[meteorite-list] Current and future meteorite market

From: Curtiss, Gary <Gary.Curtiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:23:56 -0600
Message-ID: <835C603A98587241B5AB439FFC7D9FC80107C02E_at_DNRDENEXCL01.naturenet.state.co.us>

OK, I never contribute to this list so here is my first entry. Hello
list and to all of you space rock lovers. I've been living vicariously
through your pics and stories of Tucson since I could not make it this
year.

I also have enjoyed the oriented pics.

Regarding market trends:

Steve Arnold from Arkansas wrote, "I will note, that I was told
(although I don't know first hand) that Glen Huss was selling out of
the meteorites he had in the 1980's as he felt there was no way the
high prices could keep going up from the point they had reached back
then."

I knew Glen Huss from 1971 until he died and can tell you that he never
talked to me about selling his collection because he feared high prices
would not maintain themselves. If he had such thoughts and mentioned
them to someone else, it seems very unlike Glen. He told me that
meteorites would always be one of the best things to buy from an
investment standpoint if you wanted to look at it that way. Of course,
I know most of us collect because we just can't help ourselves.

When Glen talked about selling his collection it seemed pretty obvious
to me that he just wanted to retire. He was getting older, he had worked
in the meteorite field, first with his father-in-law, Harvey Nininger,
and later as the owner of the American Meteorite Laboratory on Osceola
Street in north Denver since he was a young man. He and his wife,
Margaret, wanted to travel. In addition, somewhere during that period,
his health was in decline.

Glen accompanied Nininger on some of his worldwide collecting trips and
was responsible for many new finds when he assumed the American
Meteorite Lab. Actually, Glen sold his collection twice. For those of
you who are lucky enough to have both copies of the 'Huss Collection of
Meteorites' you will know there are two editions copyrighted abut 10
years apart. Glenn sold his first collection and, through some poor
advice from an accountant, ended up giving most of it to the IRS. So, he
built up a second collection during the next ten year period and sold it
to retire. Pretty amazing accomplishment in itself.

I know the Huss label attached to a specimen is a nice addition to any
collection but the man behind the label was really a very decent and
kind friend and mentor. He had that easy going, unassuming personality,
was as honest as the day is long, and was always available to talk to
anyone from the museums and collectors with the deepest pockets to the
poor aspiring geology student like myself (I washed dishes in college
for 1$/hr and would save up for a few weeks). But, he was as sharp and
insightful as the best of the researchers as well.

I know Glen advised and helped launch some of our best in the business
today, e.g. Bobby Haag, Blaine Reed, and his son, Gary Huss. So to use
Glen's words, "You'll never go wrong buying meteorites."

Gary Curtiss,
Denver



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