[meteorite-list] Forestburg (b) L5 chondrite

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:34:46 +0100
Message-ID: <02cc01c73364$702de2b0$4f41fea9_at_name86d88d87e2>

But Dearest Uncle,

to ask a meteorite dealer, why he doesn't collect thin sections, would be
similar to ask a Formula-1-pilot if he had noticed the pattern of the petals
of the orchids at the roadside.
To enjoy TS one needs leisure and time, a meteorite dealer hasn't.

To sell TS would be no good idea. As you should know, 80% of all
TS-collectors prefer strictly TS from the mentioned source and condemn all
other TS who don't carry that brand emblem a priori and without having seen
them as to be of minor quality. (Yep you could offer them even a David New
TS without telling and they would refuse).
And as there aren't so much specialized collectors, it simply would be quite
a loss...

But quiet now, I'm allowing myself a luxurious moment and am admiring the
incredible micrographs of Tom Philips!

And you should too!
Nephew Buckleboo



-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Alexander Seidel [mailto:gsac at gmx.net]
Gesendet: Montag, 8. Januar 2007 21:13
An: Martin Altmann; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Forestburg (b) L5 chondrite

I know, my dear nephew, I know too well....!!!:-)

Well some of these days some special orders from me will surely go out
again, Your dear uncle Alex
 
...But tell me: why, nephew, don?t YOU ever sell/collect thin sections?

[Well folks, nothing but a little insider joking here...:-)]


> 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
>
> meteorite-list
>
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