[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 23:50:10 +0100 Message-ID: <BANLkTik0e66q6FROrG2W4m72qF4v174jeA_at_mail.gmail.com> Most of the lots have now been changed but still one does not seem right......eg "A partial slice of the lunar NWA 2727 chassignite meteorite."!!!! http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/WService=wslive_pub/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=usa&screen=LotDetails&iSaleItemNo=4984589&iSaleNo=19371&iSaleSectionNo=3&sServer=http://images2.bonhams.com/&sPath=2011-04/13/8295255-7-2.jpg Didn't know there were lunar chassignites!!! Think it should be 2737 and read Martian. Graham On 13 April 2011 08:22, MEM <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> wrote: > All three images might be a lunar but in no way Zagami-- a dun colored rock. > > Elton > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> >> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> Sent: Wed, April 13, 2011 3:12:59 AM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Bonhams Auction Zagami LOT in question and others May >>17th 2011 NYC. >> >> 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 >> IMCA 1633 >> eBaystore >> http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html >> > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Wed 13 Apr 2011 06:50:10 PM PDT |
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