[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle - whats a fair price?
From: Tim Heitz <midwestmeteor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:53 2004 Message-ID: <3E851B85.2000504_at_earthlink.net> > Hello, > I got a call from a man that lives right in the area of which the > meteorite fell. He told me that a guy had setup in a parking lot and > was paying $1.00 PER GRAM > He wanted to know how much they were really worth. > > What do you think the answer should have been? > > Later he told me he had three big pieces and he thought $1.00 PER GRAM > was not enough. > > > Tim Heitz > > > > Michael Farmer wrote: > >> Hello everyone, a little news from the strewnfield. The news is not >> good. The people here all think that they are millionaires, they all >> want $10 to $20 gram now. The police chief tols Steve Witt to leave >> or be arrested as they think he robbed a meteorite finder by paying >> several dollars per gram! The news has stated that they are worth >> $500 per ounce ~$15 gram. The Museum in Chicago has not helped, >> stating that dealers are here to rip the locals off and that they >> should "donate all the pieces" to the university/museum. >> I have been in 6 homes today that were penetrated by meteorites, >> serious damage to many of them. There are many pieces but as I said, >> people now want $100,000 for some stones and they are NOT JOKING. >> I wish anyone who plans to come out good luck, I will hunt tomorrow >> and try to secure a stone or two, then go home and let people get to >> reality. >> I do have 4 pieces totaling about one kilo, 3 pieces that hit a house >> and damaged the siding. The other piece is a half individual that >> impacted the median in a road, and has the nose imbedded with yellow >> street paint. I do not know if there will be any out for sale any >> time soon, the price is so high we are just walking away from many >> people. >> A few got a few cheap specimens, but very few. If any will come for >> sale from me, it will likely be quite expensive. I do not know what >> the next few days hold, more pieces should be found though so maybe >> we will have more luck. >> I will email more info later. >> Mike Farmer > > > > Received on Fri 28 Mar 2003 11:05:25 PM PST |
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