[meteorite-list] Forestburg (b) L5 chondrite

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:28:23 +0100
Message-ID: <029101c7335b$2a277d20$4f41fea9_at_name86d88d87e2>

Huh Uncle Alex,

don't forget to mention, that there is a place, where still today a lot of
those shrouded-in-legend-TSs are available.
At our Grande Dame Anne Black!

Your Nephew Martin


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von
Alexander Seidel
Gesendet: Montag, 8. Januar 2007 19:04
An: Zelimir Gabelica; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Cc: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Forestburg (b) L5 chondrite

I wonder if there is anyone out there who has collected all those price
lists that David New used to send to his customers via airmail - which
happened in the pre-internet times, of course. I would have to dig in my old
files to still find a few of them, but may be someone out there has a more
complete collection of the lists, with David?s very unique description of
his offered pieces, "superb" always being top choice! :-) Bernd, I know you
have many, if not all of these in your archives, at least for as long as you
collect meteorites... These lists, if they were scanned and somehow made
available via the net, would be a great show example of how things were in
the later second half of the last century - I would even call it sort of
"cultural heritage" with respect to the meteorite business.

I loved to communicate with David over many years, until he somehow
disappeared from the (active) dealer scene and even in more recent times on
a more private basis, and I hope he is still around at good health together
with his wife Margaret. In the early Ninetees I once visited him at his home
in Anacortes, Washington. A real gentleman, and great guy! PS: btw he was
the first one to offer meteoritic thin sections to a wider public, and I am
proud that most of my 150+ specimens have gone through his hands.

Alex
Berlin/Germany
  
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Received on Mon 08 Jan 2007 02:28:23 PM PST