[meteorite-list] Bonhams Auction Issue

From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 21:10:54 -0500
Message-ID: <8C9E3E7C-F820-4147-AB70-736C449F585E_at_dof3.com>

My bad. The caption should have been written to state that the
specimen is paired with 4880, as was reported to me by the seller.


Sincerely,

Darryl




On Dec 1, 2008, at 8:26 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:

> Dear List Members,
>
> I have been receiving disturbing emails and phone calls about a
> specimen entered in the Bonhams' Natural History Auction. The piece
> in question is lot #1124. The 90.6 gram weight of this single rock
> claimed to be NWA 4880 outweighs the entire Total Known Weight of
> NWA 4880 entered in the Meteoritical Bulletin. I appreciate IMCA
> members and scientists reporting this to me but this is not my stone
> and I do not want to engage in pairing issues which are up to
> scientists to determine, not me.
>
> No, I did not add more stones to the NWA 4880 designation as some
> are accusing. This stone is not NWA 4880 and I did not provide it to
> the seller or Bonhams. I was sold out long ago on this material and
> this piece did not come from the Hupe Collection. Please direct
> your complaints to Bonhams as this is not my auction. This issue is
> between perspective buyers and the seller of this stone and not me
> so please direct your inquiries elsewhere.
>
> Here is a link to the auction in question:
> http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4147630&iSaleNo=16155&iSaleSectionNo=1
>
> Here is the meteoritical bulletin entry:
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=45804
>
> I am not trying to start something here, just making it clear that
> this stone did not come from my collection and is not NWA 4880 as I
> handled every genuine piece of this material as did the scientists
> who studied it.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
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Received on Mon 01 Dec 2008 09:10:54 PM PST