[meteorite-list] LLoyd's auction
From: FERNLEA4_at_aol.com <FERNLEA4_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:48 2004 Message-ID: <9.27ef9d06.2a0e7295_at_aol.com> --part1_9.27ef9d06.2a0e7295_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi folks. LLoyd's in London ran a large auction today, featuring a hotch-potch of antique furniture, paintings, weird arty stuff and also a couple of large iron meteorites, all on behalf of "the British government". Did any other Listees get involved in bidding in person or on the telephone? There was a lot of publicity and advertising beforehand, so I'm just curious. LLoyd's sent me a picture of each iron several weeks ago, showing a 7.5kg and a 50.8kg individual that they'd had sampled and authenticated at the NHM, London prior to auctioning. The pictures weren't great, with the smaller 7.5kg individual looking not much better than a dark metallic blob. However, I rotated the image, lightened it and improved the focus with graphics software and this is what appeared http://fernlea.tripod.com/16.jpg It looks very familiar to me....how about you? Cheers, Rob. www.meteorites.uk.com Fernlea Meteorites, The Wynd, Off Dickson Lane, Milton of Balgonie, Fife. KY7 6PY United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563 Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991 Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com --part1_9.27ef9d06.2a0e7295_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hi folks.<BR> <BR> LLoyd's in London ran a large auction today, featuring a hotch-potch of antique furniture, paintings, weird arty stuff and also a couple of large iron meteorites, all on behalf of "the British government". Did any other Listees get involved in bidding in person or on the telephone? There was a lot of publicity and advertising beforehand, so I'm just curious.<BR> LLoyd's sent me a picture of each iron several weeks ago, showing a 7.5kg and a 50.8kg individual that they'd had sampled and authenticated at the NHM, London prior to auctioning. The pictures weren't great, with the smaller 7.5kg individual looking not much better than a dark metallic blob. However, I rotated the image, lightened it and improved the focus with graphics software and this is what appeared http://fernlea.tripod.com/16.jpg<BR> It looks very familiar to me....how about you?<BR> <BR> Cheers,<BR> Rob.<BR> www.meteorites.uk.com<BR> Fernlea Meteorites,<BR> The Wynd,<BR> Off Dickson Lane,<BR> Milton of Balgonie,<BR> Fife. KY7 6PY<BR> United Kingdom<BR> Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563<BR> Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991<BR> Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_9.27ef9d06.2a0e7295_boundary-- Received on Sat 11 May 2002 09:11:49 AM PDT |
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