[meteorite-list] Portales Valley and Park Forest

From: John Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:02 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20030403083600.0096f360_at_mail.theriver.com>

Matteo,
Are you just now figuring out that there are several factors that affect
the value of anything that is collectable? Lots of factors have negatively
affected the prices of meteorites over the past few years. In contrast,
some people will say that the net effect was a GOOD one because it made
rarer material available to the common man who collects meteorites.

What I really hear in your posts sounds like sour grapes. High prices must
be okay to you if you are currently in a selling mode, yet you complain
about the prices being too high when you decide to buy. This is a pretty
common practice used and desired by businessmen (and women) - buy low, sell
high. The skillful dealers in this business know when it's the right time
to buy AND sell.

That's the way the market goes. Learn to live with it.

John Gwilliam

At 12:42 AM 4/3/03 -0800, M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote:
>I have write the portales when is exit in the market
>the price it was to $35-40 grams, and for me is ok for
>a special meteorite type Portales Valley - find
>another similar meteorite - but after few years the
>price is go to $12/gr. when the main mass is go cut.
>The same is for Park Forest, now people sale for
>prices over $40/gr., but at few years the price for
>sure go to under 10/gr., and Park Forest, for the
>moment, is a ordinary chondrite. What change from
>Portales and Park? All 2 have hit houses, all 2 is a
>witness fall, but the first is a very fantastic
>ordinary chondrite, the second is a normaly chondrite.
>You now put a portales valley for sale for $35/gr. no
>persons buy this, the same is for Park Forest, now all
>want a piece and pay high ammount of money, but at few
>years the price change, specially if someone ruin the
>prices of market like already was done with the
>lunars, martian and varied historical meteorites, make
>losing money to who had invested grosses adds.
>Regards
>
>Matteo
>
>--- Dave Andrews <dandre10_at_cybertrails.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote:
> >
> > >I remember when is exit the first Portales
> > >pieces....$35-40/gr. now is go to $12.5/gr. but
> > this
> > >is a very special meteorite, and have hit houses
> > and
> > >fall over a city....the same of Park Forest....and
> > the
> > >total mass of Portales is many low.
> > >
> > >
> > I don't understand why you are complaining. You are
> > a "dealer", and you
> > stated that you just bought PF for a low price, yet
> > you want too object
> > to the high price it's retailing for? (much more
> > than you supposedly
> > paid). I can't even begin to understand your
> > logic.
> >
>
>
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Received on Thu 03 Apr 2003 10:44:27 AM PST