[meteorite-list] Michael's meteorite market trends

[Rob Wesel]

A cat..Snagglepuss is

Added to the archive..the other dogs will be

Rob Wesel
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MexicoDoug at aol.com>
To: <mlblood at cox.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; <nakhladog at comcast.net>; 
<Altmann at Meteorite-Martin.de>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Michael's meteorite market trends


> Sterling painted a very nice picture meteoritehunting with Master Yoda, 
> and
> then Rob left nothing to the imagination in his seemless rendition of
> "Yoblood"  (Now please use those talents to add Pavlov's 60 dogs
> _http://www.cshl.edu/PDogs/_ (http://www.cshl.edu/PDogs/)  and the 
> Cerebus three-headed hound to
> the famous dogs collection!  Not to mention  Snagglepus and Underdog).
> Sterling, you are right, though I wonder if the  Force works better on 
> magnetic
> meteorites or equally well with  achondrites?  It is bedtime so I will 
> count the
> meteorites Yoda tosses me  over his shoulder into my catcher's mitt as I 
> drift
> off to sleep...just as soon  as I answer Michael B.'s gentlemanly post:
>
> Michael B. submitted a very  distinguished answer:
>
>>So, to rephrase: it is asinine to deal with people  who's
>>reputations for dishonest dealing proceed them.(period  -
>>this is the main thrust of the article)
>
> Hola Michael, Yes, so very true....  Like, - if you play with fire you
> probably burn your finger...  - Corollary: And if you wrestle with maiale 
> you get
> full of mud - and the swine loves it...
>
>>As an add on, I believe one should also proceed with
>>caution  when dealing with someone yet to establish their
>>reliability. I state  this more as reasonable behavior than
>>behavior which I always practice,  myself. I tend to take
>>people at their word until they prove themselves  unworthy
>>of trust.
>
> I could not have phrased that so  well.  (maybe longer, but not better).
> Thank you Michael for a generous  reply.  Unfortunate it is, as you have
> pointed out, that "established" is  so often paired with "reputation" to 
> the tenor
> of denying opportunity to small  honest collectors.  Thankfully, on the 
> other
> hand, that word  travels in meteoriteland like lightening and the "main" 
> mass
> of  collectors derives social benefit by denouncing and rejecting corrupt
> individuals.
>
> Thanks kindly for that important clarification!
>
> Now, Martin A. has  made a wonderful start to introduce some German
> collectors not in the  press.  I only wish other equally concerned 
> European or others
> were  motivated to share even a much smaller list than Buckleboo's 
> treasure.
> Thanks kindly Martin, I am sorry Europe is so silent to the kind 
> invitation to
> add more people...the rest of the world awaits to see who will chime right
> in...  (oops, my vocabulary is in the absolute pits at the moment, time to
> count black  desert stones Yoda tosses:-) )
>
> Saludos to all, Doug
>
>