[meteorite-list] NPA 02-14-1999 Meteorites for Valetine's Day, Darryl Pitt

From: martinh_at_isu.edu <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 27 15:57:57 2005
Message-ID: <1753ad17b95b.17b95b1753ad_at_isu.edu>

Hello Everyone,

Could someone refresh my memory, what was:

"The "crown jewel of meteorites," a 31-pound chunk, is estimated to go for around $230,000."

Thanks,

Martin H



----- Original Message -----
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2005 1:12 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] NPA 02-14-1999 Meteorites for Valetine's Day, Darryl Pitt

> Paper: Syracuse Herald Journal
> City: Syracuse, New York
> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999
> Page: A-12
>
> This Valentine's Day gift is out of this world
>
> Looking for an unusual gift this Valentine's Day? Try bidding
> on one
> of more than 50 meteorites - including slivers from Mars and the
> moon -
> being auctioned in San Francisco and Los Angeles today by
> Butterfield and
> Butterfield, an auction house that specialized in natural history
> material.
> The "crown jewel of meteorites," a 31-pound chunk, is estimated to
> go for
> around $230,000.
> Many of those meteorites co
me from the collection of Darryl
> Pitt, a New
> York music executive who has tried to turn the more common iron
> meteorites
> into objects of art.
> For Pitt, meteorites, are a passion he wants to spread to art
> collectors who have no interest in science and science-oriented
> children who
> have no interest in art.
>
> (end)
>
> Clear Skies,
> Mark Bostick
> Wichita, Kansas
> http://www.meteoritearticles.com
> http://www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com
> http://www.imca.cc
>
> http://stores.ebay.com/meteoritearticles
>
> PDF copy of this article, and most I post (and about 1/2 of those
> on my
> website), is available upon e-mail request.
>
> The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old
> list
> server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess
> this is
> more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now.
>
>
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