[meteorite-list] Bonhams Auction Zagami LOT in question and others May 17th 2011 NYC.

From: e-mail ensoramanda <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:27:10 +0100
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I agree Shawn...The first two do look lunar though...but not the ones
they say...and the last looks like the NWA Chassignite 2737!!!

I just looked through some others and I think several other of the
lunar slices are mixed up too.

They need to be told I think before they get circulated under the
wrong names or folks end up getting something different from the
photos when they bid....not good.

Perhaps someone on this list is auctioning them through Bonhams?

Graham, UK



On 13 April 2011 08:12, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Listers
>
> In NYC on May 17th 2011 Bohams is having a Natural History auction and there are some nice meteorites up for auction. However, I was viewing the LOTS and I noticed that a 5.6g Zagami slice does not look like a Zagami from what I have seen and what I have owned. Here is a link to that lot
> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3168/ take a look and see if you agree with me or not. Also, I noticed other LOTS where the images do not match up with what they are auctioning off.
>
> Nakhla
> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3172/
>
> Here is a Nakhla image from the Smithsonian
> http://nhb-acsmith1.si.edu/emuwebmsweb/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=1001071
>
> Dar al Gani 400
>
> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3177/
>
> The matrix is darker then what I have seen. From what I can tell, it should be a neutral gray and white clasts.
>
> Now I am not sure if I am correct or incorrect but I am wondering if they have mixed up the images of the LOTS or I am blind. But at any rate, take a look and see what I mean by some of the LOTS.
>
>
> Shawn Alan
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