[meteorite-list] "Antartic" meteorite for sale on Ebay

From: almitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:43 2004
Message-ID: <3AC303B1.7AA4F8C3_at_kconline.com>

Ron Baalke wrote:

> The other possibility is the meteorite was collected before the Antarctic
> Treaty was signed. Swiss Meteorite Lab was selling such a meteorite at
> one time. Theil Mountains was the name if I remember correctly.
>
> Ron Baalke

Hi Ron and others,

I realize this is a question for a lawyer but here goes anyway. If you try to sell an
antarctic specimen that you bought before the treaty, is that grand fathered so such a
sell is possible. Just wondering in case any came up for sale.

--AL
Received on Thu 29 Mar 2001 04:43:13 AM PST