[meteorite-list] RE: Meteorite sales doing just fine & MeteoriteSupply

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 13 13:26:19 2006
Message-ID: <006101c65eba$ba105b80$6401a8c0_at_c1720188a>

I agree, the NWA peek was nearly 3 years ago. Some of the skew in the
numbers are that on average it takes slightly over 2 years to get most
classifications done unless you are will to pay a premium to expedite it.
We will be introducing an ultra-rare, hard to describe, meteorite next month
that has been under study in no less than 6 laboratories for the last 5
years. Although it was found a half a decade ago, it will be announced in
the next bulletin. I think the backlog has been greatly reduced so I
predict there will much less in the next bulletin.


Kind Regards,

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Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
raremeteorites_at_comcast.net




----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Fowler" <mqfowler_at_mac.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Mike Fowler" <mqfowler_at_mac.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: Meteorite sales doing just fine &
MeteoriteSupply


> > Bull # Ant. Other Tot.
> > ------ ---- ----- ----
> > MB 80: 42 136 178
> > MB 81: 20 161 181
> > MB 82: 521 453 974
> > MB 83: 473 425 898
> > MB 84: 842 498 1340 (NWA series begins: NWA 001-032)
> > MB 85: 658 718 1376
> > MB 86: 661 493 1154
> > MB 87: 1048 850 1898
> > MB 88: 753 857 1610
> > MB 89: 1010 758 1768
> >
> > 3-year moving averages for total new meteorites (smoothes out
> > volatile Antarctic component):
> >
> > 1997: 444.3
> > 1998: 684.3
> > 1999: 1070.7
> > 2000: 1204.7
> > 2001: 1290.0
> > 2002: 1476.0
> > 2003: 1554.0
> > 2004: 1758.7
> >
> > Will MB 90 (2006) be the first year that shows a decline in
> > the 3-year moving average? Depends a lot on the Antarctic
> > totals in the upcoming Bulletin.
> >
> > --Rob
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> Thanks for the research. I would propose that only non Antarctic
> meteorites count as supply, since Antarctic meteorites are not
> available. In that case, the number per the Met Bul may have peaked
> 3 years ago!
>
> Mike Fowler
> Chicago
>
>
>
> >
> > I get the feeling that if you took a poll of the list members
> > here, most would argue that the meteorite market has been at best
> > flat the last five years (and I would opine that it is actually
> > down rather than flat). The combination of exquisite specimens,
> > high-profile advertising, and Bonhams' well-healed bidders
> > predictably leads to slightly inflated prices. Such an auction
> > is not a reliable indicator of "general public" meteorite commerce.
> >
> > Compare meteorite prices with those of precious metals, oil,
> > or even the S&P 500 over the last five years. Space rocks were
> > hardly a good investment. New collectors waiting until today
> > to acquire their first meteorite have a lot more buying power --
> > and a greater variety of specimens from which to choose -- than
> > they would have in 2001.
> >
> > The only thing that will drive meteorite prices up at this point
> > is greater demand. We don't have a meteorite-equivalent of
> > De Beers stock-piling meteorites and reducing the supply. Supply
> > increases every year; in fact the *rate* of supply increase has
> > itself been increasing over the last decade:
> >
> >
> >
> >
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