[meteorite-list] Duck Chondrule

[Greg Hupe]

Dear List,

Adam wrote:

""The 5-billionaires group... latest "Duck Chondrule" offering, this is 
definitely one for
the books..."

I think they should call their group the "5-Quacks Group"!!

Best regards,
Greg

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
IMCA 3163
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Duck Chondrule


> The 5-billionaires group are a bunch con artists and idiots.
>
> Look at their latest "Duck Chondrule" offering, this is definitely one for 
> the books:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Duck-chondrule-155g-8-Slice-STONY-METEORITE-VERY-RARE_W0QQitemZ230036197978QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> I don't think they have ever sold a real meteorite.  They know they are 
> selling garbage and are trying to rip-off the public. Just look how hard 
> they try to convince their audience that these are real meteorites.  They 
> run a magnet with a sticky substance on it all over a supposed Nantan in 
> one auction.  If this were a real iron meteorite, the magnet would jump 
> out of there hands. In another auction, they zoom in on light colored 
> objects claiming they are chondrules.
>
> This reminds me of the Shirokovsky pallasite webpage images complete with 
> divers and a poor story where every stone weighed exactly 50 kilograms, 
> the size of a crucible. I remember you could not make out any the faces of 
> the hunters on this web presence, I wonder why? This new group is brash 
> enough to think that meteorite collectors are stupid enough to jump all 
> over a $28,000.00 Earth rock.  Billionaires, give me a break, they should 
> call themselves penny-aires because that is what a lot of their items are 
> selling for except for one unsuspecting person who paid several hundred 
> for a fake meteorite.
>
> I would love to run into this group in Tucson. I would buy them a round of 
> Denver Death Cookies and extract a confession from them. By the way, I owe 
> some Margaritas on a lost wager that I will make good on at the next show.
>
> Take Care,
>
> Adam
>
>
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