[meteorite-list] New Collector Card Series

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 31 23:50:50 2006
Message-ID: <20061101045047.72861.qmail_at_web36912.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Congratulations, Adam -

These look to be perfect for children, a great way to
utilize cuttings from lunars and martians for
education, and a useful way for preparers to offset
slicing costs. My best wishes for your success with
this project.

But why Stonehenge? I think that a larger image of
either the Moon or Mars might have more effect.

I suppose if auction does not prove effective as a
means of distribution (though I can see no reason why
not), direct sales either at Kennedy Space Flight
Center or the National Air and Space Museum would
work.

good hunting,
Ed

--- Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> This week I would like to introduce a project I have
> been working on for
> some time as well as some great auctions. Be sure to
> check out this weeks
> offerings since I loaded several great items
> including more NWA 4293 lots
> for those who may be running low and some new bulk
> material lots priced
> below my costs. I am one month behind in
> liquidating these due to storage
> issues. All of the auctions can be viewed at this
> link, there are some
> really nice specimens this week and some do not even
> have opening bids yet:
> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites
>
> Back to the project: It took five years to collect
> enough cutting material
> from different planetary meteorites in order to
> create this comprehensive
> assemblage I refer to as the "Planetary Collector's
> Card Series". I modeled
> these with a baseball jersey parallel card set in
> mind thus the 12 different
> serialized cards that make up this series. I hired a
> professional to do the
> artwork several months ago and I think the cards
> came out great. I also
> consulted Mr. Baseball himself, Commissioner
> Alexander Joy Cartwright IV and
> got the green light to proceed with the comment
> "These are extraordinary,
> really cool!" OK, the truth is, Alex is a good
> friend of mine and I showed
> him the proofs at a private party when he made this
> comment. His family
> actually invented baseball not Doubleday like most
> think.
>
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbaseball.htm
>
> I had plans to mass produce some of these for a
> fundraising effort but there
> is no way to automat the manufacturing process since
> the planetary cuttings
> vary greatly in density so I limited production to
> 50 each, all serialized
> with a COA. I feel this is the ultimate way to
> share authentic material
> from the Moon/Mars with others since these will fit
> in a wallet/purse, you
> can clearly see the material in the viewing window
> and there is no danger of
> them breaking. Some of these are actual fragments
> instead of cutting dust so
> be sure to check them all out because they are
> priced to sell at just $29.95
> each. A good example of value is a 2mg fragment of
> NWA 2737 (Card-8) will
> sell for more than this on a consistent basis and
> these cards contain more
> material. The entire SNC suite can be covered with
> card numbers 2, 6 and 8
> for less than $90.00. I remember when this would
> cost $1,200.00 to
> accomplish!
>
> Planetary Collector's Card Series:
>
> Card #1 - NWA 482, Anorthositic Meteorite from the
> Lunar Highlands found
> 2001 in Northwest Africa, Total Known Weight 1,015
> grams, No known pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047656425
> Card #2 - NWA 1195, Shergottite Meteorite from the
> Planet Mars found 2002 in
> Northwest Africa, Total Known Weight 315 grams, No
> known pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047656888
> Card #3 - Dhofar 908, Feldspathic Impact-melt
> Breccia from the Lunar
> Highlands found 2003 in Oman, Total Known Weight 245
> grams, Several
> pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047657351
> Card #4 - DAG476, Shergottite Meteorite from the
> Planet Mars found 1998 in
> Libya Sahara Desert, Total Known Weight 2,015 grams,
> Several pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047658425
> Card #5 - NEA001, Feldspathic Regolith Breccia from
> the Lunar Highlands
> found 2002 in Northeast Africa, Total Known Weight
> 262 grams, No official
> pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047659155
> Card #6 - NWA998, Nakhlite Meteorite from the Planet
> Mars found 2001 in
> Northwest Africa, Total Known Weight 456 grams, No
> known pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047659713
> Card #7 - NWA3136, Basaltic Regolith Breccia from
> the Lunar Mare Basin found
> 2004 in Northwest Africa, Total Known Weight 95
> grams, No known pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047660298
> Card #8 - NWA2737, Chassignite Meteorite from the
> Planet Mars found 2000 in
> Northwest Africa, Total Known Weight 611 grams, No
> known pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047661003
> Card #9 - NWA3160, Complex Regolith Breccia from the
> Lunar Mare Basin found
> 2005 in Northwest Africa, Total Known Weight 34
> grams, Several pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047661455
> Card #10 - NWA1110, Shergottite Meteorite from the
> Planet Mars found 2002 in
> Northwest Africa, Total Known Weight 118 grams,
> Several pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047662182
> Card #11 - NWA3163, Feldspathic Granulitic Breccia
> from the Lunar Highlands
> found 2005 in Northwest Africa, Total Known Weight
> 1,634 grams, One known
> pairing.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047662544
> Card #12 - SAU005, Shergottite Meteorite from the
> Planet Mars found 1999 in
> Oman, Total Known Weight 1,344 grams, Several
> pairings.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047662893
>
> Link to the entire set which represents a 20%
> savings over purchasing the
> cards separately:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047668956
>
> Do not forget to check out the NWA 4293 lots here is
> a single example:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140047652126
> Plus 13 more...
>
> Complete slice of a very rare CK3, completely rim
> crusted and very fresh!
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140045541125
>
> Complete slice of the now famous NWA 2999 Angrite
> started at just 99 cents:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140045548514
>
> And don't forget to check out the many other
> auctions at this link:
> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZraremeteorites
>
> Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good
> luck.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> ------------------------------------
> Adam Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> Team LunarRock
> IMCA 2185
> raremeteorites_at_comcast.net
>
>
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