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

From: Michael Cottingham <mikewren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:53 2004
Message-ID: <002401c2f635$23a65c80$dcd9ead8_at_hppav>

Hello,

Several other stones were purchased for about $1.00 per gram. Approx weight
maybe around 3 kilos. However these went straight into personal collections!
On a funny note.... many stones were turned away from several buyers at
$1.00 per gram because it was believed that there were going to be 100's of
kilos. NOT! Next day,
the buyers tried to buy those stones at the $1.00 price per gram and were
laughed at....by then it was $10.00 per gram...thanks to the police and
museum.

Cottingham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:24 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle - whats a fair
price?


> Hold on a minute, guys!
>
> What's all this talk about "$7/g"?
> Don't forget that Farmer had to PAY $7/g for most of
> those premium specimens that had hit a house. We're
> not going to see those meteorites going for "$7/g".
>
> No doubt Michael would like to comment on this thread
> but right now he's out in the field searching for more
> of this meteorite, so let's not go too far with this
> thread until those more closely involved can
> participate.
>
> I'm only aware of 1 stone that was acquired for ~$1/g.
> And that was the one bought by Steve Witt soon after
> he arrived on the "scene". Not long after that prices
> started to vary greatly.
>
> And that particular stone won't be going on the market
> any time soon. Steve gave permission to have that
> stone sent to a lab in Washington - in order to have a
> "short-lived radionuclide count" performed on it. As
> you may already know, this is an analysis that
> researchers are VERY keen to conduct on any VERY
> recently fallen meteorite. It is preferred to have
> this test done within hours of the fall! And Steve
> handed over his stone within 24 hours of having
> recovered it. It was the 2nd freshest specimen made
> available for this "count".
>
> Steve Witt is not a meteorite dealer. Like the rest
> of us, he is a "collector" and is trying to do "the
> right thing" and is attempting to help in the recovery
> of a fall that occurred in his "neighborhood". He is a
> member of a nationwide group called "Bolide_Chasers".
> He was interviewed by local TV media and performed a
> public service by supplying (good) information to the
> general public and directing meteorite finders to the
> local sheriff station. He lent his specimens from the
> fall for use in other media presentations. He lent
> his largest specimen for analysis.
>
> And for all his volunteer efforts, he was nearly
> arrested!
>
> Sorry, but I'm not very good at figuring out the
> "dollar value" of a new meteorite. But I'm sure it
> probably varies for each individual finder, and for
> each individual stone.
>
> Bob V.
>
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> [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle -
> whats a fair price?
> Starbits_at_aol.com Starbits@aol.com
> Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:49:41 EST
>
>
> In a message dated 3/29/2003 5:23:22 AM US Mountain
> Standard Time,
> midwestmeteor_at_earthlink.net writes:
>
> << That is 7 times what they paid for it, your saying
> thats a fair price.
> >>
>
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