[meteorite-list] Village Tells Museum To Pay Up For Park Forest Meteorite

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:06 2004
Message-ID: <3E959745.15C672CE_at_mhmeteorites.com>

I'll offer 10/g...anyone care to make it 12/g.
LOL.
Matt

Ron Baalke wrote:
>
> http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/south/102syt1.htm
>
> Village tells museums to pay up for meteorite
> By Erika Enigk
> Daily Southtown (Illinois)
> April 10, 2003
>
> Park Forest officials are looking to cash in on a meteorite that fell
> through the roof of the village's fire station.
>
> Trustees plan to vote next week on whether to sell the rock to a group
> of museums and educational institutions. The group includes the Adler
> Planetarium, University of Chicago, Planetary Studies Foundation,
> American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum of
> Natural History.
>
> Village manager Janet Muchnik said the group has offered to pay $8 per
> gram for the piece, which weighs 1.2 pounds - making the offered price
> $4,358.40.
>
> "We're negotiating to see if it would be a little bit more," Muchnik
> said.
>
> Collectors may pay more for the meteorite, Muchnik said, but village
> officials said they would rather sell it to an entity that will use the
> piece for research and public education.
>
> "The collectors are willing to offer a higher price ... because they
> understand the profit they will realize once the rocks have been carved
> up into smaller pieces," she said.
>
> In addition, the group of institutions is willing to permit the village
> to request the meteorite for periods of time for educational purposes,
> she said.
>
> "At least one of these pieces will be immediately placed in display at
> The Field Museum as part of a timely exhibit featuring the Park Forest
> meteorite fall," said Meenakshi Wadhwa, curator of meteorites at the
> museum.
>
> Muchnik said some Park Forest officials and staff members would prefer
> the village keep the meteorite. But she said she thinks it will better
> serve the village in the museums, rather than on constant display in
> the village.
>
> Trustee Bonita Dillard asked if village officials could request that
> institutions display a history of Park Forest along with the meteorite
> and direct visitors to the village when the piece is on display there.
>
> "We could keep the hole in the roof of the fire department," Mayor John
> Ostenburg joked.
>
> Trustee Ron Wilson asked that the money from the meteorite go directly
> to the fire department. Muchnik said that is a possibility, but the
> money may also go into the village's general fund.
>
> Insurance will cover repairs to the roof, Muchnik said.
>
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