[meteorite-list] AD: Wisconsin Fireball Meteorite Fall Part Slices on Ebay NOW 1 day

From: Warren Sansoucie <warren3174_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:47:50 -0500
Message-ID: <BAY132-W12E94693B6E7F153995B8FD3060_at_phx.gbl>

Hello List,
 
 I have a point of order in this discussion.
 
It does not matter what price Steve's pieces fetch. Steve was famous before being a T.V. Show star. With his current prominence, he will always bring in more per gram. Especially if HE actually found it. Meteorite Men was granted a second season right? Watch, as more new people become interested and involved, his prices will bring more. How can you 'set a standard' when the meteorites are all tainted with famous superstar mojo????
 
If anyone is actually getting mad in this discussion, I suggest the angry parties duel, place some baby powder in their slapping hand, take one step forward turn and fire. The first person with a poof of smoke and hand print across their gourd looses.*Please capture and post it to youtube for us (and don't have the person filming it shake the camera around too much or say low brow things, that's always annoying).
 
 
Hey Mike, I'll give you $75.
 
 
 
Warren Sansoucie

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> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:09:04 -0400
> From: meteoritemike at gmail.com
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> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Wisconsin Fireball Meteorite Fall Part Slices on Ebay NOW 1 day
>
> Shawn said :
>
>>>> "Good example is the NWA 869 L4-6 meteorite. At the current rate with this ordinary chondrite, the going rate is $1 a gram or less depend on the samples, if it has fusion crust, or if it?s sold as a Lot or not."
>
> Wow, did meteorites go haywire while I was sleeping? NWA 869 going for $1/gram?
>
> I have 140g of NWA 869 that I will sell to any buyer for $140.
>
> I'll be holding my breath waiting for that buyer. ;)
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> On 4/24/10, Shawn Alan wrote:
>>
>> Hello Listers,
>>
>> I see Steve?s point of what he?s doing by setting a base price for the
>> recent meteorite fall in WI to pay the land owners %50 in cash from sales on
>> eBay. But, with any new fall the first year the price tends to be high
>> because it?s a new fall and there after the price drops to about $10 a gram
>> or less, unless it?s a hammer or has any significance because of science or
>> other reasons that could make a certain fall unique.
>>
>> In the case with the WI fall it is hard to say what significance this fall
>> has, then it?s another ordinary chondrite fall and until the scientist are
>> able to run more test on the fall. If I was in this situation that the
>> meteorite collectors are in the field I would explain to the farms the case
>> with what could happen with falls. What I would do if I was there I would
>> split the finds 50/50 and give them the resources of how they could sell the
>> meteorites or purchase the meteorites at a base value of current market
>> value prices that reflects that type of meteorite fall in the market.
>>
>> Good example is the NWA 869 L4-6 meteorite. At the current rate with this
>> ordinary chondrite, the going rate is $1 a gram or less depend on the
>> samples, if it has fusion crust, or if it?s sold as a Lot or not. With all
>> this could get confusing with the farm and if there scientific community
>> finds interesting finds, which could take a year or longer to verify could
>> change the current mark price.
>>
>> All in all I think this situation could go in different directions depending
>> on the comfort level the farmers have with the collectors or if
>> the collectors out in the field have a better understanding of what they are
>> dealing with from the fall. At any rate its best to build a good level of
>> communication with the farmers of how the market works with new falls. Let?s
>> say you have found a 300 gram meteorite from the fall and sat on it for a
>> few years and nothing became of this fall then just a ordinary chondrite I
>> would see the meteorite selling around a $1 a gram of less depend if the
>> weathering was down to a minimal and the structure of the fusion crust was
>> still intact and retained its physical characteristics.
>>
>> Shawn Alan
>>
>>
>> [meteorite-list] AD: Wisconsin Fireball Meteorite Fall Part Slices on Ebay
>> NOW 1 dayJason Utas meteoritekid at gmail.com
>> Sat Apr 24 02:06:58 EDT 2010
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>> Why should that matter? They're worth $10/g.
>> ...Right?
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Mike Miller
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Steve do you realize some of us are still out in the field?
>>
>>>
>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:29 PM, wrote:
>>
>>>> Hello List,
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> I have just returned home today from Wisconsin with a couple of
>>>> recovered
>>
>>>> specimens, one of which has been sliced. The interior on some of the
>>
>>>> slices is absolutely amazing. I have picked out a few of my favorite
>>>> looking
>>
>>>> pieces and have listed them on Ebay tonight.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> I have been asked by many people what I think these new specimens are
>>
>>>> worth, and what I would be willing to sell mine for?
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> I really don't know the answer to these questions.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> So, instead of trying to guess at the supply and demand issues concerned
>>>>
>>
>>>> here, I figured I would let the free market decide for me. My hunch is
>>>> that
>>
>>>> these will sell up around $100/g but who knows for sure. Very little
>>>> has
>>
>>>> made it to market, and very little may ever make it to market. Then
>>>> again,
>>
>>>> a 500 pound main mass might be found and these could get a lot cheaper
>>
>>>> later...providing the large mass would make it to market.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> So I have put up a couple of part slices on ebay tonight with a 1 day
>>
>>>> listing. I have a few more listed on the 3 day listings to allow
>>>> everyone the
>>
>>>> weekend to decide if they want a part slice and if they want to bid on
>>
>>>> them. I know if I gave them a full week or 10 days the bids would
>>>> likely go
>>
>>>> higher, but why waste time when we all can figure out what these are
>>>> worth
>>
>>>> sooner?
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Check out my listings here:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> http://stores.ebay.com//stevearnoldmeteorites?refid=store
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>
>>>> Steve Arnold
>>
>>>> of Meteorite Men
>>
>>>>
>>
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