[meteorite-list] Venting.

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 20 22:58:40 2005
Message-ID: <000701c517c9$9933a090$6500a8c0_at_Matts>

Hi Dave:
Good topic. I do not see it the same way you do. I am a dealer and
collector which is a dangerous combination, and I cannot keep everything
I buy. As always with most of the bigger dealers, you have to sell some
things to buy others and most do this to expand their collections...just
like Bob did. I know Bob pretty well and he blessed the specimens I
bought from him with the statement..."you will do good with these,
Matt". Even he did not care and knows that his name is used with the
specimens. He is a gentleman but is also great businessman and marketer.
Same for Nininger, Huss, and Monnig. They were hard-core collectors but
also dealt meteorites to put food on the table. We all buy and sell
specimens from those guys, and yes, I intentially buy specimens with
labels from Nininger, Huss, etc...just for resale! That is what my
customers want and they will in turn, be appreciated once again.

I bought a few pieces from Bob, about half are sold, the other half are
staying with me.

The world goes on....

Matt Morgan
Mile High Meteorites

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Dave
Schultz
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:46 PM
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Venting.


  Greetings. This is something that has got under my
skin a bit this past week, and need to do a little
venting, even though it might bring some people down
on me. After being in Tucson at the show a couple of
weeks ago, and spending a bit of time in Bob Haag`s
room, and seeing the great sales that he offered to
people, including myself. I`m just amazed that these
same people are now turning around, selling thier
specimens that they got from Bob, and using HIS NAME
to make a profit from these purchases from him! I know
that this is probably just business, but seems a
little unethical to me. They are not bad people, but
just seem a bit too greedy! I know of a couple of
pieces that other collectors would have liked, but
were gone before they even had a chance at a great
deal, specimen and provinance! Hopefully this kind of
practice does not affect future deals from certain
individuals, and REAL collectors can benefit from the
these kinds of sales, and appreciate the specimen for
what it is, and not something to make money on.
There, that is all I have to say on that, and I WILL
NOT be selling the pieces that I got from Bob!
                                              Dave


                
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