[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From Space Rain Down

From: Raremeteorites <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:13:17 -0800
Message-ID: <1E5F8FB85DD8436D9C41C6DD6ECA2651_at_HPDESKTOP>

That last piece of Claxton I sold only went for $140.00 a gram at a heavily
advertised, non-eBay auction according to my accurate books. Peekskill is
not moving off of shelves all that quickly these days having seen the same
pieces listed on the same websites for over a decade.

Like most dealers, I do not want material sitting unsold and stuck in
inventory for decades so I am willing to sell at a lose if I paid too much
in the first place.

Adam





----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 6:01 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,

With great respect, Adam, your references to Claxton and Peekskill do not
comport with what I've read -- as well was what I've experienced -- and I
don't think I'm going out on a limb here by suggesting I'm not alone here.
All the best / Darryl


On Nov 16, 2015, at 3:39 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> I moved away from collecting new falls when I paid over $600.00 a gram for
> Claxton and could only realize less than $140.00 a gram a few years later
> when broken down into smaller pieces. Peekskill can be had for a fraction
> of the price it once sold for. The asking is price is way too high on
> this new Howardite when the famous Kopoeta Howardite with much more
> history and much less total weight only fetches around $100.00 a gram at
> auction.
>
> Then there are a few other issues like greedy con artists substituting
> fresh NWA material for witnessed falls or a serious decline in collectors
> disposable income since 2008 that puts downward price pressure on all
> collectables.
>
> A collectable of any sort has to be extremely desirable and very different
> to survive as an investment in this very slowly recovering economy.
>
> Adam
>
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Received on Sun 15 Nov 2015 09:13:17 PM PST