[meteorite-list] Park Forest - Round Two
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:04 2004 Message-ID: <007d01c2fcab$ee452030$83649ecd_at_S0027239467> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007A_01C2FC71.40B198C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Adam, good lord, after you and AL Lang lectured me about paying too = much, you tried to snag my stone by offering $15000 for it 12 hours = later! the Highest price offered in Park Forest. So indeed, you did = contribute to the high prices, so please don't act like you did'nt.=20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Adam Hupe=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 10:39 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest - Round Two 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_007A_01C2FC71.40B198C0 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 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam, good lord, after you and AL Lang = lectured me=20 about paying too much, you tried to snag my stone by offering $15000 for = it 12=20 hours later! the Highest price offered in Park Forest. So indeed, you = did=20 contribute to the high prices, so please don't act like you did'nt.=20 </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=3Dadamhupe_at_attbi.com href=3D"mailto:adamhupe@attbi.com">Adam = Hupe</A>=20 </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> Sunday, April 06, 2003 = 10:39=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] Park = Forest -=20 Round Two</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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=20 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=20 the 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=20 with Al Lang to pick up an entire bedroom that had been hammered = by one=20 of these stones. We will reconstruct the bedroom with the = ceiling=20 that had two holes punched in it, the venetian blinds that = were=20 split down the center, a metal windowsill with a huge impact crater = and a=20 mirror that was shattered, all hit by the same meteorite that = thankfully=20 missed a boy by inches as he was sleeping. This collection will = be=20 displayed proudly next to the Peekskill car in a private museum. = We plan=20 on possibly displaying the collection at the Tucson show next year if = there is=20 enough interest. We acquired several other impacted items from = all over=20 the strewn field and will integrate them into another interpretive=20 display. This represents the world's largest collection of = man-made=20 objects impacted by meteorites. We feel it is = important to=20 preserve these historical items for future generations to=20 enjoy. </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=20 in a rural area?, maybe next time. I do not believe the prices = would=20 have been so high if the stones where recovered by farmers and=20 ranch-hands. Word spread like wild fire in the Park Forest = neighborhood=20 about prices being realized for stones that hit things. These=20 street-smart finders then played a lot of dealers and collectors in = the field=20 for as much money as they could get and now everybody is paying = the=20 price. You can blame dealers who lacked the patience to = negotiate=20 better prices and manage the situation in a professional manner for = these high=20 prices. Instead money was thrown around exciting the = neighborhood=20 into a feeding frenzy. I owned up to my part in this whole = thing=20 with a post called "Park Forest - the pulling of teeth". If I=20 contributed in anyway to the high prices, I apologize. I admit = there=20 were a few times when we paid more than we should=20 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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_007A_01C2FC71.40B198C0-- Received on Sun 06 Apr 2003 10:18:06 PM PDT |
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