[meteorite-list] FW: CALI COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER> Assorted Sizes & Prices!

[Darryl Pitt]

I've long thought that Mike Farmer is The Man. What Mike has  
accomplished and continues to accomplish is amazing; he is without peer.

The foregoing notwithstanding, what is it about Cali that makes it  
worth $4000/g?   Is it because it fell in an extremely rough area and  
there is a couple hundred grams---of one of the stones?  Or is it  
because it went through a roof---even though more than one hundred  
roofs have been penetrated by cosmic debris? What happens when Mike,  
and others who emulate Mike, soon acquire another new common  
chondrite that goes through a roof in a similarly rough  
neighborhood?  Is that worth $4000/g as well?  More than 10x the  
value of some Martian meteorites?  And what if it's a lower-class  
roof in Nogales---what's that worth?  (And I don't know if many of  
you know this, but Peekskill---it's the Wild West up there.)

Some of you may recall when the Moon first came out of the Sahara and  
was selling for $25,000/gram, I suggested on this very list that to  
pay such a sum would be folly and soon prove insane.  Cali has now  
entered the realm of the lunar-tics.

Watch out below for a BUY recommendation in a column on Meteorite  
Market Trends.

dp




On Aug 11, 2007, at 8:06 PM, Michael L Blood wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>         Congratulations. Apparently, though I was told I was the
> Only dealer that would be offering this material as ALL the
> Rest was in the form of individual or whole specimens in private
> Collections, yet, it appears you also managed to get some for resale.
>         This will is a good thing for the collecting community and  
> will
> Make a reasonable number of pieces available to a number of
> collectors, as I will be offering both Cali "#1" and "#2" in a  
> similar size
> range and also at $4,000/g (which is what I had to pay for my first
> Purchase Of this delightful fall). I will announce when photos are
> up on my Hammer page later this weekend.
>         With what you are offering and what I am offering there still
> won't be enough to meet the demand, but at least a few dozen
> Collectors will be able to get some instead of half a dozen.
>         Best wishes, Michael
>
>
> on 8/11/07 3:51 PM, michael cottingham at mikewren at gilanet.com wrote:
>
>> From: michael cottingham [mailto:mikewren at gilanet.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:50 PM
>> To: 'michael cottingham'
>> Subject: AD: CALI COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER> Assorted Sizes & Prices!
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have up for sale on ebay The CALI, COLOMBIA HOUSE SMASHER #001.  
>> There are
>> assorted sizes and prices to fit most micro budgets!
>> Included is a piece of Roof tile that got broken during the  
>> impact. This is
>> a House Smasher and there is less than 280 grams total known weight!
>> Free Shipping to anywhere in the world with this purchase. Also,  
>> you WILL
>> NOT see these on a discounted sale anytime soon!
>>
>> Go To:
>>
>> http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll? 
>> from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=cali+m
>> eteorite&category0=
>>
>>
>> or check out my auctions through my ebay store:
>>
>> http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History
>>
>>
>> Thanks and Best Wishes
>>
>> Michael Cottingham
>>
>>
>>
>>
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