[meteorite-list] Find a Falling Star for $35

From: al mitterling <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:26:31 -0500
Message-ID: <F704CEEA1328487F9719BC28E8A520F9_at_StarmanPC>

Hi Michael,

First welcome to the list. Glad to see another affectionado here.

Being a Nininger fan I think I can answer your question. First meteorite
books are not printed in very large numbers. They tend to cost more to begin
with. Nininger is considered by many the father of American Meteoritics and
brought about a new way of finding them, researching them. Most of these
books are grabbed up by the many new collectors coming into the hobby and
are stanard meteorite information in most collectors libraries. Some
Nininger books can fetch several hundred dollars when sold as they are a
collectable in their own rights. Books with his signiture are more sought
after.

The book is worth buying at the $35 price. Warning though, if you read it
you will be hooked on meteorites and meteorite hunting. It will give you
great insight of what a hunter goes through. Find a Fallen Star is a self
biography by Nininger himself.

You should also subscribe to Meteorite Magazine which will help you with the
hobby. Next issue will be one worth reading.

You can also go to this website for more information on Nininger and
meteorites.

http://www.meteorite.com/nininger/

Hope you have a great time enjoying this wonderful hobby.

--AL Mitterling


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Bross" <element33 at peconic.net>
To: <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Find a Falling Star for $35


> hello Mike and list members
>
> I am new to this list and will present myself soon (waiting for the West
> craze to cool down :))
> Being a new meteorite passionate, I am interested in this book.
> Doing a quick search, Amazon seems to offer that same book (_at_ $33.98) with
> same
> description: lots of marks and wear, published in 1976.
> http://www.amazon.com/Find-Falling-Star-H-Nininger/dp/083972229X
>
> Not being an original edition (1972), why do you say the price is rock
> bottom ?
> On Amazon they have about 10 books starting at $ 28 and collectibles for
> $200-300
>
> Please, don't take this email as aggressive, I am just trying to get more
> information.
>
> Thanks !
> Great day to everyone
>
> Michael Bross
>
>
> Hi List!
>
> I was browsing the used book titles at Barnes and Noble online,
> and I noticed they have a copy of Nininger's Find a Falling Star
> for only $33 plus ship. It's an ex-library book, and the condition
> might not be great, but the price is rock bottom.
> http://search.barnesandnoble.com/used/product.asp?EAN=2692675820359&Itm=1
>
> I'm not currently in the market (wife would kill me), but I thought
> someone else here might want in on this bargain.
>
> Clear skies!
>
> MikeG
>
>
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Received on Thu 05 Mar 2009 02:26:31 PM PST