[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From Space Rain Down

From: Raremeteorites <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:27:18 -0800
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Like a lot of collectors, I paid way too much for it several years after the
fall when meteorite collecting was at it peek around 2003. I learned
shortly afterwards not to buy into the hype that centers around new falls
like Park Forest.

Adam



----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Scherff" <peterhscherff at gmail.com>
To: "'Raremeteorites'" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 6:17 PM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village:
Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From
Space Rain Down


> Hi Adam,
>
> I purchased Claxton shortly after it fell. I paid much less than $140 per
> gram. When did you buy it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 9:13 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village:
> Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones
> From
> Space Rain Down
>
> That last piece of Claxton I sold only went for $140.00 a gram at a
> heavily
> advertised, non-eBay auction according to my accurate books. Peekskill is
> not moving off of shelves all that quickly these days having seen the same
> pieces listed on the same websites for over a decade.
>
> Like most dealers, I do not want material sitting unsold and stuck in
> inventory for decades so I am willing to sell at a lose if I paid too much
> in the first place.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
> To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 6:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village:
> Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones
> From
> Space Rain Down
>
>
>
> HI,
>
> With great respect, Adam, your references to Claxton and Peekskill do not
> comport with what I've read -- as well was what I've experienced -- and I
> don't think I'm going out on a limb here by suggesting I'm not alone here.
> All the best / Darryl
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2015, at 3:39 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
>> I moved away from collecting new falls when I paid over $600.00 a gram
>> for Claxton and could only realize less than $140.00 a gram a few
>> years later when broken down into smaller pieces. Peekskill can be had
> for a fraction
>> of the price it once sold for. The asking is price is way too high on
>> this new Howardite when the famous Kopoeta Howardite with much more
>> history and much less total weight only fetches around $100.00 a gram
>> at auction.
>>
>> Then there are a few other issues like greedy con artists substituting
>> fresh NWA material for witnessed falls or a serious decline in
>> collectors disposable income since 2008 that puts downward price
>> pressure on all collectables.
>>
>> A collectable of any sort has to be extremely desirable and very
>> different to survive as an investment in this very slowly recovering
> economy.
>>
>> Adam
>>
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Received on Sun 15 Nov 2015 09:27:18 PM PST