[meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:56:47 +0200
Message-ID: <001901cbf975$aaaee6b0$000cb410$_at_de>

>I do not know of any other market that does this.

I do.
Fine Art dealers, numismatic dealers, artifacts auction houses, high-end
antique book shops ect..

And finally, Michael, we're talking about meteorites!
Everything else than a run-of-the-mills-market like the above mentioned ;-)
And certainly not such ordinary and easy reproducible commodities and trivia
like artifacts, fossils or precious stones.

Well, often it isn't laziness.
Look, the few meteorite dealers of the world have permanently to deliver a
better performance than all Antarctic teams together, but without having the
background of dozens and dozens of millions $ a year.

It is a very hard job.
And unfortunately by far not so rewarding like the DiMartinos, Broads,
Smiths and Bevanists of this World do believe in their wet dreams.

That you can estimate, in the observation, that almost none of them, even
not the top-dealers, are able to have employees like any foot care shop or
little book shop has.

Therefore it's simply the lack of time.

Best!
Martin

PS: Although meteorites can be as cheap as clothes, they aren't any.
Michael, that kilo-lump of old uNWA, you're buying at 50 bucks, is still as
rare as 1kg of top-diamonds.

That's btw. why we all are so upset about the NYT-article,
because if everywhere prohibition is introduced, there will be no meteorites
anymore.
Cause they are so horribly difficult to find, that no university could spend
that time and money to find them.
And these regular official expeditions we have, are not able to cover the
scientific demand.
That's why we're always talking about these protectionists, not because we
would care about their characters and motifs, but because we're all afraid,
that they are really so stupid, to bring modern meteoritics worldwide to an
end. (Which means, that they would make also their own jobs obsolete,
ouch!).

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An: Michael Mulgrew; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

Because we're to lazy to update our websites. Simple as that.

Take a look at mine - I don't think its been updated in nearly 3 years!

Ryan

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Mulgrew <mikestang at gmail.com>
Sender: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:21:29
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

List,

I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's website displays
specimens that have already sold right along side specimens that are
in stock and available for sale? I do not know of any other market
that does this; it is unique to meteorites in my experiences. As a
collector/prospective buyer I do not see the upside to this practice.
It does nothing for helping me find what I'm looking for; in fact it
is counter productive when I am shopping for a specimen as it makes it
more difficult to see what is actually available for sale. It's
synonymous with looking for clothes in your size and every store has
displays showing your size but not actually selling any clothes that
fit you. Maybe a separate page for "Sold Specimens" would be more
appropriate if there was a need that I am not aware of to display
pieces that have already been sold? I look forward to becoming
educated on this matter.

Regards,
Michael in so. Cal.
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