[meteorite-list] FW: CALI Corrections and Info...

[michael cottingham]

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From: michael cottingham [mailto:mikewren at gilanet.com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:55 PM
To: 'michael cottingham'
Subject: CALI Corrections and Info...

Hello,


Let me clarify a few things:

Go to:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=cali+m
eteorite&category0=


Here you will see 33 Cali Specimens for sale!  That is all I have.   I have
listed (Some are Sold) About 5 Grams worth of material.  That is it from me.

ONLY 1 piece is listed at $4950.00 opening bid or ~$4,000.00 per gram. ONLY
ONE piece. This is a fantastic 1.23 gram fragment and honestly that is    
what I want for it. So, actually I do not care if this piece sells or not. I
will gladly keep it.  If someone wants it, that is what they will pay.

Of the 33 specimens that I am offering, 5 of these have an opening bid of
0.99 cents.  This is for ALL the folks who don’t want to buy straight out,
but       want to bid and get a chance at a deal.  So instead of putting
these auctions on one at a time, over many weeks
I decided to spread them
out over a 10 day period.  What they go for is what they go for.  

THE REMAINING 27 pieces have a collective price of about $2000.00 per gram.
I charge more for interesting pieces and for pieces with fusion crust,
But the average is about 2k per gram. Also, I am offering some pieces as
PART SLICES. That is correct. I cut my Cali Specimen a little. I wanted to
see the inside 
and so I took a 1 gram cut loss.,  But I am offering SLICES, as well as
fragments.


This is what I am doing with my piece and this is what I am charging for my
pieces. If they are too expensive don’t buy them. However there are 5 pieces
that are starting at 0.99 cents, so there is no excuse in saying all of my
pieces are too expensive.   Also, a lot of you know that I like to trade
from time to time and maybe if you don’t have the $$$, you might throw a
trade offer my way.  

Best Wishes

Michael Cottingham