[meteorite-list] Ad New Canadian Meteorite for sale

[Michael Farmer]

I am not sure the discussion really centers on their asking price of $50.00 gram. It sort of morphed from Canadian Government buying price to retail price, to initial price etc. Someone suggested a piece be sold on eBay to set the price. Well, that was done with Cali and Puerto Lapice, and the price was very high. But eBay will never set a price. Show me 50 Sikhote-Alin auctions and I will show you 50 different gram prices for Sikhote-Alin. 
My part in this is simply to sort of separate why some recent falls set record prices, and others seem to be down to earth, and where the Canada fall will likely end up. I sure do hope there is a lot, I want to find some and sell some and buy some, and the more material, the better for all. Canada can be happy, there will be room for both scientists and collectors to get their fill. 

Michael Farmer


--- On Fri, 12/5/08, MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com> wrote:

> From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad New Canadian Meteorite for sale
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 7:32 PM
> All,
> 
> I agree that this probably will sell  for much lower in the
> future...well at 
> least I hope Supply and Demand will allow  the prices to
> come down later 
> because a lot of it to comes on the  market.
> 
> But we should keep something else in mind here: I don't
> know how  much TKW 
> Sonny and McCartney personally found on their trip, but it
> is entirely  possible 
> that they simply don't want to sell much if any.  Maybe
> they are  thinking 
> "Hey, if someone wants these bad enough, we will let
> them go."  If  no one wants 
> them bad enough, they might just be happy to retain the
> ownership  for the 
> long haul.
> 
> If they hold on, and later tons hit the market, maybe  they
> will drop their 
> asking price.  If later the values go up, then maybe  they
> will raise their 
> prices.
> 
> Just because they are asking a certain  prices doesn't
> really mean that is 
> what it is worth it to the rest of the world,  maybe that
> is just what it is 
> worth to them?
> 
> Steve Arnold  #1
> www.SteveArnoldMeteorite.com  
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