[meteorite-list] a little collector advice........

From: Michael Cottingham <mikewren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:27 2004
Message-ID: <001701c1ca05$9e0bb860$dfd9ead8_at_hppav>

Hello,

Actually...the 1st material to be sold in the US was from Alan Lang, not
Michael Casper. It started at $3.00 plus per gram.
I am pretty sure on this, but if I am wrong then I stand corrected.
You bought your material after the 1st pieces and in anycase
my statement is not misleading.... The whole reason of
the statement was to show an example of a meteorite price
rollercoaster ride......


----- Original Message -----
From: "dean bessey" <deanbessey_at_hotmail.com>
To: <martinh_at_isu.edu>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a little collector advice........


> > > ³When Zag first came out it was $3-$5.00 per gram
> > > and then it shot up to $11.00, and now you can buy Zag
> > > for $1.00 to $5.00 per gram......²
> >
> This is misleading. ZAG was selling for less than $1 a gram and then went
up
> after the water anouncement.
> I still fondly remember buying a kilo of Zag from Michael Casper for 50
> cents a gram and then having the water story break before the material
even
> arrived to me and seeing another dealer offing it at $8 a gram.
> And at that time ZAG had an official TKW of 175 kilos but likely double
that
> is conservative. Of course it did later fall back in price.
> Right now meteorites in general are underpriced because of the large
> quantities of desert material. Even known falls and rare material from
other
> non desert areas have droped in price like a stone (Or maybe that should
be
> "like a meteorite").
> Wither the $15 price that the new moroccan fall is currently being sold
for
> sticks, drops, or rises in the near term will depend on what it found in
the
> lab. A unusual LL fall seems like a good deal at $15.
> There have been 15 kilos found as of last saturday (I have half of it) and
> it seems that everybody in eastern morocco is currently looking for more.
If
> no more is found you will soon be very happy if you buy it now at $15. If
> 100 kilos get found you will see $4 or $5 but right now it dont appear
that
> there is that much.
> However, this meteorite is very vulnerable to getting wet. It has to be
cut
> with alcohol. And it has recently rained in the strewnfield so newly found
> material will not be as fresh as the material that was picked up the day
of
> the fall (Like mine was).
> Whatever the price this is certainly a stunning meteorite and you want
> slices in your collection.
> I have that 119.5 gram individual that I posted photos to the list a
couple
> days ago available uncut at $15 a gram. The rest I should have by next
week.
> I have two that are over a kilo. I dont expect a huge price drop on the
$15
> a gram price (Unless there is a lot stashed away somewhere but searchers
are
> not having luck over the last few days in finding more).
> This meteorite is really unusual looking. If anything really unusual turns
> up in the lab you will likely see a price increase. And it is so unusual
> looking that assuming that it is an LL you cant really go wrong at $15.
But
> I am selling the material so I am obviously biased in my opinions here. I
> will have a sale posted shortly.
> Cheers
> DEAN
>
>
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Received on Tue 12 Mar 2002 03:36:40 PM PST