[meteorite-list] FW: CALI COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER> AssortedSizes & Prices!

From: Bob Evans <bobe5531_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:15:31 -0500
Message-ID: <005701c7dc7e$470a8410$6400a8c0_at_yourae066c3a9b>

Beautiful, cool meteorite. But Darryl, I don't think you are the only one
that thinks $4K/gram is extremely exorbitant for this new meteorite.

Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
To: "Meteorite List" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: CALI COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER> AssortedSizes
& Prices!


>
>
> I've long thought that Mike Farmer is The Man. What Mike has accomplished
> and continues to accomplish is amazing; he is without peer.
>
> The foregoing notwithstanding, what is it about Cali that makes it worth
> $4000/g? Is it because it fell in an extremely rough area and there is
> a couple hundred grams---of one of the stones? Or is it because it went
> through a roof---even though more than one hundred roofs have been
> penetrated by cosmic debris? What happens when Mike, and others who
> emulate Mike, soon acquire another new common chondrite that goes through
> a roof in a similarly rough neighborhood? Is that worth $4000/g as well?
> More than 10x the value of some Martian meteorites? And what if it's a
> lower-class roof in Nogales---what's that worth? (And I don't know if
> many of you know this, but Peekskill---it's the Wild West up there.)
>
> Some of you may recall when the Moon first came out of the Sahara and was
> selling for $25,000/gram, I suggested on this very list that to pay such
> a sum would be folly and soon prove insane. Cali has now entered the
> realm of the lunar-tics.
>
> Watch out below for a BUY recommendation in a column on Meteorite Market
> Trends.
>
> dp
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 11, 2007, at 8:06 PM, Michael L Blood wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>> Congratulations. Apparently, though I was told I was the
>> Only dealer that would be offering this material as ALL the
>> Rest was in the form of individual or whole specimens in private
>> Collections, yet, it appears you also managed to get some for resale.
>> This will is a good thing for the collecting community and will
>> Make a reasonable number of pieces available to a number of
>> collectors, as I will be offering both Cali "#1" and "#2" in a similar
>> size
>> range and also at $4,000/g (which is what I had to pay for my first
>> Purchase Of this delightful fall). I will announce when photos are
>> up on my Hammer page later this weekend.
>> With what you are offering and what I am offering there still
>> won't be enough to meet the demand, but at least a few dozen
>> Collectors will be able to get some instead of half a dozen.
>> Best wishes, Michael
>>
>>
>> on 8/11/07 3:51 PM, michael cottingham at mikewren at gilanet.com wrote:
>>
>>> From: michael cottingham [mailto:mikewren at gilanet.com]
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:50 PM
>>> To: 'michael cottingham'
>>> Subject: AD: CALI COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER> Assorted Sizes & Prices!
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have up for sale on ebay The CALI, COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER #001. There
>>> are
>>> assorted sizes and prices to fit most micro budgets!
>>> Included is a piece of Roof tile that got broken during the impact.
>>> This is
>>> a House Smasher and there is less than 280 grams total known weight!
>>> Free Shipping to anywhere in the world with this purchase. Also, you
>>> WILL
>>> NOT see these on a discounted sale anytime soon!
>>>
>>> Go To:
>>>
>>> http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?
>>> from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=cali+m
>>> eteorite&category0=
>>>
>>>
>>> or check out my auctions through my ebay store:
>>>
>>> http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks and Best Wishes
>>>
>>> Michael Cottingham
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>> deserve neither freedom nor security."
>> ...Benjamin Franklin
>>
>>
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