[meteorite-list] Denver Show

Sun Sep 20 02:19:42 EDT 2009

Dear List,
Let me try to give a little view of what I have seen here ... The 
dealers I've bumped into seem to have varying results, though 
definitely not a stellar Denver this time. This is all put into 
perspective, when I spoke with a lot of the mineral dealers who will 
not be lucky enough to cover expenses. Fred Hall had a nice setup and 
Blaine's room was as cheerful as ever. Hans and his entourage had a 
pile of meteorite people pouring out last time I passed there and other 
friendly meteorite folks were doing business in the parking lot. Jose 
of Rock Gems brought his lovely wife to Denver and kindly invited me 
over to join them for lunch in spectacular weather. Generally the show 
seems rather light on material, and spread out - but there are a few 
interesting things out there if you looked hard enough that were nice 
surprises. The get together sponsored by COMETS was nice last night and 
the buyers and sellers were all kind and generous. Twink Monrad and her 
host were very kind as usual, and Larry Sloan was in friendly to hang 
with. I finally got a little mnemonic to know which Jensen is which on 
sight (a big accomplishment for me and I am embarrassed, also finally 
got all the Larry last names right after making a fool of myself 
twisting names forever - I think I got it anyway. Some nice Denver 
meteorite folk you just get to meet here - one collecting for over 20 
years ...=2
0and Fred Olson a real kind host to lend his great warehouse 
for meteorite activities. Saw some big slices of Fukang that were 
reasonably priced. Matt Morgan was around having a laid back time. 
Keith & Dana Jenkersen had a great selection of irons to show. Mike 
Farmer, Jim Strope, Robert Ward and Shauna showed up today with the 
usual high energy. Mike seemed to be smiling about his latest adventure 
but wouldn't spill the beans even after eating Mexican food. Elsewhere, 
at the show, I passed on a Benguerir since I didn't have any money, but 
would have like to own at a reasonable price - hadn't seen that fall in 
a while. The creme of Sikhote individuals was hard to find unless they 
were gone before I arrived (a distinct possibility). Isheyevo made a 
brief but surprise appearance... Elsewhere a mouthwatering Tamdakht 
mostly crusted multi-kilo that made the 1.3 kg 80% monolithic metal 
melted veined crusted one I am interviewing potential new homes for 
feel oddly small - quite a remarkable accomplishment considering the 
rarity material. (There are probably less than 10 specimens existing 
 from everything I know, that are not Humpty Dumpty specimens and the 
prices are to pounce on). Some Martian stuff was reasonably priced by a 
friendly Blue-nomad dude hanging out by the pool. I passed on the $800 
jumbo Martian thin section with a chuckle. There seemed to be a lot 
more socializing than hard core Tucson dealing going o
n. But the show 
did seem empty at times. One guy had a 3.5 kilo gibeon sphere he was 
bowling down the hall in front of our room and he didn't knock anyone 
down after two tries. One thing most have been happy with is the 
beautiful weather. My roommates visited a mountain paradise yesterday 
but eventually caught their breath and found their way home. Lots more 
people hanging out doing some low key shopping like Darryl Pitt who put 
a nice historical Japanese meteorite into the auction. I am trying to 
remember everyone but names are not my specialty unless they are 
meteorite localities which seem unforgettable after hearing one time - 
why is this? A lot of people seem to have meteorite hunting expeditions 
planed at every point of the compass after leaving from Denver, and I 
don-t just mean the USA. Good luck to everyone, and thanks to those who 
made the efforts to come here and share their stuff and smiles.

Best wishes,
Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Steffic <bencubbin at hotmail.com>
To: noah812812 at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sun, Sep 20, 2009 8:24 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Denver Show

I was going to post a photo for pic of the day to Michael Johnson of 
the Denver
show but could not find anyone to take a photo of. Crickets were 
chirping in
the hallways.

Howard Steffic

> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:02:21 -0700
>=2
0From: noah812812 at yahoo.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Denver Show
>
> Is there a Denver Meteorite Show this year?
>
> I have not heard anything about it on this supposed meteorite list 
between all
the alien, pope, and other off topic posts.
>
> Is the Denver show that bad this year that no one wants to talk about 
it?
Sales and traffic must really be down this year. Even the Colorado 
dealers are
keeping quiet.
>
> Awaiting news guys.
>
> Noah
>
>
>
>
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