[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Bingol is not overpriced, here is why.

From: Anne Black <impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:29:53 -0500
Message-ID: <1510de99e54-20f8-19a51_at_webprd-a17.mail.aol.com>

Just one small correction.
You wrote: "well outside the tourist-friendly confines of the capital, "
No, it is on the main road between the southern coast of Turkey and Lake Van, a good 200 km from the Syrian border as the crow flies. I was there a few years ago, and yes the Turks were picking on the Kurds and there were tanks and armored carriers all over the place, it made driving around very interesting. But quite friendly. No problem at all.


Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85382 at gmail.com>
Cc: Anne Black <impactika at aol.com>; Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea at mail.com>
Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2015 6:11 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Bingol is not overpriced, here is why.


Hi Everyone,

I have been following the Bingol fall as closely as possible and
here
is why I think this fall is not overpriced.

Bingol is not Ankara. It is
out in Kurd country closer to the
Syria-Iraq borders. In addition to having
ISIS terrorists hiding under
rocks, there is a long-standing and bloody battle
between the Turkish
government and armed Kurdish separatist groups. This
meteorite fell
well outside the tourist-friendly confines of the capital, and
this
area is not safe.

Traveling to that area of the Turkey and being that
close to the
clusterphuck in Syria is taking a serious risk to one's life
and
well-being. The price of a fall tends to go up when the finder
and/or
buyer is risking their life in a tangible way.

Airfare to Turkey is
not cheap. Travel expenses are not cheap.

This is the first witnessed fall of
a howardite in this century.

The stone are magnificent. Some resemble
replicas of Lafayette with a
profusion of delicate flow-lines on
superbly-oriented specimens.
Lovely semi-translucent crust.

There will never
be much of this material on the market in the future
- the TKW is modest. This
is not another Chelyabinsk where the prices
are going to drop significantly
later.

To each their with personal collecting tastes. I am not saying
Bingol
is better than any other meteorite. I am just giving my opinion
that
Bingol does not appear to be any more overpriced than any typical
new
fall is. The first kid on the block with the new toy pays the most.
Prices
usually decline after the newness wears off. But, given the
circumstances of
this fall, the circumstances of the recovery, and the
type, I do not see the
price dropping dramatically later.

I see a lot of this material moving on
social media outside eBay. It
doesn't appear to be sitting on the shelves very
long. I think eBay
has become it's own peculiar animal now that does not
resemble the
eBay meteorite market of old, but that's another story.

Best
regards and Happy Huntings,

MikeG
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On
11/15/15, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
wrote:
> Keep in mind I was referring to crusted individuals - like the
Bingol
> I''m selling - not crumbs.
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Anne
Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, I sold my last fragment, 1.1g, not
all that long ago.
>> I'll let you know next  time I get some.
>>
>>
>> Anne
M. Black
>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original
Message-----
>> From: Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85382 at gmail.com>
>> To: Anne
Black <impactika at aol.com>
>> Cc: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea at mail.com>;
>>
Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>
Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2015 4:59 pm
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall
Over Eastern Turkish Village:
>> Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of
Dollars After Black Stones
>> From Space Rain Down
>>
>>
>> Ha ha,
>>
>>
Anne I love you but please point me to where I can buy Passamonte
>> for
>>
$250 to $300 per gram.  I will buy it right now!
>>
>> A link, a name,
>>
anything would be appreciated.
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Anne
Black
>> <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>>> Sorry Ruben,
>>>
>>> Pasamonte is
about $250/$300 a
>> gram.
>>> This one is terribly over-priced.
>>> I love
great historical falls, but
>> I'll skip this one.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anne M.
Black
>>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>>>
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
-----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ruben Garcia via
>> Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> To: Bigjohn Shea
>>
<bigjohnshea at mail.com>
>>> Cc: Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
>>
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2015 3:32
pm
>>>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish
Village:
>> Poor
>> Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After
Black Stones From
>> Space
>> Rain Down
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> It's
a howarite fall.....
>>>
>>> In my opinion
>> it's probably about once
in
>>> 20-30 year type thing.
>>> Expensive? Yes, but I
>> think not over
priced  - at least
>>> not for what
>>> it is.
>>>
>>> Other
>> achondrite
falls like Passamonte  - $1000 per
>>> gram
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015
>>
at 3:12 PM, Bigjohn Shea via
>>> Meteorite-list
>>>
>>
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>>>> I may be crucified
>>>
for
>> saying this, but it's a little bit ridiculous...
>>>> So many specimens
and
>>>
>> demanding so high a price...  Just feels ridiculous.
>>>>
Anyhow...  Enjoy the
>>>
>> specimens!
>>>> John A. Shea
>>>> IMCA
3295
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent using the
>> mail.com mail
>>>
app
>>>>
>>>> On 11/15/15 at 5:08 PM, Shawn Alan via
>> Meteorite-list
wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello
>>> Listers
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like there is a
>>
lot of the material coming from that fall
>>> :)
>>>>> if villagers have
received
>> over $200,000.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shawn Alan
>>>>> IMCA
1633
>>>>>
>>> ebay store
>> http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
>>>>>
Website
>>>
>> http://meteoritefalls.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Meteorite Fall Over
Eastern Turkish
>> Village:
>>> Poor Villagers Make
>>>>> Hundreds Of
Thousands Of Dollars After
>> Black Stones From
>>> Space Rain
Down
>>>>>
>>>>> "When a meteor exploded over a
>> village in eastern
Turkey
>>> in September,
>>>>> residents were frightened by the
>> sound and
the illuminated sky.
>>> In the
>>>>> weeks that followed, they started
>>
picking up small bits of black
>>> rock,
>>>>> but considered them
insignificant.
>> Then, with the visit of an
>>> academic
>>>>> from a
university in Istanbul, they
>> learned the tiny stones
>>> they?d
>>>>> been
finding scattered across their land
>> were a financial
>>>
godsend.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last week alone, collectors from Germany
>> and the U.S.
spent
>>> some
>>>>> $200,000 on the meteorites, according to Mehmet
>> Nezir
Erg?n, one of
>>> the
>>>>> villagers. ?I hope everyone finds some. Poor
>>
people are always looking
>>>>>
>>> for pieces. They need them more than we
do,?
>> Erg?n told the Do?an
>>>>> News
>>> Agency, according to Today's
Zaman."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> Source:
>>>>>
>>>
>>
http://www.ibtimes.com/meteorite-fall-over-eastern-turkish-village-poor-villagers-make-hundreds-thousands-2175990
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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>>> On!
>>>
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>>> Garcia
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>>
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>>
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>
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Garcia
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