[meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.

From: psh at equitc.com <psh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:42:16 -0400
Message-ID: <20080407172403.M11842_at_equitc.com>

I have bid on a number of items at the last Bonham auction, and everything
went extremely well. I won 2 items with the opening bid, way below the
maximum that I had bid online, and I won one other item while on the phone
with them, bidding live.
Shipping was handled via a shipping agent that Bonham had recommended.
Within a day of the auction they picked my items up at the Bonham office,
packed it up and shipped it with FedEx overnight. It cost a few hundred
bucks, but for all that it seemed reasonable.
That was my experience anyways.
I am looking forward to the coming auction - looks like they have some good
stuff lined up again.
All the best...,...
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Patrick
www.pallasite.ca

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From: mckinney trammell <bigpineartifacts at yahoo.com>
To: Timothy Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org>, Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-
list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:11:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.

> avoid like plague! i did on of those absentee bids
> and they shilled me right up to the penny. further
> more, the shipping was EXTREME price AND... when i got
> the items (shark teeth) they were SHORT!!! theyb LIED
> about the length!!! i f you can't be there, you are
> setting yourself up for dissaster
> !!!
> --- Timothy Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello List,
> >
> > Does anyone know if any other meteorites are being
> > offered?
> >
> >
> > Tim Heitz
> > Midwest Meteorite - http://www.meteorman.org/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Go to Google News
> > Rare meteorite goes under hammer
> > 10 hours ago
> >
> > A meteorite is expected to fetch ?500,000 at
> > auction in New York this
> > month.
> >
> > Weighing more than 925lbs, the object was
> > discovered eight years ago in
> > China's Xinjiang Uygar province.
> >
> > Its rare olivine crystals endured atmospheric and
> > impact forces as it
> > crashed down to Earth.
> >
> > Bonhams' Natural History Department director Thomas
> > Lindgren said: "Less
> > than 1% of all meteorites are pallasites, the most
> > alluring of all
> > meteorites due to their aesthetic appeal."
> >
> > Pallasites - meteorites composed of around 50%
> > olivine and peridot crystals
> > and 50% nickel-iron - are thought to be relics of
> > forming planets.
> >
> > The Fukang meteorite will go under the hammer at
> > Bonhams on April 30 in New
> > York.
> >
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