[meteorite-list] For the record - I do not buy unsolicitedmeteorites from...

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:10:37 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTinBOpQLoZt3AmjmqyPKtzs_rB5=VTBXcfgejiUL_at_mail.gmail.com>

"And Yes, he is still around."

Yes he is, and he reads this list although he does not post on it.
Several months back, he was mentioned on this list and I made a
comment about it. Later that day, I received an email from him that
was full of anger and badmouthing me for saying something on the list
about him.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 8/14/10, Impactika at aol.com <Impactika at aol.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You are certainly right Al.
> I do remember all the discussions about Zulu Queen and Andover, two
> extremely rare meteorites that are now questionable because an unethical
> person
> sold some and then refused to tell his source, then lied about it. So we
> don't
> know if they were the real stuff or similar NWAs, it is very difficult to
> tell when you are looking at tiny fragments. And they were several other
> very
> rare, very expensive meteorites involved. And Yes, he is still around.
>
> All newcomers really should check the archives.
> Or ask the old-timers.
>
> Anne M. Black
> _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
> _IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com)
> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
> _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
>
>
>
> In a message dated 8/14/2010 2:49:32 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> almitt at kconline.com writes:
> Hi Mike and all,
>
> The problem we have today in collecting is the few dishonest
> collectors/dealers who purposely sell items they know aren't the real
> McCoy.
> It gets sold to Tom, or Steve and they sell it or trade it and it ends up
> in
> another collection and then maybe a few years later, they trade for a
> larger
> specimen and so the fraud piece then ends up in someone else's collection,
> maybe a nice person who would never do anything wrong but not knowing they
> have a NWA and not some historical piece they thought they bought.
>
> I too buy from reliable sources (always have and always will) or have got
> my
> material from museum trades and so forth. I think with the unreasonable
> perception of meteorite value, we're going to have a lot of bad items
> floating around with people trying to sell them.
>
> There are some less than experienced new collectors out there that buy in
> good faith. Most deals are solid but if they don't know who the bad guys
> are
> then they may buy material that is misrepresented. Buy from dealers who
> have
> been around for a while or an IMCA dealer.
>
> Do some research on the meteorite list in the search archives spot. Type in
> misrepresented meteorite, fraud, arrrest, judgement or something like
> Caveat
> Emptor. You'll find out some useful information.
>
> --AL Mitterling
>
>
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