[meteorite-list] AD - A VERY RARE offer

From: Rob Wesel <nakhladog_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:02 2004
Message-ID: <003901c3dbfa$afe715d0$60211418_at_robewcufk0z2s3>

I would continue to hold on to your piece Matteo, two sales in the history
of this material do not "created the market".

Rob Wesel
------------------
We are the music makers...
and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
Willy Wonka, 1971



----- Original Message -----
From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - A VERY RARE offer


> In a auction of few days ago a slice of this material
> is go sold for $270/gr. when my slice of 1 gr. I have
> pay $700/gr. nice joke....after many persons say ebay
> not created the market in meteorite prices...
>
> Matteo
>
> --- Rob Wesel <nakhladog_at_comcast.net> wrote:
> > Hello all -
> >
> > I hope the new year finds you well.
> >
> > I have available for sale a large fragment of the
> > very rare NWA 1877 Olivine
> > Diogenite.
> >
> > It is one of the largest samples of it in the world
> > weighing 59.6 grams.
> >
> > As many of you know, this material has consistently
> > traded for $750 per gram
> > and retails for $500 per gram.
> >
> > I am opposed to cutting it for two reasons:
> > The posterity of the piece
> > The cut loss
> >
> > I would much rather save the piece and forward the
> > cutting loss in savings
> > to you.
> >
> > So, before I set of to destroy it, I would like to
> > see what your interest
> > is. Send me an offer, all reasonable offers will be
> > seriously considered. I
> > am looking to get cash in order to get me out from
> > under the initial
> > purchase but EXCEPTIONAL trade offers are welcomed
> > as well. Furthermore, I
> > am willing to discuss a significant finders fee for
> > anyone able to find a
> > buyer.
> >
> > Some facts about the piece:
> >
> > The Olivine Diogenite, NWA 1877, fragment I have
> > for you to consider is the
> > largest single piece currently available for sale in
> > the world.
> >
> > It weighs 59.6 grams and is a bit larger than a golf
> > ball and round in
> > nature.
> >
> > It is the rarest class privately available in the
> > world, one is Antarctic,
> > GRA 98108, the other two NWA.
> >
> > The other, NWA 1459, was 49 grams and sold out for
> > thousands of dollars per
> > gram. This NWA has a TKW well under a kilo after a
> > full year of searching
> > the area.
> >
> > It is ~50% Olivine with huge crystals poking out
> > everywhere, golden orange
> > in color, the whole meteorite.
> >
> > It is the deepest sample to date from Vesta.
> >
> > It is very friable and I would be happy to stabilize
> > it upon request and
> > agreement to purchase. So much Olivine cleavage it
> > is trying to break itself
> > apart.
> >
> > This is rarest meteorite class, the deepest Vesta
> > sample and no HED
> > collection is complete without it.
> >
> > High resolution photo available to any interested
> > buyer.
> >
> > Rob Wesel
> > ------------------
> > We are the music makers...
> > and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> > Willy Wonka, 1971
> >
> >
> >
> >
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