[meteorite-list] Stolen Meteorite

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Oct 30 22:53:46 2006
Message-ID: <pnhdk29v1ppqvqkqc6bpcjc7aac3aib6q5_at_4ax.com>

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:18:51 -0500, you wrote:

>"valued at $1 million by US collectors in 1996", then simply kept in an
>office cabinet of professional investigators? (not that this title
>necessarily gives them credibility for anything)

<snip>

>The space rock, known as the Binya Meteorite, was taken from a cabinet in
>the office of professional investigators Austrace in Newcastle on Sunday
>night.
>
>The theft of the 11kg space debris follows a nasty dispute between its
>original owners and the Insolvency and Trustee Service of Australia before
>it was sold to a private collector in 2004.
>

So how much did it sell for, in the 2004 auction? (I'm betting that it wasn't a
mil).

http://www.lexsimshauser.com.au/Meteorite/Meteorite.htm

http://www.lexsimshauser.com.au/Meteorite/images_large/rock-(hires).jpg
Received on Mon 30 Oct 2006 10:53:50 PM PST