[meteorite-list] STEAL OF A LIFETIME

[Darren Garrison]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:55:52 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi Steve and all,
>
>Sikhote Alin sold for $3 to $4/ gram long time in the past. Don't know 
>if there were any around for sale in 1982. As long as the ebay seller is 
>reputable and has a high ebay rating then you have a bargain. If it 
>sounds too good to be true and the seller has a bad rating then I'd stay 
>away from the auction as it could be a fraud or something stolen. All my 
>best!

Here's the auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300252714512

Seems like an oddly low BIN price if he knew that it should be worth more.
Maybe if the "dying father" story is true, he was more concerned about getting
SOME money now than a better price even days from now.