[meteorite-list] Fwd: Shergotty, 482 and Glorieta prices slashed

[Notkin]

Dear Listees:

Darryl Pitt of the Macovich Collection is not able to post to the List  
at the moment, and asked me to forward this for him, regarding  
meteorites on offer in the current I.M. Chait/eBay auction.

Take a look at the excellent photos (by Darryl) even if you're not  
bidding.


Sincerely,

Geoff N.



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> http://www.macovich.com
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> Glorieta Mountain to Erupt on May 22nd.
>
> The specimen illustrated is one of the four largest complete slices of  
> the
> famed Glorieta Mountain pallasite. It originates from the main  
> pallasitic
> mass recovered by Steve Schoner and measures 173 x 229 x 3mm (7 x 9 x  
> 0.1
> inches) and weighs 412 grams. This specimen, which is the companion  
> slice to
> the specimen on the frontispiece of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of  
> Meteorites
> will sell on Sunday, 22-May at the Chait Gallery in Los Angeles for as
> little as $20/gram given its very low reserve.
>
> The reserves on the 11 kg Sikhote Alin, the 0.5 gram Shergotty  
> (British Museum) and the 1.1 gram NWA-482 with fusion crust are also  
> astonishingly low.
>
> Sikhote / Lot 145
> http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
> ViewItem&category=28295&item=6529243125

> Shergotty / Lot 152
> http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
> ViewItem&category=28295&item=6529243193

> NWA482 / Lot 153
> http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
> ViewItem&category=28295&item=6529243197
>
> Glorieta Mountain / Lot 156
> http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
> ViewItem&category=28295&item=6529243217