[meteorite-list] AD; wisconsin slices - was $60 per gram AD

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:35:13 -0400
Message-ID: <k2ye51421551004292035k3e70de75h4588f426e0693eb_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Jason and List,

A man can't eat dreams or pay the electric company with them.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 4/29/10, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Greg, All,
>
> First-off, congrats to Joe - hell of a find.
>
> But I really don't understand what you bring up, Greg. If it's your
> dream to find one, and you finally do, you don't cut it up and sell it
> three days later.
>
> The story reminds me of quite a few, to be honest: dealer chases down
> new fall/find, finds it, cuts it up, sells it.
>
> So, I agree - spectacular find, but...well, it *was* a pretty stone.
> Now it's a pile of slices waiting to be shipped. It was his dream to
> go and find a stone, and then to cut it up and sell it all to make a
> few thousand dollars?
> If I owned a slice (and I'm not planning on buying one), I wouldn't
> look down at it thinking "this is a piece of the realization of one's
> man dream," because all it got him in the end was $60/g.
>
> I don't know about you, but I consider my dreams to be worth more than
> that, and it would cost a hell of a lot more for you to get me to sell
> them.
>
> You're treating it like it's a business. Calling it something else
> seems strange -- and calling it priceless...all this sentimental talk
> from someone who just sliced up a beautiful stone strikes me as a
> little funny.
>
> I'll take it quietly while a dealer dices with no pretext [to make
> money], but this....this annoys me significantly more.
>
> Is it really the dream of most people out there to simply find a new
> fall for the cash in it? Are meteorite enthusiasts on the whole
> really coming to that?
>
> I feel as though this message might give the wrong impression - I
> can't begin to convey how happy I am for Joe and his truly spectacular
> find, but what I'm seeing is the exact opposite of what I would expect
> from someone who just found the meteorite of his or her dreams...and
> it's beyond disappointing to me if this is really what meteorite
> hunters hope to do with their 'dream finds...'
>
> Jason
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Greg Catterton
> <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi to all, an update to my AD.
>> All samples I had available have been sold or are on hold.
>>
>> Joe's stone is an awesome find.
>> Since I have known Joe, he has been wanting and wishing for a local fall
>> he could go to.
>> He got his wish with the WI fall. This was for him as the Whetstone was
>> for Jack.
>> It was meant to be.
>> Joe had his kids with him and together, his wish came true.
>> That alone is enough of a story make his find worth more then any hammer,
>> or any other stone found from this fall.
>> "The Kerchner Stone" is a sample to be had for any collection as it is
>> shows as an example that wishes do come true.
>> I will be getting one, even though I have some already... just for the
>> story behind it.
>>
>> Hope everyone is good!
>>
>>
>> Greg Catterton
>> www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
>> IMCA member 4682
>> On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 4/29/10, Joe Kerchner <skyrockmeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Joe Kerchner <skyrockmeteorites at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] AD; wisconsin slices
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 9:27 PM
>>> Im takin orders for slices from the
>>> 332 gram "kerchner stone".
>>>
>>> If you are looking for a specific sized slice or part
>>> slice, you can put in you request now. Slices will be from
>>> .5g -20g slices0 they will be very thin and most part slices
>>> over 2g will have crust. If you want an end piece I
>>> will have 2 available. Contact me off list for prices, it
>>> will be the lowest I have seen offered. You can request
>>> slices larger than 20 if you want.
>>> I have had many people promised slices already so hurry if
>>> you want one.
>>> Pieces will be mailed out first thing monday morning.
>>> Best wishes
>>> Joe kerchner
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