[meteorite-list] Some 1929 Meteorite Prices in 2010

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 18:42:58 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTikU25_hWnXDBptZyVcNxCYb3t99dam4DRixSXAZ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Mike and List,

I'll take the Orgueil. Where do I send PayPal? ;)

Best regards,

MikeG


On 5/12/10, Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot at comcast.net> wrote:
> I recently acquired a large lot of old meteorite price lists and pulled some
> more common meteorite names from an original Ward's Natural Science
> Establishment March 15, 1929 Meteorite Price List. I have converted them to
> 2010 US dollars (based on 3.18% annual inflation rate according to
> DollarTimes.com).
>
> Disclaimer: This is "just for fun" - I AM NOT SELLING AT THESE PRICES! Lol!
>
> Here is the "Today's Dollar" Equivalent Price Per Gram from 1929:
>
>
> Alfianello 249 gram end $1.52/g
>
> Braunau 10 grams $12.63/g
>
> Canyon Diablo 116 kilos $0.02/g
>
> Forest City 166 grams complete stone $1.25/g
>
> Fisher 19 gram fragment $3.98/g
>
> Glorieta Mountain 544 grams $1.04/g
>
> Holbrook 968 gram complete stone $0.50/g
>
> L'Aigle 10 gram fragment $3.15/g
>
> Orgueil 21 grams of fragments in vial $5.00/g (!)
>
> Steinbach 198 grams $4.30/g
>
> Saint Michel 290 gram fragment $1.74/g
>
>
> In 1929 $1.00 had about the same buying power as $12.63 in 2010.
>
>
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