Meteorite List Archives for [meteorite-list] A David New Story

Greetings,

I did a lot of business with David New and always enjoyed talking with
him. I still have a lot of specimens in my collection and preserved
his info cards. As I go through my collection I will probably thin
down pieces and put David's card back with his specimen and offer
those for sale in the future.

You are right Greg, there use to be a lot of trust between the few
dealers and a limited number of collectors.

I can remember Compuserve and the astronomy forum. I met Joseph
Murakami there and we started perhaps one of the first meteorite
forums. The Sysop allow us a place on the astroforum to talk
meteorites. I think Bernd was also on there as I had downloaded some
information he put out for meteorites. Before this time I did a lot of
letter writing to dealers asking for sales lists as there was so
little information to read about meteorites.

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites

On 7/20/21, Gregory Shanos via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> ? ? ? ? ?by Gregory T. Shanos
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> On January 2, 1990 I received a package from noted meteoritedealer David
> New.??? I did not rememberordering a ?meteorite and proceeded toopen the
> package.??I was immediately elated, screaming and jumpingfor joy!? To my
> surprise it was a 4.6gram fragment with fusion crust of the Murray CM2
> carbonaceous chondrite whichfell on September 20, 1950 in Calloway County,
> Kentucky.? ?Iimmediately called David New and thanked him for the
> specimen.?? I said ?the check is in the mail?.???Mr. New laughed and said I
> knew you wouldlike it.?? David New stated? ?when I obtained the meteorite I
> immediatelythought of you since you have a passion for carbonaceous
> chondrites.?? I did not add it to the catalog and instead immediatelymailed
> the specimen out to you.??? Thesewere the days before the internet where
> there was much trust between a dealerand their respective collector.? ??The
> dealers even knew the specialized typesof meteorites their collectors
> preferred. ???This is one of my most prized meteoritessince I never ordered
> it, the meteorite arrived serendipitously! ???The Murray CM2 is similar to
> the MurchisonCM2 with respect to organic compounds including
> extraterrestrially produced.amino acids.
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> ?Fragment? 4.6gram? measuring 22mm x 19mm x5mm
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