[meteorite-list] Lectures in Tucson

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 20 10:02:58 2006
Message-ID: <00b301c61dd2$9be34ba0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

A dealer also knows how to milk a collection dry, sell off the good things,
fill it with junk, has $$$ as a driving force, whereas the Academics have
the collection preservation as their driving force. I am not saying that all
academics are good for curators, but a dealer is driven by money, and this
is not good.
I will never donate another gram to the UofA, again, I don't want my
meteorites in control of a rival meteorite dealer.
Mike Farmer

It is also interesting that Marvin is going to do a talk at Michael Blood's
auction, for all the years that it has gone on, Marvin has done nothing but
whine and complain how the auction has damaged his sales and he has
boycotted it, now he is doing a talk at it?
Hypocritical in my opinion.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann_at_meteorite-martin.de>
To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lectures in Tucson


> Why not?
>
> That's a pretty wise decision in my eyes!
>
> Supposedly in a meteorite dealer many abilities meet better than in any
> person from the academical branch.
>
> A meteorite dealer:
>
> - overpeers the meteorite valley
> - knows where to get from interesting material
> - knows where to hunt and with which equipment
> - knows to reckognize uncut candidates for exotic classes
> - knows to get them under price
> - knows the importance of historical aspects of a meteorite
> - knows to swap them at a right trade ratio and from whom
> - knows to valuate meteorites
> - knows how to prepare specimens
> - knows the tricks of dealers and unserios persons in the scene
> - knows to save oriented meteorites from being destroyed by cutting
> - knows how to preserve meteorites
> - knows to built up a website
> - knows how to arrange a public exhibition
> - knows to starve
> - knows to make good pictures of meteorites
> - knows to awake fascination for meteorites in laymen
> - knows to make wind and publicity for meteorites (important for an
> institution to get funds)
>
> Doesn't a dealer, Mike?
> Buckleboo?
> Martin
>
> PS: Any curator job free for me?
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net>;
> <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lectures in Tucson
>
>
>> WOW, the University of Arizona has sunk to the level of appointing a
>> meteorite dealer as curator of their collection?
>> Why not let Halliburton run the Senate?
>> Mike
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net>
>> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:30 AM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Lectures in Tucson
>>
>>
>> > This was taken from Michael Blood's website:
>> >
>> > BRIEF LECTURES AVAILABLE PRIOR TO AUCTION:
>> > ****The following lectures will be given at the end of the hall
>> > from 6PM to 7PM. Any and all are welcome. (The hall is large enough
>> > that those not interested in the lectures, will be undisturbed and can
>> > concentrate on the auction lots, friends and food).
>> > Sponsored by:
>> > Southwest Meteorite Center
>> > University of Arizona
>> > Department of Planetary Sciences
>> > Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
>> >
>> > 6:00 The Southwest Meteorite Center - Marvin Killgore
>> >
>> > 6:15 The Importance of Meteorites - Dante Lauretta U of A
>> >
>> > 6:30 The Classification of Meteorites - Linda Welzenbach USNM
>> >
>> > 6:45 The Nomenclature of Meteorites - Harold Connolly, Jr. AMNH
>> >
>> > COORDINATED BY:
>> > Marvin Killgore
>> > Curator of Meteorites
>> > Southwest Meteorite Center
>> > University of Arizona
>> > Department of Planetary Sciences
>> > Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
>> > 1415 N. 6th Avenue
>> > Tucson, AZ 85705
>> > Tel: 520 626-1294
>> > Fax: 520 626-1973
>> > killgore_at_lpl.arizona.edu
>> >
>> >
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