[meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices (Was: Spectacular Tektite on eBay)

Tue Aug 10 20:12:04 EDT 2010

You're most certainly correct Paul. I'm always a little behind in my work. [like the butcher who backed into the meat slicer!]
On Aug 9, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Paul Harris wrote:

> Hi Stuart,
> 
> You should find this very interesting :-)
> http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/australites/
> 
> Paul
> 
> On 8/9/2010 3:44 PM, Stuart McDaniel wrote:
>> I know this will sound like a stupid question but how are these formed? I thought teks were ejecta type material.
>> 
>> Stuart McDaniel
>> Lawndale, NC
>> Secr.,
>> Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Harris" <paul at meteorite.com>
>> To: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 6:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices (Was: Spectacular Tektite on eBay)
>> 
>> 
>>> Dear Richard and List,
>>> 
>>> Here are some Australite Flange Buttons on Meteorite-Times.
>>> 
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2009/march/Tektite_of_Month.htm 
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2007/June/Tektite_of_Month.htm
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2007/May/Tektite_of_Month.htm
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2006/December/Tektite_of_Month.htm 
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2005/February/Tektite_of_Month.htm 
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2004/October/Tektite_of_Month.htm 
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/September/Tektite_of_Month.htm 
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/April/Tektite_of_Month.htm 
>>> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2002/November/Tektite_of_Month.htm 
>>> 
>>> Just gotta love buttons!
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/9/2010 2:22 PM, Richard Kowalski wrote:
>>>> Hey Norm,
>>>> 
>>>> I haven't looked at many tektites, but what caught my eye on this one was the deep swirl on the bottom of this one. Obviously spinning as it re-entered. I can't remember seeing this feature before.
>>>> 
>>>> Just curious how common that is?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Richard Kowalski
>>>> Full Moon Photography
>>>> IMCA #1081
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --- On Mon, 8/9/10, Norm Lehrman<nlehrman at nvbell.net>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> From: Norm Lehrman<nlehrman at nvbell.net>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices (Was: Spectacular Tektite on eBay)
>>>>> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
>>>>> Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 11:02 AM
>>>>> Sorry, I was typing in the dark and
>>>>> hit a button that sent the message before I was done.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The one on Ebay is significantly over-priced.  For
>>>>> $1800, I think I can still source a flawless specimen. With the rim chips, I would not pay $1000, but times are
>>>>> certainly changing.  They haven't made any more of
>>>>> these for a very long time and the supply is getting very
>>>>> lean.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think I told the story on our website, but I traded my
>>>>> youngest daughter's hand in marriage for one fine flanged
>>>>> button.  We were living in West Aus and spent lots of
>>>>> time out searching.  On the fateful day, Derek (our
>>>>> great current son in law) came out with us, his first
>>>>> tektite hunt.  Cookie and I had over 1000 finds each to
>>>>> our credit (australites that is, not a single fully flanged
>>>>> button) and had a pretty good eye.  We know how to tell
>>>>> them from kangaroo droppings (bite them!).
>>>>> 
>>>>> We were walking a dry stream channel southeast of
>>>>> Kalgoorlie and finding nothing.  My daughter is
>>>>> American Indian, and I had been kidding Derek that if he
>>>>> wanted to marry her he was going to have to come up with a
>>>>> fine bunch of horses and blankets for the father of the
>>>>> bride.  It was hot and dry and swarming with flies and
>>>>> kangaroo droppings were about as exciting as it got. Then Derek shouted "hey norm, about those horses and sheep
>>>>> and stuff---would this do???"  He was holding up a
>>>>> perfect, flawless flanged button.  I accepted on the
>>>>> spot.  He has my daughter and a fine family, I have a
>>>>> fine flanged Australite and some great grandkids. What's more, we're both happy with the deal.
>>>>> People sometimes ask what my daughter thinks of being sold
>>>>> for a flanged button, and I assure them that she understands
>>>>> their rarity and is honored to command such a premium!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Three years has passed since we moved to Africa and
>>>>> suspended the Tektite Source.  Cookie has now moved
>>>>> back to the USA and is getting the inventory unpacked; I'm
>>>>> still wandering Africa at least until the end of the
>>>>> calendar year.  But within a few months we should have
>>>>> things up and running again.  Thanks for waiting. We have a long list of clients to contact when she finds
>>>>> everything.  If you have items of interest from the
>>>>> website, let us know and we'll get to you when we can---
>>>>> 
>>>>> I need to visit our own website, but unfortunately I think
>>>>> we are completely out of good flanged buttons (that are for
>>>>> sale--there's for sure on that isn't!)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Norm
>>>>> http://tektitesource.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> --- On Mon, 8/9/10, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
>>>>> <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
>>>>>> 
>>>>> <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged
>>>>>> 
>>>>> button prices (Was: Spectacular Tektite on eBay)
>>>>> 
>>>>>> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>>>>> Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 9:05 AM
>>>>>> Hello Brian and List,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Brian wrote: "On this beautiful tektite, I stand
>>>>>> corrected."
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On December 3rd, 2000, I asked our late Darryl Futrell
>>>>>> 
>>>>> (+
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Aug 13, 2001) what
>>>>>> a reasonable price for a perfect Australian button
>>>>>> 
>>>>> would be
>>>>> 
>>>>>> and the next day he
>>>>>> responded like this:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> "A perfect flanged button goes for about $2000 or
>>>>>> 
>>>>> more.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Maybe a sandblasted one might turn up for $1000 or
>>>>>> 
>>>>> so."
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best wishes from someone
>>>>>> who wishes he had one too
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bernd
>>>>>> 
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