[meteorite-list] Ad New Canadian Meteorite for sale

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 14:56:10 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <368666.67545.qm_at_web45601.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

In my opinion, from the info I have seen I would be willing to pay more then $10 per gram for fresh material, however I do think $50 is simply too much for what looks to be an ordinary chondrite.
I am hopefull that the material will not rust too bad during all this snow, and Im sure plenty of it will be available in Tucson as was metioned by someone else.
That said, I would also like to buy a 2 gram or so piece of fresh material, but really would prefer not to pay much more then $20-$25 per gram... to me it would be worth that price, regardless of classification... my little girl keeps asking when I am getting one... This fall like the Carancas really got her interested in meteorites (this one even more) due to the media attention and wide availablitly of video footage.
If anyone gets ahold of some and wants to sell or trade for a small sample, please let me know.


Greg




--- On Fri, 12/5/08, MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com> wrote:

> From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad New Canadian Meteorite for sale
> To: star_wars_collector at yahoo.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 1:34 PM
> In a message dated 12/5/2008 12:16:00 P.M. Central Standard
> Time,
> star_wars_collector at yahoo.com writes:
> I agree 100% on this. $50 per gram is too high, the
> Carancas for example was
> $100 per gram at first, now it can be had for under $20
> per gram.
> I have read several places that it is only valued at $1 -
> $10 per gram. I
> will wait a bit myself.
>
> Greg
>
>
> Greg and All,
>
> I tend to agree that the price MIGHT drop to $10/g,
> especially if there is a
> high degree of rusting on the specimens found later next
> year.
>
> However, there is a chance the Canadians might offer to
> buy all or most of
> the ones already found.
>
> If the land owners can get a tax credit on $50/g to donate
> them, everyone up
> there might be happy to donate them, and at a 50% tax
> rate, that is the same
> as getting $25/g cash in hand to the overtaxed Canadians.
>
> It sounds like most of the land owners are very wealthy,
> so money may not
> mean anything to them. They might donate them all and not
> even care about a
> tax break or cash values at all.
>
> If only a few kilos make it to the market place, then we
> could see the value
> be higher than $10/g.
>
> If we seen hundreds of rusty kilos coming onto the market,
> then we could see
> the prices end up way below $10/g.
>
> In any case, we probably will have to wait for the 6 months
> to pass to see
> what is not purchased by the Canadian Government.
>
> One thing is sure, if ALL the masses were put on a
> restricted Canadian only
> collector market, a few hundred kilos would probably sell
> for $0.10 a gram or
> even less.
>
> A smart thing might be to buy one specimen from Sonny and
> McCartney NOW at
> $50/g and then buy more later at $10/g and if the price
> goes down to under
> $1/g then buy so much more that you will have cost averaged
> your first purchase
> at $50/g down to a reasonable level.
>
> Of course, if you are one of those people that get a rush
> at owning the
> newest most famous meteorite that everyone is talking
> about around the water
> cooler, then how can you put a value on that???
>
> :-)
>
> And also, realize that if you do buy a meteorite from
> Sonny and McCartney
> now, you are investing into field recovery. I seriously
> doubt they will make a
> profit on this trip even if they sold what little they
> found at $100/g, but
> if they can come close to breaking even, maybe next time
> they will again be
> able to afford to get on the scene early and find more.
>
> And at the very least, we should congratulate them on
> getting to the scene
> and making an effort.
>
> Good job guys, and congratulations!
>
> Steve Arnold #1
> www.SteveArnoldMeteorites.com
>
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