[meteorite-list] The most expensive hobby??

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Dec 9 17:42:59 2004
Message-ID: <41B8D545.1070200_at_fascination.com>

I would say cheating death is a pretty expensive hobby, drinking and
gambling are pretty expensive hobbies, they can cost one a life's'
fortune, or one's life. Smoking costs lives.....
Love of motor racing, skydiving.............
Define expensive...in terms of dollar bills...........Penny Marshall has
a pretty rich collection of sports memorabilia ...tens of millions of
dollars worth........same with collectable cars, a few million here or
there. Airplane collectors can roll out a number of millions on
specific planes... the top ten Elvis or Beatles memorabilia, or the top
five Star trek colletors.......tens of millions of dollars for the top
collections. Babe Ruth's baseball bat, 1.5 million dollars. Honus
Wagner baseball card ~ 1 million dollars.
And then there are paintings and rare art.... Roy Rogers, John Wayne,
acting memorabilia ...mmm.
My bet is meteorites is up there but not at the top possibly because it
is not as popular as baseball cards or comic books.
More responses welcome!
Dave F.
Stromatoliteman
mjwy


Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote:

>Hi list, and goodafternoon.I had a discussion with someone at work today
>about,What is the most expensive hobby.Well I said, There can be no doubt
>it is meteorite collecting.Well than she said, it is obvious that you do
>not know your expensive hobbies.She started rattling off things about
>horses and motor cycles.I said you are nuts.I explained to her about bob
>haag finding calcalong creek.Her mouth stopped and she went silent.So I
>put it you, the meteorite hobbyist.What do you think is the most expensive
>hobby is?Questions, comments,critisims, rebuttles, are welcome.Let me know
>your thoughts.I think it is an interesting question.
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> steve arnold, chicago, usa!!
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