[meteorite-list] Thuathe eBay - meteoritelab - Clarification
From: Steven Drummond <jesserd44_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:54 2004 Message-ID: <000b01c2f6ee$366f2c20$6401a8c0_at_charterpipeline.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C2F6AB.282A5A60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi List, I received my first Thuathe specimen at the Tucson show and = was the first to buy one of these nice pieces from the Hupes'. About 1 = month later I bought a nice oriented individual from Mike Farmer . All = I can say is both pieces are very nice , there is some dirt material in = various places on BOTH of these meteorites that I guess some people = might think is rust , This is not the case . There is no rust on either = of my pieces . You can clean the dirt off but at the risk of damaging = the crust below if you don't have the proper equipment. If water was = used to clean the first specimen then why is there still dirt on it ? =20 Best Regards, Steven Drummond "The Unknown Collector" :-) =20 =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Adam Hupe=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:11 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Thuathe eBay - meteoritelab - Clarification Dear list members, As many of you have seen, I have posted several specimens of the = Thuathe , Lesotho fall on eBay that Adam, myself and Alan Lang = introduced at the Tucson show. I have received several emails asking = about another dealer's comments that he heard that the material we = received had been soaked in water. This is absolutely false! It was = merely a marketing ploy on his part to get sales. I have heard from = customers who have purchased from us and the others and commented that = both specimens are EXACTLY alike, same condition, etc. The only = difference is that the specimens we have listed do not have the finder's = statements. Remember that these are still the same material from the = SAME fall. My comment in the eBay description regarding a woman "blessing" a = stone with holy water does not refer to any of the specimens we have on = eBay. It is simply one of the many exciting stories about the human = interaction regarding the fall, similar to the many that have and will = come out of the Park Forest fall. I have started them out at $4.00 per gram with a "Buy it Now" at $6.00 = per gram. I am merely passing on the savings we received by being the = first to receive these and were able to purchase them at a decent price. = What you see is what we have left for sale, we will be keeping anything = else in our collection. If anyone has any questions or comments, please email me off list at = gmhupe_at_attbi.com=20 Thank you and best regards, Greg Hupe IMCA 2185 The Hupe Collection ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C2F6AB.282A5A60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi List, I = received my=20 first Thuathe specimen at the Tucson show and was the first to buy one = of these=20 nice pieces from the Hupes'. About 1 month later I bought a nice = oriented=20 individual from Mike Farmer . All I can say is both pieces are = very nice ,=20 there is some dirt material in various places on BOTH of these = meteorites that I=20 guess some people might think is rust , This is not the case . = There is no=20 rust on either of my pieces . You can clean the dirt off but at = the risk=20 of damaging the crust below if you don't have the proper = equipment. If=20 water was used to clean the first specimen then why is there still dirt = on it=20 ? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2> =20 Best Regards, Steven Drummond "The Unknown Collector" =20 :-) </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dadamhupe_at_attbi.com href=3D"mailto:adamhupe@attbi.com">Adam = Hupe</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 29, 2003 = 8:11=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] = Thuathe eBay -=20 meteoritelab - Clarification</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear list members,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As many of you have seen, I have = posted several=20 specimens of the Thuathe , Lesotho fall on eBay that Adam, myself and = Alan=20 Lang introduced at the Tucson show. I have received several emails = asking=20 about another dealer's comments that he heard that the material we = received=20 had been soaked in water. This is absolutely false! It was merely = a=20 marketing ploy on his part to get sales. I have heard from customers = who have=20 purchased from us and the others and commented that both specimens are = EXACTLY=20 alike, same condition, etc. The only difference is that the specimens = we have=20 listed do not have the finder's statements. Remember that these are = still the=20 same material from the SAME fall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My comment in the eBay description = regarding a=20 woman "blessing" a stone with holy water does not refer to any of the=20 specimens we have on eBay. It is simply one of the many exciting = stories about=20 the human interaction regarding the fall, similar to the many that = have and=20 will come out of the Park Forest fall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have started them out at $4.00 per = gram with a=20 "Buy it Now" at $6.00 per gram. I am merely passing on the savings we = received=20 by being the first to receive these and were able to purchase them at = a decent=20 price. What you see is what we have left for sale, we will be keeping = anything=20 else in our collection.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If anyone has any questions or = comments, please=20 email me off list at <A = href=3D"mailto:gmhupe_at_attbi.com">gmhupe@attbi.com</A>=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you and best = regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Greg Hupe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IMCA 2185</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Hupe Collection</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C2F6AB.282A5A60-- Received on Sun 30 Mar 2003 01:57:29 PM PST |
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