[meteorite-list] NPA 02-14-1999 Meteorites for Valetine's Day, Darryl Pitt

[martinh at isu.edu]

Hello Everyone,

Could someone refresh my memory, what was:

"The "crown jewel of meteorites," a 31-pound chunk, is estimated to go for around $230,000."

Thanks,

Martin H



----- Original Message -----
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector at msn.com>
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2005 1:12 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] NPA 02-14-1999 Meteorites for Valetine's Day, Darryl Pitt

> Paper: Syracuse Herald Journal
> City: Syracuse, New York
> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999
> Page: A-12
> 
> This Valentine's Day gift is out of this world
> 
>     Looking for an unusual gift this Valentine's Day?  Try bidding 
> on one 
> of more than 50 meteorites - including slivers from Mars and the 
> moon - 
> being auctioned in San Francisco and Los Angeles today by 
> Butterfield and 
> Butterfield, an auction house that specialized in natural history 
> material.  
> The "crown jewel of meteorites," a 31-pound chunk, is estimated to 
> go for 
> around $230,000.
>     Many of those meteorites co
me from the collection of Darryl 
> Pitt, a New 
> York music executive who has tried to turn the more common iron 
> meteorites 
> into objects of art.
>     For Pitt, meteorites, are a passion he wants to spread to art 
> collectors who have no interest in science and science-oriented 
> children who 
> have no interest in art.
> 
> (end)
> 
> Clear Skies,
> Mark Bostick
> Wichita, Kansas
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> 
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> on my 
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> 
> The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old 
> list 
> server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess 
> this is 
> more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now.
> 
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