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

[Darryl Pitt]

Hi, 

I don't understand your intemperance.  The suggestion that auctions are inherently scams is bewildering. There are deals to be found at auctions....and objects zealously fought over; an auction house merely makes the market.  

Please also consider it was the traditional auctions in the mid-90s that resulted in an avalanche of media that created a burst of interest in meteorites---which was among the catalysts to a new generation of hunters.  As I said previously, Allende was an anomaly. 





On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:52 PM, M come Meteorite wrote:

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> 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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