[meteorite-list] Meteorite Found in California?

[Matson, Robert]

Hi Dave and List:

Dave quipped:

> I have two meteorites on  ebay for sale.....wonder who has the other 16
> for sale?  Some one must have forgotten some zero's.

(in reference to):

> On Wednesday afternoon, the Internet site eBay had 18 purported
> meteorites for sale, ranging in price from $6.99 to $1,000.

Rather than a typo, perhaps this was a deliberately sneaky choice of
wording.  There may indeed be only 18 ~PURPORTED~ meteorites for
sale on eBay, to go along with the hundreds of ~REAL~ meteorites
on eBay.  Also, by only providing information about the "purported"
eBay meteorites, perhaps the author was adding subtle commentary
on the status of the new California find... ;-)  --Rob