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Re: MONAHANS, TEXAS METEORITE PURCHASE

SOLD!!!..........I'll take as many grams, up to 10 for $100.00 Steve!
SHIP IT OUT!!.................Casper
-----Original Message-----
From: MeteorHntr@aol.com 
To: WBranchsb@aol.com 
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: MONAHANS, TEXAS METEORITE PURCHASE


>In a message dated 6/15/98 10:06:09 AM Central Daylight Time,
>WBranchsb@aol.com writes:
>
><<
> Buyers ultimately determine the market price for most goods and services.
If
> you want to pay a lot more more for L6s in the future, then lets all buy
this
> one up at $50.00/gram.
>  >>
>
>Walter,
>
>Let me point out a few things in case you haven't been reading the earlier
>posts:  First of all the Maonahans is NOT an L6, it is an H5.  It is a
fresh
>fall, impact melt breccia with blue halite and sylvite crystals that have
>never been found in a meteorite before.  It also has generated much media
>coverage all over the world. Plus the proceds from the sale of this go the
the
>college fund of these poor kids. In short, this is a genuinely unique
>meteorite.  I don't think anyone would later pay $50/g for a normal L6 (or
>H5), even if this one sold for $200/g!   Since this is far from a normal
L6.
>
>One problem we have here is that we have NOTHING to compare this to, to
know
>for certain what the market will establish as a value.  But I bet if there
are
>several folks that would be willing to pay the $20,000 for all of it, odds
are
>pretty strong there are enough collectors, researchers and museums that
would
>be willing to pay the $50/g in small slices.
>
>But as far as you comments about the free market controlling the price, you
>are exactly right
>
>There is a chance that someone other than Casper might get this thing!
There
>are a lot of rich Texas Oil men that might in fact buy this thing for MORE
>than $120,000 just to help out these kids.  Such a person might in fact,
keep
>the rock himself/herself, or they might donate it to a museum somewhere!  I
>might be able to obtain about 1g of this to sell now, before the whole rock
is
>sold.
>
>Is there anyone out there that would be willing to pay me $100 for a 1 gram
>piece of it?  If so, please respond to me via the entire list.
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
>
>
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