[meteorite-list] Some 1929 Meteorite Prices in 2010

[Mike Bandli]

I recently acquired a large lot of old meteorite price lists and pulled some
more common meteorite names from an original Ward's Natural Science
Establishment March 15, 1929 Meteorite Price List. I have converted them to
2010 US dollars (based on 3.18% annual inflation rate according to
DollarTimes.com).

Disclaimer: This is "just for fun" - I AM NOT SELLING AT THESE PRICES! Lol!

Here is the "Today's Dollar" Equivalent Price Per Gram from 1929:


Alfianello   249 gram end   $1.52/g

Braunau   10 grams   $12.63/g

Canyon Diablo   116 kilos   $0.02/g

Forest City   166 grams complete stone   $1.25/g

Fisher   19 gram fragment   $3.98/g

Glorieta Mountain   544 grams   $1.04/g

Holbrook   968 gram complete stone   $0.50/g

L'Aigle   10 gram fragment   $3.15/g

Orgueil   21 grams of fragments in vial   $5.00/g (!)

Steinbach   198 grams   $4.30/g

Saint Michel   290 gram fragment   $1.74/g


In 1929 $1.00 had about the same buying power as $12.63 in 2010.


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Mike Bandli
Historic Meteorites
www.HistoricMeteorites.com
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