[meteorite-list] AD: June 12th Heritage Auction Galleries Natural History Auction; featuring the Willamette crown section
Yinan Wang
veomega at gmail.com
Mon Mar 7 18:51:27 EST 2011
Our June 12th Heritage Auction Galleries Natural History Auction will
be one of the largest natural history auctions we've ever held and
will feature several unique meteorite specimens. The auction will have
two sessions; the first session catalog is already online and
available for viewing.
The items for the first session can be seen here:
http://fineart.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=6061&type=yinan-meteorite
Amongst the highlights:
The Willamette meteorite crown section: This is a 13.998 kilogram
specimen of the world-famous Willamette meteorite that is on display
at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49053&type=yinan-meteorite
L'Aigle - 325.3 grams - A very large and attractive specimen of the
L'Aigle meteorite, with provenance from the British Museum of Natural
History.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49023&type=yinan-meteorite
Gibeon - 46.4 kilos - A very prominent scalloped specimen with 3 large
natural concavities.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49029&type=yinan-meteorite
DAG 1037 - Large Martian slice of 9.796 grams - A very large slice of
a basaltic shergottite.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49033&type=yinan-meteorite
Millbillillie - 322.5 grams - a very large and aesthetically appealing
individual eucrite.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49037&type=yinan-meteorite
Imilac home plate - 4148 grams - a large pentagonal slice of the
Imilac pallasite, shaped like a baseball home plate.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49038&type=yinan-meteorite
Ensisheim - 14.48 grams - a very large slice of the rare meteorite from 1492.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49041&type=yinan-meteorite
NWA 6565 Iron octahedrite main mass - 9.90 kilograms - This is the
main mass of a new NWA iron meteorite that was recovered in 2009 and
has a very beautiful etch pattern.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49043&type=yinan-meteorite
Murchison - 535.9 grams - A very stunning and large piece of the
Murchison meteorite, which contains many amino acids.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49046&type=yinan-meteorite
Valera - 309.8 grams - The cow-killing meteorite from Venezuela; a
sizeable chunk of this classic meteorite.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49049&type=yinan-meteorite
Flandreau main mass - 8.136 kilograms - a very attractive meteorite
from South Dakota.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49050&type=yinan-meteorite
Lost City - 12.60 grams - A very nice slice of this hard-to-find
meteorite, with a section of fusion crust along the edges.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49052&type=yinan-meteorite
Gibeon - 11.12 kilograms - A very attractive gibeon end-piece, with a
very beautiful etched face.
http://fineart.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6061&Lot_No=49027&type=yinan-meteorite
Feel free to contact me at yinanw at ha.com if you have any questions.
- Yinan Wang
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