[meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices (Was: Spectacular Tektite on eBay)

From: Richard Kowalski <*damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 14:22:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <258447.38171.qm_at_web113606.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> · damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com

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Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
--- On Mon, 8/9/10, Norm Lehrman <nlehrman at nvbell.net> wrote:
> From: Norm Lehrman <nlehrman at nvbell.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices (Was: Spectacular Tektite on eBay)
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
> Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 11:02 AM
> Sorry, I was typing in the dark and
> hit a button that sent the message before I was done.
> 
> The one on Ebay is significantly over-priced.? For
> $1800, I think I can still source a flawless specimen.?
> With the rim chips, I would not pay $1000, but times are
> certainly changing.? They haven't made any more of
> these for a very long time and the supply is getting very
> lean.
> 
> I think I told the story on our website, but I traded my
> youngest daughter's hand in marriage for one fine flanged
> button.? We were living in West Aus and spent lots of
> time out searching.? On the fateful day, Derek (our
> great current son in law) came out with us, his first
> tektite hunt.? Cookie and I had over 1000 finds each to
> our credit (australites that is, not a single fully flanged
> button) and had a pretty good eye.? We know how to tell
> them from kangaroo droppings (bite them!).
> 
> We were walking a dry stream channel southeast of
> Kalgoorlie and finding nothing.? My daughter is
> American Indian, and I had been kidding Derek that if he
> wanted to marry her he was going to have to come up with a
> fine bunch of horses and blankets for the father of the
> bride.? It was hot and dry and swarming with flies and
> kangaroo droppings were about as exciting as it got.?
> Then Derek shouted "hey norm, about those horses and sheep
> and stuff---would this do???"? He was holding up a
> perfect, flawless flanged button.? I accepted on the
> spot.? He has my daughter and a fine family, I have a
> fine flanged Australite and some great grandkids.?
> What's more, we're both happy with the deal.? 
> 
> People sometimes ask what my daughter thinks of being sold
> for a flanged button, and I assure them that she understands
> their rarity and is honored to command such a premium!
> 
> Three years has passed since we moved to Africa and
> suspended the Tektite Source.? Cookie has now moved
> back to the USA and is getting the inventory unpacked; I'm
> still wandering Africa at least until the end of the
> calendar year.? But within a few months we should have
> things up and running again.? Thanks for waiting.?
> We have a long list of clients to contact when she finds
> everything.? If you have items of interest from the
> website, let us know and we'll get to you when we can---
> 
> I need to visit our own website, but unfortunately I think
> we are completely out of good flanged buttons (that are for
> sale--there's for sure on that isn't!)
> 
> Cheers,
> Norm
> http://tektitesource.com
> 
> --- On Mon, 8/9/10, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
> <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
> <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged
> button prices (Was: Spectacular Tektite on eBay)
> > To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 9:05 AM
> > Hello Brian and List,
> > 
> > Brian wrote: "On this beautiful tektite, I stand
> > corrected."
> > 
> > On December 3rd, 2000, I asked our late Darryl Futrell
> (+
> > Aug 13, 2001) what
> > a reasonable price for a perfect Australian button
> would be
> > and the next day he
> > responded like this:
> > 
> > "A perfect flanged button goes for about $2000 or
> more.
> > Maybe a sandblasted one might turn up for $1000 or
> so."
> > 
> > Best wishes from someone
> > who wishes he had one too
> > 
> > Bernd
> > 
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