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

From: GERALD FLAHERTY <GRF2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:12:04 -0400
Message-ID: <22BD087F-BC94-4792-80E7-FC7A7525FA94_at_COMCAST.NET>

You're most certainly correct Paul. I'm always a little behind in my work. [like the butcher who backed into the meat slicer!]
On Aug 9, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Paul Harris wrote:

> 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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