[meteorite-list] Updates on The Hupe Collection

[Raremeteorites]

Dear List Members,

The subject came up about me getting out of dealing meteorites and the 
disposition of my stockpile.

I have no plans of preparing any more of my meteorite inventory for resell. 
My stockpile will remain in safe deposit boxes and safes until I can 
reevaluate what to do with it.  Perhaps, I will have a one-time fire sale 
late next Fall if I am in need of more write-offs or turn the entire 
inventory over to a reputable and honest dealer for liquidation purposes.

My enjoyment comes from searching for meteorites, rare minerals, relics and 
artifacts on private property so I have been busy researching this.   I 
acquired three ranches this year, plan on searching them and surrounding 
private properties, with owner permission of course.  This will give me 
several square kilometers to search without any hassle.  There is a famous 
gold mine a 1,000 or so meters away from the "Area 52" ranch, which was my 
most recent acquisition.  There is a creek running through the property  so 
who knows what I will find. The first ranch I picked up named "Ancient 
Echoes" has what appears to be ancient ruins (square structures and lithic 
scatter) on it so perhaps there will be an early man site near one of the 
hot springs.  And finally the third ranch, which has yet to be named, has an 
early man site near a forked spring and is close to a massive near-pristine 
dry lake bed that is half privately-owned so this one will be fun to search.

I am in need of a John Deer tractor with front loader, blade box and backhoe 
attachments and some well-drilling equipment.  Perhaps I can trade some 
planetary material for these items.

I changed my eBay store name from RareMeteorites! to AncientEchoesArtifacts. 
I will still maintain a store instead of auctions since it can be shut-down 
on a moments notice if I am in need of field-time for fun. My plans are to 
sell over $1,000,000.00 in legally obtained, well papered artifacts and 
reinvest the funds in more real-estate. The long-term capitol gains tax on 
real-estate is almost half of that of meteorites and other collectables.

I have about a quarter million dollars worth of artifacts currently listed 
in my store if you are curious to see them.  It is my hopes to have over a 
million dollars worth listed in the store by this Fall and then be done 
messing with eBay.

Here is a link with my new eBay name if you are interested in seeing a 
fraction of what I will be offering in the way of artifacts:

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/ancientechoesartifacts

I wish everybody the very best.   I hope to see some of you in the field 
once it cools down a little bit here in Mohave Desert.

Adam