[meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay

From: Don Merchant <dmerchan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:46:20 -0500
Message-ID: <000901cb8772$6b7607f0$6401a8c0_at_donaldmerchant>

Hi List. Well instead of guessing or assuming as we are, I decided to ask
the Seller about these pieces. Notice I said pieces and not meteorites! I
copy n pasted my questions and concerns to the seller below for the auction
below. So keep an eye on auction to see if he/she will post the questions on
the auction. If not I will post back to all of you if I am given a reply
back.
Sincerely
Don Merchant
Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html

Hi. Do you have a COA and ID Card for these meteorites? How do you know that
these meteorites are Weston? What info that is not described in your auction
can you tell me about these pieces. My biggest concern is authenticity and a
history on how these pieces fell into your hands and the hand of the former
owner. Had to come from somewhere?
Thank you

http://cgi.ebay.com/1807-Western-CT-Weston-17-Meteorites-total-66-grams_W0QQitemZ390261301841

----- Original Message -----
From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay


> I'm sorry, did I miss where the seller said it was an iron? I didn't read
> that anywhere in the auction... :o\
>
> Maybe you're talking about the "appearance" of these?
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1807-Western-CT-Weston-17-Meteorites-total-66-grams_W0QQitemZ390261301841
>
> Also, saying someone is dumb for not knowing Weston is not an iron is not
> really fair to them in my opinion because it assumes that the person
> buying "should" know everything about all meteorites and doesn't account
> for new meteorite collectors. Yes people should be prudent, and research
> what you're buying when you don't know much about it. But we must admit we
> don't all do that either...
>
> This particular seller is selling all sorts of things and has *1518*
> Feedback, all 100% Positive. Meteorites are obviously not their regular
> inventory...
>
> This tells me there's a chance this seller was scammed by someone else...
> Maybe the seller doesn't know, and is selling these pieces unknowingly as
> Weston meteorite because that's what he/she were told.
>
> It says in the auction "...I have a few dozen pieces that I am moving from
> a private collection..."
>
> It doesn't say he/she found it. Just that it's from a private collection.
> Did the seller buy these for resale, and if so from whom?
>
> I would ask who or what the original source was for these rocks...
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>
> On 11/18/2010 1:37 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote:
>> This auction just ended, a great price for 72 grams of Weston, (I paid a
>> lot more than that for mine!), not so great of a price for botryoidal
>> hematite. But seriously, if you're so dumb you don't know that Weston is
>> an H4 and you bid on a piece of Weston sold as an iron, I don't really
>> feel that sorry for you.
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390261289839&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&autorefresh=true
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