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

From: Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:44:50 -0400
Message-ID: <1A50AB3D81AA4A7B878FA9E3001F1E35_at_toshibauser>

I know this will sound like a stupid question but how are these formed? I
thought teks were ejecta type material.

Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr.,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Harris" <paul at meteorite.com>
To: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices (Was:
Spectacular Tektite on eBay)


> Dear Richard and List,
>
> Here are some Australite Flange Buttons on Meteorite-Times.
>
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2009/march/Tektite_of_Month.htm
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2007/June/Tektite_of_Month.htm
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2007/May/Tektite_of_Month.htm
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2006/December/Tektite_of_Month.htm
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2005/February/Tektite_of_Month.htm
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2004/October/Tektite_of_Month.htm
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/September/Tektite_of_Month.htm
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/April/Tektite_of_Month.htm
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2002/November/Tektite_of_Month.htm
>
> Just gotta love buttons!
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 8/9/2010 2:22 PM, Richard Kowalski wrote:
>> Hey Norm,
>>
>> I haven't looked at many tektites, but what caught my eye on this one was
>> the deep swirl on the bottom of this one. Obviously spinning as it
>> re-entered. I can't remember seeing this feature before.
>>
>> Just curious how common that is?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> 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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