[meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell (+) (also, question about Futrell Collection)

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:43:37 -0700
Message-ID: <CC4F87F9.2725C%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Phil, Michael & all,
        Paul may want to correct me, but I believe he and Jim purchased
Darryl's entire collection in the later part of the 1990s, which served to
"launch" the formation of THE METEORITE EXCHANGE. Paul and Jim
Were very generous in their sales of Darryl's tektites, as they have always
Been in every business interaction as long as I have known them. I doubt
You could find a single person with whom they have done business that
Would not say the same thing. These are the people who offer free
advertizing "meteorite classified ads" to everyone and who publish
METEORITE TIMES - again, free of charge.
        Darryl was at most of their Tektite Parties and I am fortunate to
have a couple of nice photos from what was likely the last one he attended
In the year 2000.
        (Note also the quality of digital photography twelve years ago)

http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/DarrylFutrell.html

        Thanks to Paul and Jim for such great memories on top of everything
Else they have given.
        Hope you all enjoy the photos, Michael

On 8/13/12 1:48 PM, "Phil Morgan" <roxfromspace at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike,
> I believe his collection went to a museum but Norm (tektitesource)
> doesn't name it on his site.
> see here: http://www.tektitesource.com/Futrell%20Collection.html for details.
>
> Jim and Paul (http://www.meteorites-for-sale.com) have had some
> Futrell pieces in the past but haven't checked lately.
>
> Darryl was certainly a passionate and interesting man. I was never
> able to meet him but corresponded with him a bit and he was kind
> enough to send me a corrected copy of his Rock & Gem articles with
> lots of hand-written notes and additional photos.
>
> Regards,
> Phil
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:07 PM, MikeG <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Gang,
>>
>> I echo the sentiments in the original post. I never met the man, but
>> I have heard much about him. I am curious. What happened to his
>> collection after his passing?
>>
>> And, did he ever paint labels onto his specimens? I am selling a
>> collection for a friend, and it has some superb-quality tektites in
>> it. Some of the tektites have painted labels on them, and we cannot
>> identify the label. It would be great if these were Futrell
>> specimens, but that is probably just wishful thinking.
>>
>> Lastly, does anyone have a link to a hi-res photo of his famous
>> tektite lamp? I have a low-res version, but I love to see something
>> hi-res that really shows the detail.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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>> On 8/13/12, Daniel <rainteach at aol.com> wrote:
>>> I wish I could have met him!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel S.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 2:34 PM, "Bernd V. Pauli" <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gone but still not forgotten!
>>>>
>>>> Bernd
>>>>
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