[meteorite-list] By Popular Demand................

[Impactika at aol.com]

Lots of mail in my mail-box  today!!!

I have read every single email and concluded that the  (private) responses 
were unanimously positive. Thank you to all of you for  taking the time to 
write, I do appreciate.

Now let me try to answer  some of the concerns voiced on the List.

Martin, I hope you have  found your tranquilizer pills. Maybe a glass of wine 
will help, or a good night  sleep. Yes, there is the problem (and risk) of 
competition. But we deal with a  very special merchandise, not 2 pieces are 
exactly alike (not like shoes) maybe  you have a slice and I have an end-piece, or 
maybe your slice has an odd  inclusion and mine does not. And we both work 
with rare historical pieces,  there are very few examples of those on the market 
and the provenance is  even more critical.   
And on this subject, I intent to improve my  listing of provenance, by going 
up further in the chain of ownership, when  possible, and when I have the 
documentation. As we found out Saturday, knowing  the last owner(s) of a 
particular piece is not always sufficient, just take a  look at all the names you will 
find on Bob Evans feedback on Ebay. So I will try  to go further. One example: 
I listed the Moorabie as coming from Robert Haag  although I bought it from 
Jason Philips but it came with Robert's label  (Thank you Jason), so I know it 
originally came from him.

Alex,  thin-sections is a different problem. Of course I can tell you my 
sources for  the material used to make those thin-sections, but that is not your 
question,  isn't it?  I believe most collectors of thin-sections know very well 
who  makes 90% of my thin-sections, he is a long time expert, and he worked 
for David  New until David New retired last November. But, as part of our 
business deal, he  has asked me not to mention his name. He has more work than he 
cares for and he  does not want all of you to beat a path to his door. However, 
I'll be glad to  tell you that Steve Schoner has started making thin-sections 
too, and being a  very careful, meticulous person, he is doing very well. In 
fact he made all the  Ureilite thin-sections on my catalog (reference number 
begin with SS). Does that  help?

If you have any other questions, please do ask.
Again  thank you very much for all the responses.

Anne M.  Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com
Vice-President of IMCA  
www.IMCA.cc  




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