lab. A unusual LL fall seems like a good deal at $15.
There have been 15 kilos found as of last saturday (I have half of it) and
it seems that everybody in eastern morocco is currently looking for more. If
no more is found you will soon be very happy if you buy it now at $15. If
100 kilos get found you will see $4 or $5 but right now it dont appear that
there is that much.
However, this meteorite is very vulnerable to getting wet. It has to be cut
with alcohol. And it has recently rained in the strewnfield so newly found
material will not be as fresh as the material that was picked up the day of
the fall (Like mine was).
Whatever the price this is certainly a stunning meteorite and you want
slices in your collection.
I have that 119.5 gram individual that I posted photos to the list a couple
days ago available uncut at $15 a gram. The rest I should have by next week.
I have two that are over a kilo. I dont expect a huge price drop on the $15
a gram price (Unless there is a lot stashed away somewhere but searchers are
not having luck over the last few days in finding more).
This meteorite is really unusual looking. If anything really unusual turns
up in the lab you will likely see a price increase. And it is so unusual
looking that assuming that it is an LL you cant really go wrong at $15. But
I am selling the material so I am obviously biased in my opinions here. I
will have a sale posted shortly.
Cheers
DEAN


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Received on Tue 12 Mar 2002 08:17:11 PM PST