[meteorite-list] Stolen Meteorite

[Darren Garrison]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:18:51 -0500, you wrote:

>"valued at $1 million by US collectors in 1996", then simply kept in an 
>office cabinet of professional investigators? (not that this title 
>necessarily gives them credibility for anything)

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>The space rock, known as the Binya Meteorite, was taken from a cabinet in 
>the office of professional investigators Austrace in Newcastle on Sunday 
>night.
>
>The theft of the 11kg space debris follows a nasty dispute between its 
>original owners and the Insolvency and Trustee Service of Australia before 
>it was sold to a private collector in 2004.
>

So how much did it sell for, in the 2004 auction?  (I'm betting that it wasn't a
mil).

http://www.lexsimshauser.com.au/Meteorite/Meteorite.htm

http://www.lexsimshauser.com.au/Meteorite/images_large/rock-(hires).jpg