[meteorite-list] NWA 011 micro contest

[Greg Hupe]

Dear David, Doug and List,

NWA 011 was a mere 40 grams, then came NWA 2400 at 136 grams. After that 
came NWA 2976 at 219 grams and last but not least, the largest one to date, 
my 530 gram pairing. As each stone has been discovered (or brought to 
market), the size seems to double each time so I hardly think the original 
asking price would be appropriate, that is why I am asking for offers. I 
believe it is a fair way to do it for anyone who may be interested.

On that note, if I do end up cutting it to offer slices to collectors, I 
would like to hear from anyone who is interested in a slice and what you 
think the whole stone and/or slices should be priced at. Please do this off 
list as I do not want this tying up the list bandwidth and annoying those 
who are not interested.

Best regards and Thank You for your thoughts,
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: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 011 micro contest


> Hello Greg,
>
> Thanks for the clarification, and if you really mean "much, much...much 
> lower than $1,000.00 per gram", then perhaps my initial estimate of its 
> value of $300/g is right on the money. I was laughed out of Terry 
> Boswell's Tucson room when I told him that $300/g was a fair price after 
> he and his partner Farrell proposed 10 times that amount per gram for me 
> ($1000 for a third gram to be specific). I did hear he reduced his price 
> to $2000/g after that. It seems that's generally the rule though, 'wait 
> for the initial prices to fall', as they most often do. Maybe some of you 
> newer collectors can take advantage of this often learned lesson from some 
> of us longtime collectors who sometimes spent more than we needed to.
>
> David