[meteorite-list] Trends with WI Fall and alike for July

From: Shawn Alan <photophlow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 02:40:01 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <199005.42780.qm_at_web35403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hello Listers,

I have noticed with the Livingston WI meteorite Fall in April that the prices were at a good high, well over $100 a gram for the first month being sold on eBay and alike. And then a rush happened over night with a few sellers on eBay and the meteorite market?and it was mayhem. However, in the past?few weeks I have noticed prices dropping low, and I mean low. Tonight on eBay a WI slice weighing at?3.8 sold at $78 and another slice at 9.66g sold at $285.

With other recent falls they tend to stay high for the first year from what I have seen with sales and research, but with the WI fall this isn't the case. I am left to wondering why is it with this fall that it had a great led in sales in the first month and dropped so low in less then 2 months, not to mention the lack of WI meteorites found in the field? Is it that majority of the?WI fall meteorites?are being sold at a recorded high weight, dealers?selling the big boys all at once?

I see that this coming month that sales with historic falls will keep going up and the exchange of rare and special meteorite falls will be revisited for the fact of the rich history they command in the market and with collectors alike. Also not to mention, the new NWAs that keep popping up will?bring a?new twist to the collecting world. All I can say is history repeats its self and history can out weigh anything through and through again while trends come and go.?Hold on and lets see what July brings for the hot summer month to cool our needs for meteorites.

Shawn Alan
IMCA 1633
eBaystore
http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340
Received on Thu 01 Jul 2010 05:40:01 AM PDT