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

[Walter Branch]

Hi Darryl

I remember the catalog from that sale.  It was beautiful.

-Walter Branch
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
To: "David Hardy" <mdavidhardy at yahoo.com>; "Meteorite List" 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Piece of Willamette Meteorite to be Auctioned




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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