[meteorite-list] Literal Meteorite PriceLists...Igot some--wantem?

From: MarkF <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Nov 9 16:30:25 2004
Message-ID: <002a01c4c6a3$50617670$ba08e104_at_MAF>

Hi Bernhard and List

Having been on ebay since 96, I can say that few rock buyers in general do
the xmas frenzy stint. most hobbiests in the lapiday/collector world,
usually know what they'd like and season rarely factors in except for
summers when children aren't in school and day care/vacation costs take away
from hobby spending.

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems" <rendelius_at_rpgdot.com>
To: "'Tom AKA James Knudson'" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Literal Meteorite PriceLists...Igot
some--wantem?


> You would get a good average, though.
>
> Although - from time to time, there are people like 23dragons23, buying
> 20g of NWA 1827 for more than $400 :-). This person isn't uneducated, I
> guess, but they have more money than we all can shake our stick at *g*.
>
> Whatever: if you follow ebay auctions closely (and those buying there
> should certainly do that), you get a "feel" for how much things cost.
> Compare this with the prices on dealers' sites, and you know what you
> should invest.
>
> BTW, I think that prices for "ordinary" meteorites are a little on the
> rise. Ist his the pre-christmas frenzy or a subtle trend?
>
> _____
>
> Best regards,
> Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems
>
> CEO RPGDot Network
>
>
> This outgoing mail has been virus-checked.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Tom
> AKA James Knudson
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 4:17 PM
> To: martinh_at_isu.edu; Nicholas Gessler
> Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Literal Meteorite Price Lists...Igot
> some--wantem?
>
> Ebay prices would not be trustworthy either. I have seen SA's sell for
> 10
> cents a gram and $10 a gram, of course it depends on how nice it is. I
> have
> seen rusty Nantans sell for $5 a gram. I have seen Allende sell for $8
> per
> gram and Allende that did not sell at even priced at $4 a gram. You have
> to
> many uneducated people buying meteorites on ebay to get an accurate
> figure.
>
> Thanks, Tom
> peregrineflier <><
> IMCA 6168
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <martinh_at_isu.edu>
> To: "Nicholas Gessler" <gessler_at_ucla.edu>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 7:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Literal Meteorite Price Lists...I got
> some--wantem?
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Actually Nick, ebay is totally different world than decade-old dealer
> listings. First of all, the posted prices are fixed whereas ebay is at
> the
> whims of the bidders who all have their own reasons for their bid
> amount.
>>
>> Second, most (but of course not all as some of you know about) of the
> dealer's stock is listed giving an indication of the type and sizes
> available at that point in time, with many much larger than the usual
> material on ebay.
>>
>> And third, there were many pieces of many rare meteorites offered
> through
> the years and the lists give a snapshot into the distribution of rare
> material over the years. It is really something to read through
> pricelists
> containing howardites, ureilites, carbonaceous chondrites, type 3s,
> eucrites, etc. and many of them are witnessed falls and none are NWAs or
> the
> like.
>>
>> Frankly, I think an ebay archive would be easy. Just build a progam to
> crawl the meteorite auctions after their completion and store the data
> in a
> searchable datab
>> ase. The upfront time might be a touch high, but after that it would
> run
> forever with minimal tweaking. However, I suspect it might violate the
> ebay
> user agreement.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Nicholas Gessler <gessler_at_ucla.edu>
>> Date: Monday, November 8, 2004 9:41 pm
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Literal Meteorite Price Lists...I got
> some--want em?
>>
>> > This would be a good idea. So would archiving all of eBay's
>> > meteorite
>> > auctions. However, it's an enormous task: Let's see...
>> > 400 auctions per week times 52 weeks is around 20,000. Times 10
>> > years, is
>> > about 200,000. With 300x400 images or 100k pixels times 3 bytes
>> > per pixel
>> > is 300k bytes per auction (minimum). Times 20,000 is 6 megabytes
>> > for one
>> > year, or 60 for 10. It's late. Someone please check my math.
>> > Maybe it is
>> > feasible? Especially by someone who can write the code to do this
>> > automatically. But not by me...
>> >
>> > And then what have we got? Does the fact t
>> hat someone paid $100
>> > for xyz
>> > two years ago mean that $50 is a fair price today? Or $200? Oh
>> > well. Actually, I think the collection of photographs would be
>> > worth much
>> > more than the collection of prices!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Nick
>> >
>> >
>> > ______________________________________________
>> > Meteorite-list mailing list
>> > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>> >
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> Meteorite-list mailing list
>> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Received on Tue 09 Nov 2004 04:30:17 PM PST