[meteorite-list] Update Ridiculously Gorgeous New Meteorite

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:20:57 2004
Message-ID: <08e101c33ff9$3be55e00$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com>

Dear List Members,

This is to serve as an update on NWA 1879s (provisional) pairing status. We
posted two pictures last week and five dealers responded that they thought
they had this material in their inventories. When one well known dealer saw
the pictures of this new Mesosiderite posted on eBay he realized it was not
the same material as he originally thought. We sent three secondary type
specimens of our Mesosiderites to NAU who is currently studying the new
metal-rich Diogenite in conjunction with the UofW. They agree, none of our
Mesosiderites are paired with one another or the new metal-rich Diogenite.
As far as we know there are no reported pairings to NWA 1879 making it a
decent investment since we originally lowered the price to accommodate the
possibility of pairings based on dealer's reports which turned out to be
unfounded.

As far as the metal-rich Diogenite goes one pseudo dealer decided to dump
his material at a ridiculous low price thinking we had a substantial amount
of this nice new Diogenite. He lowered his price below that of ordinary
Diogenites which does not make any sense to us therefore we will withdrawal
our offer to sell this new metal-rich Diogenite and encourage collectors to
buy at the ridiculously low price which would not allow us to break even on
our investment. When he is sold out of his small inventory I am sure the
price will increase rapidly.

Now back to NWA 1879 (provisional), there are still some specimens to be had
on eBay. Her is the link provided below:

http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/

Thank you for your indulgence and the best to everybody,

Adam and Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
IMCA 2185
Received on Tue 01 Jul 2003 01:50:15 PM PDT