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

From: Rob Wesel <nakhladog_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:40:57 -0700
Message-ID: <C53D4718F8194DB984E50E95ABD5B94D_at_windows9bb74fe>

Another one for the collection
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/collection/fbtek.htm

Took me 4 years to find one at a price I was willing to pay

Rob Wesel
www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Harris" <paul at meteorite.com>
To: "Stuart McDaniel" <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices (Was:
Spectacular Tektite on eBay)


Hi Stuart,

You should find this very interesting :-)
http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/australites/

Paul

On 8/9/2010 3:44 PM, Stuart McDaniel wrote:
> 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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