[meteorite-list] Meteorite Value

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:20 2004
Message-ID: <20020902151526.80496.qmail_at_web10303.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello

Time makes was a price list, hour with the advent of
the NWA and of other dealers who have sent in ruin the
prices, this does not exist more. One what of the sort
was consultabile in the Meteorite Express - hour does
not know if it still exists - and in other site ones.
Regards

Matteo

--- MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I recently recived a good question from one of our
> list members. If was a
> private e-mail to me so I won't paste the name or
> e-mail but I am posting it
> because I think it may interest other listees.
>
> I was asked..
>
> Hello Mark, How does a collector know how to price
> meteorites? Is there a
> price list?
> Thanks, CENSOR
>
> You didn't ask a very easy question but here we go.
> Meteorites like all
> items have a value. That value is what anyone will
> give you for it. This
> like most things very depending on several factors.
> Some controllable and
> others not. For a collector, I think one really
> needs to decide the
> direction of one's collection. Perhaps you wold
> like all the Texas
> meteorites, or a nice specimen of every type, ect.
> If a person is new I
> would suggest they try to aquire a nice iron slice,
> a stony-iron, a
> carbonaceous along with a big moroccan or otherwise
> bargin priced meteorite,
> NWA869 is a good example. Having a nice big stone I
> believe helps in one's
> interest into meteorites. This is kind of off track
> of your question and I
> will now try to answer that...
>
> The main factors that will decide how much you are
> charged for a meteorite
> is, 1. Classification, (As a real general rule, the
> common classification
> find meteorite outside of Africa are $2-3 a gram in
> slicess, while African
> are around $1.00.) 2. Find or Fall (falls are worth
> more then finds), Irons
> are retailing around $1.00 a gram for the common
> ones in etched slices. 3.
> Size, You can usualy buy a 3 kilo stone much cheaper
> then you could a 20
> gram of the same type. Larger more expensive stones
> are harder to sell and I
> often find them to be good bargins. 4. Appearence,
> a meteorite with a hole
> is worth more then one without, a meteorite that has
> nice crust is worth
> then a weathered one, ect. While there are several
> different factors here,
> all collectors seem to agree on what a nice looking
> stone is. 5. Total
> weight on the market, the Total known weight is a
> factor but it is more the
> total weight that is on the market. It doesn't
> really matter if there is a
> lot of the stone, if only 100 grams is available to
> collectors. 5.
> Documention/Source of meteorite. I am grouping both
> of these together. A
> meteorite with a nice label from a Museum or someone
> like Nininger is worth
> more then one without. I know I would like all my
> meteorites to have labels
> from the Smithsonian and others would to. In the
> same sense a meteorite
> sold from one dealer that is well liked and good in
> the community will often
> sell higher then from one that has not. The reason
> here is simple. The
> good dealer will have a strong customer base, with
> more people feeling safer
> spending their money. 6. Prepration, A slice is
> worth more then a wedge,
> Irons seem to be taking the road that a slice is
> worth more then an
> individual. For stones this verys more. A small
> stone will often cost the
> same or less depending, then a slice of it. If a
> dealer can cut up a kilo.
> size meteorite, he or she could make a lot of small
> partslices. Where
> buying a lot of baby individual of the same
> meteorite might be much harder
> if not impossible. 7. Micromounts. These small
> part slices and fragments
> are often priced higher and should be. Here you are
> in as much paying for
> the selllers time as well as the meteorite. 8. How
> many dealers have the
> meteorite. If several people are selling it. They
> have to compete for
> sales to a degree and the price is generally a
> little lower.
>
> So to answer your question.....it depends. I like
> to go with a basic of
> $1-3 a grams for commons and then vary it from there
> depending on what I am
> wanting and the factors listed above. I am more in
> likely going to buy a
> Kansas Stone over a Nebraska stone. I would pay
> more for a stone I did not
> have, then one I have. On rare types it's really
> hard to decide what is
> fair and what is not. Going back to my earlier
> comment on deciding the
> direction of your collection helps buffer a purchase
> that later finds that
> stone dropping in price. If I buy a small partslice
> of a rare Kansas stone
> and it drops in price, thats good. Now I can get a
> big slice.
>
> As a side note, Mike Martinez has been working on a
> complete listing of what
> meteorites have been priced and sold this last
> couple years. At shows, on
> the internet, and in auctions. Perhaps one day he
> will share his information
> in a book or like document.
>
> Since I have sent this to the list I am hiding
> behind my firewall now...:-)
>
> Thanks, Mark Bosick
>
>
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