[meteorite-list] Speaking of illegal Meteorites...

[Eduardo.]

Argentina is getting harder in meteorites too.
Look at this news from 2 days ago (sorry, spanish only):
http://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/noticias/nota.php?id=1841
Two Uruguayans were caugth trying to smuggler meteorites from Argentina to
Uruguay. They look like Campos.
I heard there is an investigation right now the selling of illegal
meteorites on-line (Campo del Cielo, Berduc and Santa Lucia), including
web pages and auctions.
Justice here is slow, very slow, it may take years, but their files don't
dissapear.
Don't be surprised if we have investigators next Tucson looking for the
ones being sold there.
By the way, here is an article (also in spanish), made by a lawyer, about
the law.
page 1
http://www.astroentrerios.com.ar/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=70
page 2
http://www.astroentrerios.com.ar/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=70&limit=1&limitstart=1
page 3
http://www.astroentrerios.com.ar/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=70&limit=1&limitstart=2

Eduardo

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:10:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Speaking of illegal Meteorites...

> I am thinking that there will be a increase in Campo prices due to the
> new laws.
> 
> Another illegal meteorite, Berduc... It is widely available for sale on
> places like Ebay and a few dealers also offer it online.
> Not too long ago someone from the Metlist offered it in a rather
> discrete fashion - if anyone tried to save the video clip like I did,
> you know what Im talking about - it was also offered at the Bonhams
> auction.
> 
> I honestly think that the legal status doesnt matter to most private
> collectors, it only really effects the dealers who would aquire it to
> sell it.
> Myself, as mainly a collector feel that nobody would come kicking in my
> door for owning a sample of this new canadian fall, Berduc or any other
> meteorite that is not aloowed to be exported... there are too many
> bigger issues to deal with.
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 12/6/08, MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com>
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Speaking of illegal Meteorites...
> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 6:37 PM
> > Hey Guys,
> > 
> > All this talk about meteorites not being able to come out
> > of Canada has me  
> > thinking...
> > 
> > Argentina is known to come down hard on illegal fossil
> > dealers at  Tucson 
> > recently.
> > 
> > Is there going to be a shortage of Campos this year at 
> > Tucson since the new 
> > laws came into effect in Argentina?
> > 
> > If so, are we  going to see a huge spike in their values?  
> >  
> > I don't know how much Campo material has moved each
> > year for the last  decade 
> > or so, but it has to be a very large amount.  A strong 
> > Supply has kept the 
> > prices relatively low in the near past, but if all that  is
> > all of a sudden cut 
> > off, wow...
> > 
> > Steve Arnold  #1
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