[meteorite-list] 1996-2016 meteorite collectors / dealers

[Mike Tettenborn]

I too started my meteorite journey in 1996.  A few here may remember the late Robert Szep who was a real character and who loved meteorites.  I purchased a nice El Hammami slice off him which is still in my collection.  I think it was just a few years later when I purchased a nice Allende individual from Mike Farmer as I started in ernest to grow my collection.

Wow how the time flies!

Best Wishes for the new year

Mike (tett) Tettenborn
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada



> On Dec 27, 2015, at 8:38 PM, Tommy via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>  Hi to all,
> 
>     I started collecting in 1998 with a 154 Canyon Diablo bought from Ron Ferrell.
> 
> Regards!
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On 12/27/2015 08:11 PM, J Sinclair via Meteorite-list wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> 20 years.
>> 
>> I noticed while looking at Matt Morgan's web site, he writes
>> "established in 1996"
>> The Meteorite Exchange site says "Impacting the Meteorite World Since 1996"
>> 
>> Did anyone else start collecting in '96. If not then... when? and why?
>> Many dealers and collectors were active before '96 and many more after.
>> 
>> In August 1996 I read on the front page of the local NC (Greensboro
>> Daily News) newspaper that NASA had found a possible life form in a
>> Martian meteorite found in Antarctica - Allan Hills 84001. This was
>> announcing there was life elsewhere in the Universe.
>> 
>> I figured people would want meteorites. I was already selling gems and
>> minerals at shows and had seen meteorites for sale in Tucson and
>> Denver. I had meteorites before the end of the year. The fist ones
>> were mailed from a dealer in Mexico - Tolucas, then Gibeon from the
>> S.African dealers Karl and Clive. Next was Esquel from Bob Haag. I
>> nearly sold out the first show I offered meteorites.
>> 
>> It was ALH 84001 that started it for me. How about the rest of you?
>> 
>> See you in Tucson.
>> 
>> John
>> MeteoriteUSA.com
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