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

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:29:56 -0800
Message-ID: <C1A46D64.313DD%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Note to anyone interested (apparently, this is not a
topic of interest for those on the list - at least not
at this time of day).... the catalog has been re-arranged
and the large, all-metal Nan-Tans are now #s 57,58 & 59.
        Best wishes, Michael

on 12/12/06 12:49 PM, Michael L Blood at mlblood at cox.net wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Any suguestion will be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Bob
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