[meteorite-list] meteorite collecting...for the rich?
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:05 2004 Message-ID: <183.191f51c3.2bc3f1bf_at_aol.com> --part1_183.191f51c3.2bc3f1bf_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After making my way through a few hundred list-posts tonight, I've forgotten who said (and agreed with) the notion that meteorite collecting is "for the rich," but I'd offer two thoughts. First, I had several ebay auctions close over the weekend. One bidder won a 6.1g Imilac pallasite individual, a real little cutie, for $6.50. Another bidder won a small specimen of Forestburg (b), for the ONE DOLLAR minimum bid. There aren't too many collectible-hobbies that regularly offer opportunities any more reasonable than that, especially considering the uniqueness of the collectible itself! Also, seems to me that activities which are "restricted to the rich" are pretty relative. The writer (and those in agreement) list-posted their thoughts with a computer and Internet access...there an awful lot of people in the world who would consider access to those things as quite the luxury, too. Gregory --part1_183.191f51c3.2bc3f1bf_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR> After making my way through a few hundred list-posts tonight, I've forgotten= who said (and agreed with) the notion that meteorite collecting is "for the= rich," but I'd offer two thoughts. First, I had several ebay auctions= close over the weekend. One bidder won a 6.1g Imilac <I>pallasite</I>= individual, a real little cutie, for $6.50. Another bidder won a smal= l specimen of Forestburg (b), for the ONE DOLLAR minimum bid. There ar= en't too many collectible-hobbies that regularly offer opportunities any mor= e reasonable than that, especially considering the uniqueness of the collect= ible itself!<BR> <BR> Also, seems to me that activities which are "restricted to the rich" are pre= tty relative. The writer (and those in agreement) list-posted their th= oughts with a computer and Internet access...there an awful lot of people in= the world who would consider access to <U>those</U> things as quite the lux= ury, too. <BR> <BR> Gregory<BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_183.191f51c3.2bc3f1bf_boundary-- Received on Tue 08 Apr 2003 05:34:55 AM PDT |
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