[meteorite-list] Ad or Topic? All metal Nan-Tans

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:49:03 -0800
Message-ID: <C1A455BF.313C1%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Bob,
        I found your comment interesting because in reading the post
to which you were referring, I saw it more as a discussion about
the cost / value of large NanTans with only a back door invitation
to anyone interested as opposed to an ad.
        I have wondered, myself about the "market value" of all-metal
(as opposed to the earlier shale balls) Nan-Tans. I know at least
2 dealers who claim to sell LARGE Nan-Tans at substantial prices
(between the prices brought by New Campos and Gibeon irons),
but I have never seen a buyer spend $ anywhere close to that - except
in the two ebay ads Bob provided..... yet he seemed to be complaining
about what I considered to be very substantial prices - ie $59/LB and
$76/LB respectively - yet, he seemed to be complaining about this being
a "low" price.
        I have 3 of these pieces in my auction (from 6.5LB to like 34 LB -
see Lots 91, 92 & 93) with no minimum and will be very interested to see
what they bring. I certainly can't imagine being "disappointed" if they
brought between $59 and $76 per LB!
        So, other than comments about whether or not Bill's post was an
ad or not, does anyone else have experience with the sale price of all
metal Nan-Tans??? I think it is a fascinating subject - I just have never
heard anything on it other than a couple of dealers who claim to get
very high prices and several collectors who claim they aren't even
worth $10/lb (this second price seems to be based on the old shale balls
what wholesaled at Denver and Tucson for the several years when they
were available - I haven't seen any for several years, now however) - those
price differences are HUGE discrepancies, so, any others on the list have
experiences with all metal Nan-Tan prices???
        Best wishes, Michael

on 12/11/06 9:15 PM, Bill at glixard at inbox.com wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Please include AD as the first word in your subject line when posting business
> offers. It is a list rule. You will avoid a lot of problems by following this
> rule and maybe even make a few friends.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chinaren76 at yahoo.com
>> Sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:34:54 -0800 (PST)
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] On the price of Huge size Nantan Iron-Nickel
>> meteorites, Need advices
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>> Hi list,
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>> Recently, i've collected several pieces of Nantan
>> meteorites, totally weighted 40 Kg or so. Most of
>> these rocks are huge, except for two small pieces.
>> I've sold the two small pieces at rather low price on
>> Ebay:
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>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330049246339
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>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330051868673
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>> Now, the weight of Nantans at my hand are more than 1
>> kg and the largest is 6 kg around. However, i don't
>> dare to sell them on Ebay again because the prices for
>> huge size Nantan are uncertain in my mind. I searched
>> them by Google, but the results showed the prices
>> fixed by other dealers being various from 0.15 USD to
>> 2 USD per gram.
>> So, my question is:
>> what's a reasonable price for huge size Nantans
>> weighted more than 1 kg, especially more than 4 Kg?
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>> Any suguestion will be greatly appreciated.
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>> By the way, if there are Nantan collectors here, who
>> would be willing to buy them on a wholesale price
>> basis or part of them, please contact me off-list if
>> you wish.
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>> Regards
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>> Bob
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