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

From: W&S Schroer <schroer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:38:15 +0930
Message-ID: <66265995978C463DA2975C26734E17E2_at_WERNER>

Hi Rob, list,

Rob, I'm happy to see that my former companion is still in good hands. ;)

I would not use hot glue on a flanged button, I even would be very careful
with any kind of mineral tack, if you haven't used it before on a long term
basis and know whether it is stable. During my years of collecting minerals
I've seen quite frequently remnants of some kind of mineral tack stuck to a
specimen that could not be removed.

An experienced curator pointed me to this product:
'Tereson', manufactured by www.henkel-technologies.com in Europe. (Product #
IDH-Nr. 150002 or Art.-Nr. 128.96S)

It seems to be chemically stable and doesn't seep into the specimens as most
other products sooner or later do. I've used it on minerals, tektites and
meteorite specimens, and on your australite, Rob. Let me know if you can't
buy the product, I can send you a sample for your australite.

Cheers
Werner Schroer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Wesel" <nakhladog at comcast.net>
To: <paul at meteorite.com>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices
(Was:Spectacular Tektite on eBay)


> 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
> www.facebook.com/nakhladog
> ------------------
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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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