[meteorite-list] Cottingham

[michael cottingham]

Hello,

It is a learning curve. It was never my intention to charge such a  
high price on The West fall, but only charge what I felt it was worth  
at the time. All things considered it seemed to me to be a solid  
$100.00 per gram meteorite. I was there and it had all the makings of  
an extremely Low Known Weight meteorite, with extreme effort to  
acquire pieces.

A side note, I have sold maybe 60 specimens of West/Ash Creek, from  
micro to macro pieces. As of today, the average price per gram, even  
considering my sales, the economy, etc, is $71.32 per gram. That is  
for me.  It is a rare meteorite and within a few years will be even  
rarer.


Best Wishes

Michael
On Jul 29, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Phil Whitmer wrote:

> It looks like the two with the biggest beef in this little melodrama  
> are Matteo and Bill.  Seriously, have you guys ever actually checked  
> out his prices?  They're INSANEly low!  He doesn't like making  
> money, he just likes to sell meteorites. I got a nice sized chunk of  
> Weston  for our museum at one of his half off sales that anywhere  
> else would cost 3 or 4 times as much. And most people sell tiny  
> specks.  Not bad for the first historically recognized meteorite in  
> the US.  People interested in selling meteorites could learn a thing  
> or two from Cottingham. While Farmer may have been the first(?) to  
> the strewnfield, MC was the first to eBay and was getting 140 + per  
> gram for West.  That's good marketing if you ask me.
>
> Anyway, it's not worth fighting or writing limericks about.  I don't  
> mind ads from Michael or anybody else, it's part of the landscape  
> and if I had the extra dinero, I'd be spending like it's 1929!
>
> Phil Whitmer
>
>
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