[meteorite-list] Lyon & Turnbull meteorite auction results!!!

[cdtucson at cox.net]

Shawn,
This is great but, here in America things are still a bit rough.

The recession has hit everybody really hard.. 


My neighbor got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. 

Wives are having sex with their husbands because they can't afford batteries. 

CEO's are now playing miniature golf. 

Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. 

A Private Entertainer was killed when her audience showered her with rolls of pennies while she danced. 

I saw a Mormon with only one wife. 

If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," you call them and ask if they meant you or them. 

McDonald's is selling the 1/4 ouncer. 

Angelina Jolie adopted a child from America. 

Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children's names. 

My cousin had an exorcism but couldn't afford to pay for it, and they re-possessed her! 

A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico . 

A picture is now only worth 200 words. 

When Bill and Hillary travel together, they now have to share a room. 

The Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas is now managed by Somali pirates. 

Congress says they are looking into this Bernard Madoff scandal. Oh Great! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $14.1 Trillion disappear! 

And, finally... 

I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Hotline. 

I got forwarded to the outsourced call center in Pakistan, and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.

author unknown.

Carl
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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote". 





  

 

---- Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Hello Listers,
>  
> Hope everyone is doing well. I was able to watch the The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection: Part II auction I have to say sales were high with some items. I guess in the UK market people can spend some coins. 
>  
> The Michael Jackson interest NWA xxx 559g meteorite sold for £1,100 with the expected value at about Estimate £250-350. Can we say we have some Michael Jackson fans in the house. I was thinking that might be a high of the auction ans so it seems it was. Now I wonder is the Jackson estate has the other half still and what that might be worth on the meteorite market.
>  
> Now me move onto Nakhla. I think this was also a house favorite with the closing cost at  £1,100 for a .228g fragment. After conversion and sellers fee, the expected winner will be paying about 2200 in American dollars. The price you pay for history and aura.
>  
> Now there were some flops...... Can anyone say cheese...... Well that is what I was told the Moon was made out of when I was a little kid, bit soon after, I was told that astronauts made the moon from rocks. The stories that kids are told, I hope kids these days are smarter and when the parents aren't looking google it. If I had google when I was 4 years old, I would have been smart little kid on my speak n spell. Now back to the flops. Those were Dar al Gani 400. The suggested price for a Moon rock 0.184g was at Estimate: £1600 - 2200. Am I missing something or is that old prices when this stuff was selling like hot cakes?
>  
> Now we move to closer of the auction..... Calcalong Creek. This meteorite can command a pretty penny and was said to sell for around $40,000 a gram. Last time I say some of this sell I think it was a 2mg piece for around $700. As for the Lyon and Turnbull's Calcalong Creek fragment this could be a winner for the winning bidder at a mystery weight. The only thing one could go by was the size, 3mm. The weight could be 3mg to 10mg or more. But I have to say for £300, at the end of the day, a deal was made considering the province and hand written letter and not to mention the fragment could be 10mg or more, and if that's the case, the winner got a steal.
>  
> All and all, the sales were average to above average and for the market being in a rut, the auction went off with some great buys. Now I just want to know when is the next one is cause this one was nice to watch and see alot of great  meteorites slip by. 
>  
> For the results of all 101 LOTS click on the link down below
>  
> http://www.lyonandturnbull.com/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&st=D
>  
> Shawn Alan 
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