[meteorite-list] UofA giving collection to dealer control.

[Michael Farmer]

Matt, that was also a different time, Nininger was the pioneer in 
meteoritics, before him, really nobody in the USA cared much for them, so 
without him, meteorites would have always taken back burner. It is clear 
from reading Nininger's books, which I do often, that he cared for 
meteorites more than anyone.
This is a different time, real money is involved, and commercial dealers 
have NO PLACE in being curator of a university collection. Honorary position 
is fine, but it seems Marvin has been given the gold key. I wonder if Fukang 
has anything to do with it? Does Uof A know that they are holding a stolen 
treasure from China?
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Morgan" <mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com>
To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter at comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] UofA giving collection to dealer control.


> One of the "Gods" of meteoritics, H.H. Nininger was also a dealer named 
> curator of the "Colorado Museum of Natural History".  I am not saying I 
> agree with the UofA decision, and I understand Mike's viewpoint entirely, 
> but the precedent has been set.  The difference here may be the fact that 
> Nininger stopped dealing once appointed as curator. Is this the case for 
> the SW-Meteorite Lab? If it is, then fine, give him a chance. If not, then 
> something is terribly wrong.
>
> Matt Morgan
>
> Michael Farmer wrote:
>
>> The more I think of this, the more outraged I am.
>> I have donated tens of thousands of $$$ of meteorites to the UofA, and 
>> now they have been turned over to the control of a meteorite dealer.
>> I wonder if some of them will be submitted at the auction in Tucson? This 
>> is in my opinion a huge conflict of interest. How can they do that? Why 
>> not put Christies in charge of the Smithsonian art collection, and 
>> Butterfields in charge of the American Museum of Natural History? When 
>> did Universities start doling out the job to commercial dealers?
>> Is anyone outraged at this?
>> No more donations to the UofA for me, I might find my Moon and Mars rocks 
>> on http://www.meteorite-lab.com/.
>>
>> This is total bunk, I guess museums are for sale.
>>
>> Mike Farmer
>>
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