[meteorite-list] Piece of Willamette Meteorite to be Auctioned

[Darryl Pitt]

david....list.....

while the copy editor was a little too aggressive, bonhams sale is  
nonetheless historically important.

the first auction of a collection of meteorites occurred in 1996 at  
what was the first natural history auction of the latter 20th Century  
which occurred at phillips in new york city.  i assembled the  
meteorite section for that sale and for the several subsequent  
natural history auctions prior to the first auctions in tucson.

what the article should have said was that the upcoming sale is the  
first auction ever devoted to meteorites by a traditional auction  
house -- which is a very significant deal in and of itself.  (please  
note that steve arnold's brenham is the featured consignment of this  
sale.)

all best/ darryl







On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Darryl Pitt wrote:

>
> david....list.....
>
> while the copy editor was a little too aggressive, bonhams sale is  
> nonetheless historically important.
>
> the first auction of a collection of meteorites occurred in 1996 at  
> what was the first natural history auction of the latter 20th  
> Century which occurred at phillips in new york city.  i assembled  
> the meteorite section for that sale and for the several subsequent  
> natural history auctions prior to the first auctions in tucson.
>
> what the article should have said was that the upcoming sale is the  
> first auction ever devoted to meteorites by a traditional auction  
> house -- which is a very significant deal in and of itself.   
> (please note that steve arnold's brenham is the featured  
> consignment of this sale.)
>
> all best/ darryl
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2007, at 9:39 AM, David Hardy wrote:
>
>> Wonder what Blood, Casper, Pitt, and Lang ( did I forget anyone?)  
>> think about the " first-ever " part of that statement.
>>
>> David Hardy
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Paul <bristolia at yahoo.com>
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:26:35 AM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Piece of Willamette Meteorite to be  
>> Auctioned
>>
>> Hot Rock Goes on the Block By Kate Taylor
>> September 13, 2007, The New York Sun
>>
>> http://www.nysun.com/article/62550
>>
>> In part, the article stated:
>>
>> “The rock, a 28-pound section of the Willamette Meteorite
>> — the largest meteorite every discovered in America —
>> will be offered at Bonhams on October 28, in what is
>> being billed as the first-ever auction exclusively of
>> meteorites.”
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Paul H.
>>
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