[meteorite-list] Park Forest - Round Two
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:04 2004 Message-ID: <004801c2fc63$85d84420$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C2FC28.D91C5800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List, Here we go again! I am personally glad to be home after spending five = intense days in the so-called "Urban Strewnfield". For those of you who = were not able to go you did not miss much. The weather was horrible, = most of the neighborhood was rough and the greed was amazing. =20 My brother, Greg arrived yesterday and met up with Al Lang to pick up an = entire bedroom that had been hammered by one of these stones. We will = reconstruct the bedroom with the ceiling that had two holes punched in = it, the venetian blinds that were split down the center, a metal = windowsill with a huge impact crater and a mirror that was shattered, = all hit by the same meteorite that thankfully missed a boy by inches as = he was sleeping. This collection will be displayed proudly next to the = Peekskill car in a private museum. We plan on possibly displaying the = collection at the Tucson show next year if there is enough interest. We = acquired several other impacted items from all over the strewn field and = will integrate them into another interpretive display. This represents = the world's largest collection of man-made objects impacted by = meteorites. We feel it is important to preserve these historical items = for future generations to enjoy. =20 On another note: Why couldn't the meteorite have landed somewhere in a rural area?, maybe = next time. I do not believe the prices would have been so high if the = stones where recovered by farmers and ranch-hands. Word spread like = wild fire in the Park Forest neighborhood about prices being realized = for stones that hit things. These street-smart finders then played a = lot of dealers and collectors in the field for as much money as they = could get and now everybody is paying the price. You can blame dealers = who lacked the patience to negotiate better prices and manage the = situation in a professional manner for these high prices. Instead money = was thrown around exciting the neighborhood into a feeding frenzy. I = owned up to my part in this whole thing with a post called "Park Forest = - the pulling of teeth". If I contributed in anyway to the high prices, = I apologize. I admit there were a few times when we paid more than we = should have.=20 Wishing everybody well, Adam Hupe IMCA 2185 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C2FC28.D91C5800 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 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here we go again! I am = personally glad=20 to be home after spending five intense days in the so-called "Urban = Strewnfield". For those of you who were not able to go you did not = miss=20 much. The weather was horrible, most of the neighborhood was rough = and the=20 greed was amazing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My brother, Greg arrived yesterday and = met up with=20 Al Lang to pick up an entire bedroom that had been hammered by one = of these=20 stones. We will reconstruct the bedroom with the ceiling that = had two=20 holes punched in it, the venetian blinds that were split down = the=20 center, a metal windowsill with a huge impact crater and a mirror that = was=20 shattered, all hit by the same meteorite that thankfully missed a boy by = inches=20 as he was sleeping. This collection will be displayed proudly next = to the=20 Peekskill car in a private museum. We plan on possibly displaying = the=20 collection at the Tucson show next year if there is enough = interest. We=20 acquired several other impacted items from all over the strewn field and = will=20 integrate them into another interpretive display. This represents = the=20 world's largest collection of man-made objects impacted=20 by meteorites. We feel it is important to preserve these = historical items for future generations to enjoy. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On another note:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Why couldn't the meteorite have landed = somewhere in=20 a rural area?, maybe next time. I do not believe the prices would = have=20 been so high if the stones where recovered by farmers and = ranch-hands. =20 Word spread like wild fire in the Park Forest neighborhood about prices = being=20 realized for stones that hit things. These street-smart finders = then=20 played a lot of dealers and collectors in the field for as much money as = they=20 could get and now everybody is paying the price. You can = blame=20 dealers who lacked the patience to negotiate better prices and manage = the=20 situation in a professional manner for these high = prices. Instead=20 money was thrown around exciting the neighborhood into a feeding = frenzy. =20 I owned up to my part in this whole thing with a post called "Park = Forest -=20 the pulling of teeth". If I contributed in anyway to the high = prices, I=20 apologize. I admit there were a few times when we paid more = than we=20 should have. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wishing everybody well,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam Hupe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IMCA 2185</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C2FC28.D91C5800-- Received on Sun 06 Apr 2003 01:39:49 PM PDT |
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