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

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 20 10:34:46 2006
Message-ID: <00ea01c61dd7$07f293b0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Didnt he also go to jail for something?
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann_at_meteorite-martin.de>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] UofA giving collection to dealer control.


> 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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>> ===============
>> Matt Morgan
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