[meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!

[Yinan Wang]

They're not scams... People who can afford it will pay what they want. 

Who has the right to set prices? We all do, but it's the buyer who decides what they're willing to pay.

- yinan


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On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:52 PM, "M come Meteorite" <info at mcomemeteorite.it> wrote:

> This shows how the big auctions are only scams legalized to raise prices, which are meteorites or paintings or photographs. Tomorrow I propose my Allende for $ 40/gr to the same auction house and see if they really want to buy at the price they did.
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> Matteo
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> Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a gram!!!
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> 
>> Hello Listers
>> 
>> Now I know Allende has always had a stable value per gram which has been around $10 to $12 a gram depending on the market or collection it comes from. But now, it seems that the value has jumped up for one auction on a 23gram slice, selling for $1000 at the Natural History Bonhams auction yesterday in Lo Ang, California. So it seems Allende is making a run for its value and it might be smart to get your hands on some before the market trend follows and might have to pay a new value of around $40 a gram. The price you have to pay for science and space, but for everything else, there is MasterCard :) 
>> 
>> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19429/lot/1097/
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>> Shawn Alan 
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