[meteorite-list] On the price of Huge size Nantan Iron-Nickel meteorites, Need advices

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:02:58 -0700
Message-ID: <457E4612.8000300_at_fascination.com>

That is some shady looking libyan melted pop bottle there Bob!
DF

drtanuki wrote:

>Dear List,
> If you take the time to look at Mr "Bob"`s email and
>eBay you will notice that he ranks up there with the 5
>Ducks, and the other seller`s from China,Vietnam,
>Singapore, Thailand.
> Many of these so-called "Nantans" are iron
>concretions and have nothing to do with ever being a
>meteorite. His other items, "Libyan Glass", have been
>discussed on the list prior.
> Before you start sending off your hard earned money
>to these "Bargain Sellers" think about it. I am sure
>"Bob" has a real name that he avoids giving for a very
>good reason.
> Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
>
>Zhong Guo ren bu shi yao lai women de difang; fum pi
>guei!!!
>
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>--- Email from Chinaren76 <chinaren76 at yahoo.com>
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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
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>>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
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>>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
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>>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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