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

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:51:25 -0700
Message-ID: <457F164D.8050000_at_fascination.com>

I bought a 1 pound Nantan that was 1/2 metal and 1/2 shale for $16 at
the Denver show three years ago. Is that a market cross section?
Dave F.

Michael L Blood 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:
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>>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
>>
>>
>>
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>>>-----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,
>>>
>>>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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