[meteorite-list] RE: Most Expensive Meteorite Ever Sold on eBay (Zagami Mars Meteorite)

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:33 2004
Message-ID: <0ac301c3629c$aca328a0$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com>

Hello Everyone,

To think they will realize this kind of price for Zagami is ridiculous.
Maybe they should handle the Frass material or the spent blown-out comet
that landed in somebody's back yard a while back. You would think with a
half million dollar offering they would get their facts straight. I noticed
they are timing the sale with the closest approach of Mars in 60,000 years,
the only smart piece of marketing I have see regarding this proposed sale.
I feel Martian material is a good investment right now because of all the
future missions to Mars will spark a renewed interest but I do not feel this
kind of money will be realized for a 188 gram specimen of Zagami.

All the best,

Adam


----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
To: "'Ron Baalke'" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:15 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: Most Expensive Meteorite Ever Sold on eBay
(Zagami Mars Meteorite)


> Hi All,
>
> Regarding the pending auction of the good-sized piece of Zagami,
> I found the following line with the quote by John Saul amusing:
>
> > In the certification John states, "I have never personally seen
> > a finer specimen of any of the Mars Meteorites in the hands of
> > a private individual."
>
> Okay, here's my answer to John:
>
> <http://www.meteoriteman.com/collection/zagami.htm>
>
> (Technically it's not in the "hands" of Bob Haag, but rather
> only one hand... ;-)
>
> I'm sure Bob Verish/Ron Baalke could provide images of Bob
> holding LA 001 and/or LA 002, at least one of which should
> qualify as being a "finer specimen" of a Mars meteorite in
> the hand(s) of a private individual.
>
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