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

[Greg Stanley]

Anything is worth what someone is willing to pay.

Greg S

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On Dec 13, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Agreed on all counts....except that Tatahouine (which is indeed a great meteorite) has some pretty good company.    ;-)
> 
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> 
> On Dec 13, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:
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>> Hi Darryl and List,
>> 
>> It's not that Allende isn't worth $40 a gram, but the TKW is so large
>> that it's hard to justify paying that much for it when the market is
>> flush with quality specimens.  We've been trained to think that
>> Allende is a bargain and so it is.
>> 
>> Another good example is Tatahouine - probably the world's most
>> undervalued meteorite.  It is a witnessed fall diogenite of exquisite
>> beauty that has no parallel on the market, yet it regularly sells for
>> $10/g or less.
>> 
>> Then we see recent ordinary chondrite falls selling for $50-$80/g
>> because of marketing - go figure?
>> 
>> The one thing I have learned in my time of collecting (and dealing)
>> meteorites is this - there is no rhyme or reason to the meteorite
>> market.  She is a fickle mistress.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> MikeG
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>> On 12/13/11, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> Matteo
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Da: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>>>> A: "Meteorite Central" meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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>>>> Data: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:42:37 -0800 (PST)
>>>> Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Allende meteorite selling for around $40 a
>>>> gram!!!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 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/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shawn Alan
>>>>> IMCA 1633
>>>>> eBay story
>>>>> http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html
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