[meteorite-list] Posting sources

From: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com <STARSANDSCOPES_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:25:16 EDT
Message-ID: <d48.27e5480f.3534df6c_at_aol.com>

I agree with Jim and would like to add an observation. People buying
meteorites fall into three categories.

1. Buying from a dealer who is trusted to know what he is doing and has a
track record of happy customers.

2. Knowing the material (and who is selling what) well enough to buy with
confidence based on the buyer's expertise. I watched Martin Horejsi buy
some expensive historical meteorites and he just knew the material so well.

3. Bargain shopping. Taking a gamble. Many buyers are happy with this
and I would agree it is not right for every one.

Most of us have been in all three situations. I don't want to start a name
dropping contest but Jim made the comment. As a buyer, simply the fact that
it came from Jim Strope is good enough for me and I would be confident that
fact would be good enough for other buyers should I decide to resell the
item. Jim would not need to tell me where he got it to win me over!

Tom Phillips

In a message dated 4/14/2008 10:23:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
nwa482 at comcast.net writes:
Sounds like a good solution Matt.

I would not want my name published on a website that I provide consignments
if I did that sort of thing. If I was a buyer and saw that dealer A had a
specimen acquired from dealer B, I would just contact dealer B and see if
they had any more and eliminate dealer A's mark up.

Would anyone expect Marting to reveal his source for his new Martian
Meteorite? Or Adam for NWA 5000? I would bet that they will not reveal
their planetary sources any quicker than I will.

Provenance, in my opinion, exists where old labels accompany the specimen,
or it came from a museum or famous old collector of yesteryear.

Jim Strope
421 Fourth Street
Glen Dale, WV 26038

http://www.catchafallingstar.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:23 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Posting sources


> Why not just ask the dealer where the material came from? This has worked
> for over a decade for my business. Personally, I always will tell a
> customer if the ask, but only if that source wants the information given.
> Posting the info for all to see, poses a problem for the privacy of that
> source and yes, I do not want others finding that source.
>
> Matt Morgan
> Mile High Meteorites
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