[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. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites http://www.mhmeteorites.com P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA email: mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.comReceived on Thu 10 Apr 2003 12:09:41 PM PDT |
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