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

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 20 10:31:20 2006
Message-ID: <017401c61dd6$22fdc0e0$3d6efea9_at_ns279>

And Buehler (Swiss Met Lab), old veteran collectors, harr, like me will
remember,
an highly appreciated dealer and author of the still best meteorite book in
German languague,
was a curator.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Morgan" <mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com>
To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] UofA giving collection to dealer control.


> 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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