[meteorite-list] Literal Meteorite Price Lists...I got some--want em?

[martinh at isu.edu]

Hi All,

Speaking of meteorite [dealer's] price lists, I have more than a decade's worth of them that I would like to see go to a good research home. I just never could throw them away, but frankly I will probably never get around to reading them again.

So if someone out there could put them to good use, let me know and I will send them to you for your project. Just email me with your intentions and I'll decide who gets them based upon your explaination of their use. Personally, I think it would be nice to see someone build a database, or even just a spreadsheet of meteorites, prices, dealers, and dates of offerings. Even if just for the rare or important meteorites.

Feel free to email either on or off list as I'm sure others might like to read your thoughts as well.

Almost all the price lists are pre-internet offerings by major dealers around the world. They actually make a nice piece of meteorite collecting history before the Net and email.

As far as current meteorite prices based upon lists of of a bygone world, sure, you can dream of the seemingly low prices of the past, but frankly, meteorites only sell for what people paid for them. You can ask or offer whatever you want, but till the money changes hands, asking prices are just that and little more. And, in fact, some notable falls and finds are actually cheaper today then they were half a dozen or a dozen years ago.

Cheers,

Martin