[meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:11:40 -0800
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Anything is worth what someone is willing to pay.

Greg S

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On Dec 13, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
>
> Agreed on all counts....except that Tatahouine (which is indeed a great meteorite) has some pretty good company. ;-)
>
>
>
> On Dec 13, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:
>
>> Hi Darryl and List,
>>
>> It's not that Allende isn't worth $40 a gram, but the TKW is so large
>> that it's hard to justify paying that much for it when the market is
>> flush with quality specimens. We've been trained to think that
>> Allende is a bargain and so it is.
>>
>> Another good example is Tatahouine - probably the world's most
>> undervalued meteorite. It is a witnessed fall diogenite of exquisite
>> beauty that has no parallel on the market, yet it regularly sells for
>> $10/g or less.
>>
>> Then we see recent ordinary chondrite falls selling for $50-$80/g
>> because of marketing - go figure?
>>
>> The one thing I have learned in my time of collecting (and dealing)
>> meteorites is this - there is no rhyme or reason to the meteorite
>> market. She is a fickle mistress.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
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>> On 12/13/11, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I don't understand your intemperance. The suggestion that auctions are
>>> inherently scams is bewildering. There are deals to be found at
>>> auctions....and objects zealously fought over; an auction house merely makes
>>> the market.
>>>
>>> Please also consider it was the traditional auctions in the mid-90s that
>>> resulted in an avalanche of media that created a burst of interest in
>>> meteorites---which was among the catalysts to a new generation of hunters.
>>> As I said previously, Allende was an anomaly.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:52 PM, M come Meteorite wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> This shows how the big auctions are only scams legalized to raise prices,
>>>> which are meteorites or paintings or photographs. Tomorrow I propose my
>>>> Allende for $ 40/gr to the same auction house and see if they really want
>>>> to buy at the price they did.
>>>>
>>>> Matteo
>>>>
>>>> M come Meteorite Meteoriti
>>>> info at mcomemeteorite.it
>>>> http://www.mcomemeteorite.it
>>>> http://www.mcomemeteorite.eu
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Da: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>>>> A: "Meteorite Central" meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Data: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:42:37 -0800 (PST)
>>>> Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a
>>>> gram!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Listers
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I know Allende has always had a stable value per gram which has been
>>>>> around $10 to $12 a gram depending on the market or collection it comes
>>>>> from. But now, it seems that the value has jumped up for one auction on a
>>>>> 23gram slice, selling for $1000 at the Natural History Bonhams auction
>>>>> yesterday in Lo Ang, California. So it seems Allende is making a run for
>>>>> its value and it might be smart to get your hands on some before the
>>>>> market trend follows and might have to pay a new value of around $40 a
>>>>> gram. The price you have to pay for science and space, but for everything
>>>>> else, there is MasterCard :)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19429/lot/1097/
>>>>>
>>>>> Shawn Alan
>>>>> IMCA 1633
>>>>> eBay story
>>>>> http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html
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