[meteorite-list] FOR THE RECORD

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:04:19 -0800
Message-ID: <C5CDBF83.FA1%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Greg,
        You may have something here.
        Please go to Texas and buy all you can at $5/g and
I promise to buy it from you at DOUBLE that the moment
You return!
        Please let me know when you have some!
        Thanks, Michael (PS: Do not be discouraged if you
Spend a few thousand dollars and take a couple weeks off
Work and walk for 10 to 12 hrs a day and find only one or
Tow specimens of 2 or 3 grams a piece (though some days
You may get NONE) . Just keep your eye on the prize! $10/g
when you get back!
        Best wishes, Michael


> From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:04:32 -0800 (PST)
> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FOR THE RECORD
>
> First let em say that I would really like to get a sample of this fall.
> now to the topic at hand...
> ?
> I see an agenda from the hunters to set a higher value then the meteorite is
> worth, and I think that may also be leading to some troubles.
> I am reminded of Carancas... it sold at $100 per gram and now can be purchased
> for $20 per gram... I also saw reports of Tishka being small with not alot
> available, now it seems there is a very substatial amount available.
> ?
> I think that the way some hunters/dealers are handling this has some to do
> with the current issues.
> ?
> I have read reports of secret agreements and such things... that will only
> help to make people sketchy about the issue.
> ?
> This seems to be a very big fall of a normal chondrite, far from being worth
> $100 per gram.
> ?
> Is part of the issue that a high price dealers are trying to set conflicts
> with what hunters told the land owners the material is worth? perhaps they
> seen or hear $5 per gram then see it being offered and claims of buying it at
> $90-$100 per gram...
>
> just recently someone posted they paid $90 per gram, only later for someone to
> say they paid considerably less then that. The only prices I have been offered
> is $100 per gram, which again I feel is way over priced and seems to be
> intended to prey on collectors who want a fresh sample of this fall.
> ?
> I think this and some of the comments tossed around about the locals may be
> getting back to them and causing hard feelings perhaps, or feelings of being
> taken advantage of.
> People dont like to be ripped off, and honestly, it seems thats what looks to
> be happening.
> Secrets and closed door deals never end up good.
> ?
> Just my thoughts from the outside looking in.
> I hope nobody takes this personal, this is simply my thoughts and how it looks
> to me.
> ?
> Greg C.
>
> --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FOR THE RECORD
> To: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 1:03 PM
>
>
> First let em say that I would really like to get a sample of this fall.
> now to the topic at hand...
> ?
> I see an agenda from the hunters to set a higher value then the meteorite is
> worth, and I think that may also be leading to some troubles.
> I am reminded of Carancas... it sold at $100 per gram and now can be purchased
> for $20 per gram... I also saw reports of Tishka being small with not alot
> available, now it seems there is a very substatial amount available.
> ?
> I think that the way some hunters/dealers are handling this has some to do
> with the current issues.
> ?
> I have read reports of secret agreements and such things... that will only
> help to make people sketchy about the issue.
> ?
> This seems to be a very big fall of a normal chondrite, far from being worth
> $100 per gram.
> ?
> Is part of the issue that a high price dealers are trying to set conflicts
> with what hunters told the land owners the material is worth? perhaps they
> seen or hear $5 per gram then see it being offered and claims of buying it at
> $90-$100 per gram...
>
> just recently someone posted they paid $90 per gram, only later for someone to
> say they paid considerably less then that. The only prices I have been offered
> is $100 per gram, which again I feel is way over priced and seems to be
> intended to prey on collectors who want a fresh sample of this fall.
> ?
> I think this and some of the comments tossed around about the locals may be
> getting back to them and causing hard feelings perhaps, or feelings of being
> taken advantage of.
> People dont like to be ripped off, and honestly, it seems thats what looks to
> be happening.
> Secrets and closed door deals never end up good.
> ?
> Just my thoughts from the outside looking in.
> I hope nobody takes this personal, this is simply my thoughts and how it looks
> to me.
> ?
> Greg C.
> ?
>
> --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] FOR THE RECORD
> To: "<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral..com>" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:27 AM
>
>
>
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> CONFLICTING AGENDAS
>
>
> Last night I received a phone call from an understandably distressed Mike
> Farmer.? Mike was bugged by the media coverage of the announced sale of "WEST"
> meteorites at Heritage Auction Galleries---which included a hoped-for figure
> of what a larger specimen could bring.
>
> Mike indicated that landowners had become squirrelly in recent days and the
> advent of this announcement would result in his inability to gain access to
> private property for continued hunting.? Mike wondered aloud why Heritage felt
> they had to make this announcement months prior to a sale in which these
> consignments would appear.
>
> Mike was not the only one with such concerns.
>
> For the record,? I was also exasperated by the decision to announce this
> offering at this time and I strenuously objected to the same.? It was too
> early and could undermine a bigger story in closer proximity to the sale where
> it would certainly have greater impact.? It appeared the publicist's primary
> objective was not what was best for the sale of the meteorites but rather how
> to maximize a corporate branding opportunity. My objections did not fall
> entirely on deaf ears. I convinced David Herskowitz of Heritage to hold-off
> until next week when I could at least provide a picture of the larger
> specimen.
>
> Late yesterday afternoon David reported that his publicist said the story
> could not be contained and was now on the AP wire.
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