[meteorite-list] NWA 011 micro contest

[Greg Hupe]

Dear David and List Members,

David wrote:
"(e.g., Greg Hupe infers his 530 g paired stone could sell for upwards of 
$1,000/g)."

To clarify David's statement, I wrote in my AD that I was accepting offers 
for my 530-gram NWA 011 pairing and that "... (One of the pairings was 
recently being offered at $1,000.00 per gram). Here is a link to a photo of 
the 530 gram complete stone: http://www.lunarrock.com/gh-231/gh-231.jpg "

I did not write that I was expecting $1000.00 per gram or that I thought it 
should go for that much. In fact, I expect it to sell for much, much...much 
lower than $1,000.00 per gram even if I end up cutting it and offering 
slices to collectors.

I hope this clears up any misconceptions that there may have been. I am 
still accepting offers on this beautiful ungrouped meteorite so do not be 
bashful. I will consider part trades also.

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: "David Weir" <dgweir at earthlink.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 1:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 micro contest


> Hello List,
>
> The basaltic meteorite NWA 011 was first available to the collecting 
> community as mg-sized shavings from Serge Afanasiev in Tucson 2003. At 
> that time I received a 1 mg specimen which is still displayed on my NWA 
> 011 webpage (http://meteoritestudies.com/protected_NWA011.HTM). In June of 
> this year I was given a nice sized crusted specimen 560 times larger, now 
> also displayed on my webpage. When I received this nice chunk there were 
> three other smaller fragments that had been detached at some point in its 
> history (now I sound like another list member). I had considered these 
> pieces to be scientifically significant since they were so large in my 
> perspective compared to my initial 1 mg specimen -- they weigh 40, 51, and 
> 72 mg. Now that there are several large paired stones from this fall I no 
> longer consider these fragments to be of any significance except to my 
> fellow collectors who have none.
>
> Since I was kindly gifted these pieces, I am offering two of them to two 
> lucky list members for no charge, and I will pay the shipping and include 
> a 38mm membrane box container. The two faces of the first offering, the 
> 0.051 g piece, with one side of fusion crust, is shown at the following 
> link:
>
> http://meteoritestudies.com/GIVE011.JPG
>
> The second specimen I will give is the smaller 0.040 g piece, which also 
> has a fusion crusted side. I did not scan this piece but it's appearance 
> is similar to that shown above.
>
> Now, I don't know who among you would be excited to add a NWA 011 
> micromount to their collection, rather than ebaying it for a quick $52 
> profit (e.g., Greg Hupe infers his 530 g paired stone could sell for 
> upwards of $1,000/g). Therefore, I will request an e-mail telling me a 
> little something of your collection intentions, just a short paragraph or 
> two at most. I never participated in this kind of stupid "essay-based" 
> contest myself, but I do see its value in a situation such as this. I will 
> probably lean towards those with smaller collections and new to the 
> meteorite collecting activity because I do realize these are small 
> representative pieces. I will accept e-mails for consideration until this 
> Tuesday, September 5, at noon Eastern Daylight Time. I look forward to 
> hearing from some of you.
>
> David Weir
> http://www.meteoritestudies.com
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