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

From: Mark Grossman <markig_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:03:47 -0400
Message-ID: <CC439E41F9AE4CC4B8E52FC6C44F0E90_at_QED>

Yes, one of them was a sample of Mooresfort.

Mark Grossman

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From: <Impactika at aol.com>
To: <almitt at kconline.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] For the record - I do not
buyunsolicitedmeteorites from...


> 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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