[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle - whats a fair price?

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:53 2004
Message-ID: <002a01c2f5fc$7893a1a0$20609ecd_at_S0027239467>

Tim, that is 7 times what 3 pieces were bought for, what are you talking
about! Why arent you here since you live so close?
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Heitz" <midwestmeteor_at_earthlink.net>
To: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 5:21 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle - whats a fair
price?


> That is 7 times what they paid for it, your saying thats a fair price.
>
> Tim Heitz
>
> M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote:
>
> >Crazy, over the price of a historical fall.....for me
> >a price of $7/gr. max. is ok. No over. If is fall many
> >kilos is another question.
> >regards
> >
> >Matteo
> >
> >--- Tim Heitz <midwestmeteor_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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