[meteorite-list] Newcomers and the Meteorite world

From: bill kies <parkforestmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:20:41 -0500
Message-ID: <SNT102-W646F9BB3A96A61CF0A7338A29B0_at_phx.gbl>

Meteorites are a simple commodity so brokers are a natural thing.
 
I wonder how many resident hunters in NWA and elsewhere have a few they're hesitant to part with. Sentiment based on the circumstances of a find can be very powerful regardless of value or need.
 
I've spent my life buying and selling every type of collectible you can imagine and as hard as I have tried I just couldn't keep it all. There comes a time when maintaining these collections becomes overwhelming.
 
I suppose I'm disqualified as I'm not a meteorite dealer. In the truest sense of the word, isn't a dealer one that only acquires and sells?
 


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> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:56:27 -0700
> From: star_wars_collector at yahoo.com
> To: almitt at kconline.com; swschulz at astrum.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; Impactika at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Newcomers and the Meteorite world
>
> A question I have thought about...
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> How many meteorite dealers actually collect meteorites? Im not talking about one or two, Im talking about a nice collection that is not for stock.
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> For me, I see and am finding out more and more dealers that dont actually collect meteorites. This is shocking to me. Perhaps this is due to the fact I am a collector (even if I do sell meteorites, its more to help build my collection) and have been bitten by the meteorite bug.
>
> Im sure this may draw some heat, I dont mean for it to, but topics like this seems to bring drama on here...
> So... here it goes...
>
> Why do you dealers sell meteorites that dont have collections? To not collect something implies that you may not have a passion for meteorites that collectors have.
> Is it for the money? What is it that draws you into the meteorite "field"?
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> I have seen some of the bigger and longtime dealers used to be "treasure hunters" which leads me to think that meteorites were the next treasure for you to seek and get paid off.
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> I ask this not not create problems or drama with this, but out of honest interest in why some of you sell meteorites that dont collect.
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> I got into meteorites purely by accident, but it (anything related to space) was a passion I had since I was a child. Once I found out I could actually own a real meteorite, let alone pieces of the Moon and Mars, It was honestly like a dream come true for me.
> I only started selling when I quickly found out that without the extra income, I could not afford this addiction I developed.
> the whole reason I started selling is I couldnt afford the $1000 per gram for the cheapest lunar I could find 3 years ago. Now, its readily available, many types at less then $300 per gram!
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> Hope everyone is doing good and no feelings ruffled from this.
>
> Greg Catterton
> www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
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Received on Sun 15 Aug 2010 11:20:41 PM PDT