[meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:26:02 +0200
Message-ID: <20080709202602.100470_at_gmx.net>

To answer the question of how many "dealers" there are, you have
to be careful in these times of global communication via the internet.

We can no longer think in classical schemes. Who can tell a dealer from
a collector, a dealer-collector from a collector-dealer or any in-betweens,
where it gets somehow blurred and indistinct.

Many private collectors make up their own websites and also sell their
meteorites. Should they considered to be "dealers" by virtue of this fact
alone? Then again: where is the borderline? Is it, where dealers found
a company, float a business with an official name to it and pay taxes
for this special enterprise?

I don?t know, and btw I admit it is not crucial for me since I am still and
have always been nothing but a pure collector. Though it is interesting to
see how things and perspectives have changed "in the field".

[PS: I basically (re-)launched my collection in 1992, after a personal visit to
David New in Anacortes, whom I would consider to be a CLASSICAL dealer!]

Alex
Berlin, Germany


-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:25:38 -0500
> Von: "Timothy Heitz" <midwest at meteorman.org>
> An: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>, mexicodoug at aim.com, "Meteorite List" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

> Hello Michael, Doug and List,
>
> I count 138 dealers worldwide now.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>
> To: <mexicodoug at aim.com>; "Meteorite List"
> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?
>
>
> Hi Doug, Tim and all,
> I was one of the 3 on the internet - those were exciting days and
> Many life long friendships were formed.
> If you look in the archives, I did a survey study of the members
> of
> The Meteorite List. While there was not a 100% response rate, the
> Rate of response was VERY high. I asked 25 questions as I recall
> And one of them was, "do you sell meteorites" and "does it make up
> A significant portion of your income." (or the like - y'all know I have
> A terrible memory.
> In any event, over 40% of the hundreds of people who responded
> Stated they were meteorite dealers!
> Please check the archives for specific statistical information.
> Best wishes, Michael
>
> on 7/8/08 9:45 PM, mexicodoug at aim.com at mexicodoug at aim.com wrote:
>
> > Forwarded message from Tim Heitz (The Original Meteorite 'Pusher' and
> author
> > of ten meteorite commandments :-)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy
> > Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org>
> Hello Doug, Would you post this for me to the
> > list below? The list is
> not working for me again Thanks, Tim
>
> Hello
> > list,
>
> Does anyone know just how many meteorite dealers there are?
>
>
> > When I started collecting in 1996 there were just 12 dealers
> worldwide and
> > only 3 were on the internet
>
> This should include all the part time
> > dealers, a dealer is someone
> who deals, there are many part time
> > dealers.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim Heitz
>
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