[meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.

[Dave Gheesling]

All,
I had a similar experience to Patrick's.  Very well handled from front to
finish...
Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

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Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.

I have bid on a number of items at the last Bonham auction, and everything 
went extremely well. I won 2 items with the opening bid, way below the 
maximum that I had bid online, and I won one other item while on the phone 
with them, bidding live.
Shipping was handled via a shipping agent that Bonham had recommended. 
Within a day of the auction they picked my items up at the Bonham office, 
packed it up and shipped it with FedEx overnight. It cost a few hundred 
bucks, but for all that it seemed reasonable.
That was my experience anyways.
I am looking forward to the coming auction - looks like they have some good 
stuff lined up again.
All the best...,...
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Patrick
www.pallasite.ca

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From: mckinney trammell <bigpineartifacts at yahoo.com>
To: Timothy Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org>, Meteorite Mailing List
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Sent: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:11:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.

> avoid like plague!  i did on of those absentee bids
> and they shilled me right up to the penny. further
> more, the shipping was EXTREME price AND... when i got
> the items (shark teeth) they were SHORT!!! theyb LIED
> about the length!!! i f you can't be there, you are
> setting yourself up for dissaster
> !!!
> --- Timothy Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  Hello List,
> > 
> >  Does anyone know if any other meteorites are being
> > offered?
> > 
> > 
> >  Tim Heitz
> >  Midwest Meteorite - http://www.meteorman.org/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  Go to Google News
> >  Rare meteorite goes under hammer
> >  10 hours ago
> > 
> >  A meteorite is expected to fetch £500,000 at
> > auction in New York this 
> > month.
> > 
> >  Weighing more than 925lbs, the object was
> > discovered eight years ago in
> >  China's Xinjiang Uygar province.
> > 
> >  Its rare olivine crystals endured atmospheric and
> > impact forces as it
> >  crashed down to Earth.
> > 
> >  Bonhams' Natural History Department director Thomas
> > Lindgren said: "Less
> >  than 1% of all meteorites are pallasites, the most
> > alluring of all
> >  meteorites due to their aesthetic appeal."
> > 
> >  Pallasites - meteorites composed of around 50%
> > olivine and peridot crystals
> >  and 50% nickel-iron - are thought to be relics of
> > forming planets.
> > 
> > The Fukang meteorite will go under the hammer at
> > Bonhams on April 30 in New
> >  York.
> > 
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