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Hello Bern and List,

A Price Guide is exactly what it says, a guide. This does not set the 
"Value" at any particular price but it does give you a base to start out. 
Perhaps a better "Guide" would be a price guide for classsifications. Just 
to give a base price.

Other factors would come into play of course. For example, if El Hammami 
were to be listed at $5.00/g these factors would offset that price up or 
down. Factors such as rust, slice, fragment, endcut, uncut. You'd probably 
pay more for a nice looking polished slice than for a broken uncut fragment 
even if they were both at the same weight.

Coins and stamps offer a base price, but I have bought and sold well above 
and well below "book value"

I don't agree per say in setting an average price, but a base price. This is 
not to set a market, but it allows the market to have something to rise or 
fall from. If I found a meteorite tomorrow in a field and I said I wanted 
$60,000 for it and was firm, that would be the only way to aquire it. This 
is controlling a market, not involving yourself in it.

Cj




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