[meteorite-list] UofA giving collection to dealer control.

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 20 10:24:16 2006
Message-ID: <43D10080.6030600_at_mhmeteorites.com>

One of the "Gods" of meteoritics, H.H. Nininger was also a dealer named
curator of the "Colorado Museum of Natural History". I am not saying I
agree with the UofA decision, and I understand Mike's viewpoint
entirely, but the precedent has been set. The difference here may be
the fact that Nininger stopped dealing once appointed as curator. Is
this the case for the SW-Meteorite Lab? If it is, then fine, give him a
chance. If not, then something is terribly wrong.

Matt Morgan

Michael Farmer wrote:

> The more I think of this, the more outraged I am.
> I have donated tens of thousands of $$$ of meteorites to the UofA, and
> now they have been turned over to the control of a meteorite dealer.
> I wonder if some of them will be submitted at the auction in Tucson?
> This is in my opinion a huge conflict of interest. How can they do
> that? Why not put Christies in charge of the Smithsonian art
> collection, and Butterfields in charge of the American Museum of
> Natural History? When did Universities start doling out the job to
> commercial dealers?
> Is anyone outraged at this?
> No more donations to the UofA for me, I might find my Moon and Mars
> rocks on http://www.meteorite-lab.com/.
>
> This is total bunk, I guess museums are for sale.
>
> Mike Farmer
>
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