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

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:53 2004
Message-ID: <20030329143740.22288.qmail_at_web10307.mail.yahoo.com>

Yes but Alfianello is 1883 historical fall, andd all
pieces is in museum and is hard this exit, I see who
sale Alfianello for $100/gr. go sold with no problems.
The same for my Albareto, I sale for $200/gr. and this
go. Many have write to me alfianello, albareto and
other historical falls is ordinary chondrites and the
price request is esagerated....well, Ensisheim is a
ordinary chondrite, why this person not sale for
$2/gr. ? Barbotan is a ordinary chondrite, why this is
sold for $200/gr.? This person have a 200 gr. of
alfianello, but when I have ask to sale to me for
$2/gr. the piece I not have received answer,
strange...is a ordinary chondrite. The same for this
new falls, is not a historical fall, probably at 50
years this new fall enter in the historical falls, but
now is a normaly ordinary chondrite fall with over 50
kg. + and a price of $7/gr. is just. Ask to a italian
museum a piece of a normaly meteorite or historical,
the answer is nothing, no money accept and no trades -
very very rare the trades here - is for this the
italian/historical meteorites is hard to find.
Regards

Matteo

--- Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_concentric.net> wrote:
> Matteo, yet you try to sell Afianello for $100 gram?
> ManyMany kilos.
> Get Real matteo.
> Good luck.
> Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites"
> <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
> To: "Tim Heitz" <midwestmeteor_at_earthlink.net>;
> <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 12:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite
> debacle - whats a fair
> price?
>
>
> > 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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