[meteorite-list] Tucson Auction

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:37:44 -0800
Message-ID: <C5BB2828.7DE%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Dear Goran and all loyal absentee bidders.
        I just recently returned from Tucson.
        For those of you that did not get the news I
Posted to the list, the following catastrophes had to
Be overcome:

1) I had a TOTAL computer crash just days before leaving
For the auction. This resulted in initially loosing
EVERYTHING - I was eventually, with enough money,
Able to recover SOME email records from 2001 and earlier
As well as replace the web browser to allow me to finish the
Printable copy of the auction catalog.

2) my dear mother-in-law died the day before I was leaving.
She wasn't just my wife's mother, she was a wonderful
Person I have known since I was 15 years old.

3) I lost the second set of absentee bids sent in at the last minute.

4) For several days before leaving and for much of my time in
Tucson I was literally in a haze. For any behavior less than hospitable
I apologize and hope my friends accept I was under substantial stress.

        Sorry for the inconvenience to all involved.
        I will be posting auction results in the near future. However,
If you had absentee bids in, pretty much to the person they did
Not get recorded this year and while I regret it, I am not going to
have a heart attack over it. In fact, I do not even claim the exceptional
Circumstances are necessarily the cause of my lack of fully and efficiently
Functioning in regards to the auction. It is a real enterprise for one
Person to put together and I nearly never get every aspect of it right.
        It is misfortunate as absentee bidding is part of the fun and
Fun is a primary function of this auction. Under the circumstances
Is it was everything I could do to get myself there (and wouldn't have
Had my wife not insisted I go).
        For several days I felt like an obnoxious drunk, though those of
You who know me know I do not drink. Eventually, however, I was
able to spend several occasions of actual pleasure, as it is so nice to
see old friends one only gets to see once a year.
        It was nice to have Jerry Armstrong there and see people gasp at
Some of his many impressive paintings. I had not seen "Pultusk" in
Person and was blown away by how much more impressive it is in person
Than in the photo in the internet. I had also not witnessed for myeself
The quality of the Giclee "copies," which look every bit like an original
Painting. They were breathtaking.
        I am most grateful to major submitters to the auction, particularly
Anne Black who placed nearly 40 specimens with a great degree of
Variation. Of course, Anne also functions as a helpful friend to everyone
At the show (in case any of you have failed to note this fact). We are all
Indebted to her for her good will and acts of kindness.
        Well, now I am beginning to ramble, and I did not mean to. I will
Reserve that for my upcoming article in METEORITE TIMES.
        Best wishes to all, Michael


On 2/12/09 11:43 PM, "G?ran Axelsson" <axelsson at acc.umu.se> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Have you sent out invoices to absentee bidders yet?
> According to the prices realised that I have got from others I should
> have won two of the auctions. The Moss piece and the Miles iron.
>
> Credit card number beginning : 4863 8820
>
> Regards G?ran Axelsson
>
>
> Michael Blood wrote:
>> I am mailing out payments and discovering that the great computer
>> Crash of February 2009 has wiped out most of my information needed
>> To do so.
>> Those of you who had items in the auction please email me
>> With the following info:
>> 1 Name
>> 2 email address
>> 3 Snail mail address
>> 4 Home and cell phone numbers
>> Thos NOT who did not have items in the auction, please provide
>> This information as well. I have lost ALL email data after 2001. That
>> Means the little I do have is now in error.
>> I returned immediately after the auction due to my dear mother-in-
>> Law's death which prevented Angel from going or from me enjoying the
>> Show nearly as much. None the less, it is always good do be around friends.
>> I will write at length about the show in the March METEORITE TIMES,
>> But suffice it to say it was well and reasonably thriving moreso than most
>> Had expected.
>> In any event, please do get send me your information - please put
>> " Imail Update" in the Message Box.
>> If either of us ever mailed the other I would like to hear from you.
>> RSVP
>> Thanks, Michael
>>
>>
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Received on Fri 13 Feb 2009 04:37:44 PM PST