[meteorite-list] Michael Casper

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:30:18 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <643999.605.qm_at_web33105.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

It IS NOT TRUE, he lives near Cornell, and traded/sold
them specimens. He also came on the scene, and within
about a week proclaimed himself the worlds largest
meteorite dealer. People can say anything they want,
that doesnt make it true.
Mike
--- Mark Grossman <markig at westnet.com> wrote:

> Is that true - Michael Caspar was curator of
> Cornell's meteorite collection?
> Was he a dealer at the time, or a curator at an
> earlier period?
>
> Anybody know who the present curator of Cornell's
> collection is, and for
> that matter, how big a collection it is?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark Grossman
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Michael Casper
>
>
> > Hi Mike -
> >
> > This is very sad to hear about. As near as I knew,
> > when specimens from NWA began to appear, but
> before
> > prices had really started to fall, Casper simply
> > decided to get out of the business, liquidating
> all
> > his holdings, a move which mystified many at the
> time.
> >
> > I did not know Casper had damaged so many dealers
> in
> > doing so. Could you provide more details on the
> > transactions? Did he return the meteorites he had
> > contracted for, but not sold? Or did he simply
> decide
> > not to take acceptance?
> >
> > Oh well, a sad end to Cornell's curator of
> meteorites.
> >
> > E.P. Grondine
> > Man and Impact in the Americas
> >
> >
> > >Michael Casper is a thief, criminal, and total
> > >scumbag. He is like a virus that moves from
> business
> > >to business, taking what he can, then leaving
> > >overnight. I won a lawsuit against him, (have
> never
> > >seen a dime yet) and when he left the business,
> he
> > >left owing many people over $100,000. He got the
> > >Russians alone for almost $70,000. He spent tons
> of
> > >money when he was big, so dealers would sell him
> on
> > >credit, he left and simply refused to pay them
> all at
> > >the end. I know that he has done the same in
> coins,
> > >now he has moved into solar energy.
> > > www.caspersolar.com
> > >This is a typical way that con-men operate, they
> come
> > >in huge, do real business, then vanish overnight
> with
> > >the money. Thank god he is gone from meteorites,
> he
> > >was the biggest buffoon and damaged the market
> more
> > >than anyone I know of. He loved to buy high and
> sell
> > >low when he saw something else he liked more.
> > >Michael Farmer
> >
> >
> >
>
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