[meteorite-list] World's Meteorite Shows

[Greg Hupe]

Dear David and list,

David, what Adam has stated below about Al Lang being an equal partner with 
us in the 58mg's of NWA 011 at the Tucson Show of 2003 is correct, I was 
there and was part of the transaction. Al was about to walk away at $500.00. 
The retail price was established at a "no reserve" auction and benefited us 
as well as Al (he was one-third owner). As far as you and Al working on the 
deal before Adam ,myself and Al purchased the material, then you should talk 
to Al about that as he never mentioned anything about you being interested 
in purchasing the 58mg. Al did suggest we send you a fragment of the 
material we had, and we did. I would say a freebie 1mg fragment out of just 
58mg was a nice gesture from the three of us (Adam, myself and Al).

Best regards,
Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Weir" <dgweir at earthlink.net>
To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] World's Meteorite Shows


> Adam Hupe wrote:
>  They have been asking outrageous
>> prices for everything including $95,000.00 for a supposed pairing to NWA 
>> 011/2400 and $300,000.00 for an untested Martian rock.
>
> Dear Adam,
>
> You don't suppose this price for a NWA 011 pairing might have anything to 
> do with you, do you? After all, it was you who interfered in a deal 
> between myself, Al Lang, and Serge Afanisiev that I had researched for two 
> years prior to Tucson 2003 and arranged for Al to make a deal for the 
> filings that Serge said he had available. This was all long before you 
> took up your short-lived "partnership" with Al. I'm sure you have a 
> different take on things, but I will always feel that you turned around 
> and bought the NWA 011 filings out from under Al, not letting him complete 
> the deal in his intelligent way with his longtime friend.
>
> Then you sold the material at auction, and thereafter, for several hundred 
> dollars per MILLIGRAM. Gee, thanks for making sure the price of this 
> material stays reasonable for us collectors. In my opinion you have no 
> right to complain about the high pricing of this material, and you should 
> be proud of yourself that the paired find NWA 2400 was also being offered 
> at $3000/g by Terry Boswell and his "partner in crime" Ron Farrell. 
> Perhaps this new pairing will also be consistent with the high prices that 
> YOU initiated. Thanks again. You should have stayed out of this deal of 
> mine and Al Lang's and most likely we wouldn't be seeing these exorbitant 
> prices for this unique basaltic eucrite-like meteorite. Hey, and thanks 
> for the free milligram of NWA 011 you gave me rather than, say, 4 
> milligrams... after all, it was MY initiation (with due credit to Norbert 
> Classen who helped in the search for this material).
>
> Okay, I'm over it. Have a great day Adam.
>
> Love,
> David
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