[meteorite-list] Christie's Meteorite Auction

[Raremeteorites]

The price on the ordinary chondrite that realized USD $105,939.00 should be 
.68/gram not 6.81/gram.  I missed a zero while doing the calculation.

Adam


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From: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:15 AM
Subject: Christie's Meteorite Auction


> Wow, after following this auction I was surprised.
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> http://www.christies.com/results
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> The top items were a 434 gram Seymcham Pallasites sphere that sold for an 
> amazing USD $303.08/gram ($131,535.00) followed by a NWA 155 kilogram, H6 
> ordinary chondrite that realized USD $6.81/gram ($105,939.00)
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> I believe the top price per gram honor went to a 6.43 gram NWA 8306 Lunar 
> Meteorite which realized USD $2777.34/gram ($17,775.00)
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> In total, the entire auction only realized USD $820,895.41 with most key 
> pieces failing to sell.  I thought for sure somebody would pick up the 
> Zagami Martian Meteorite Main Mass which seemed reasonably priced to me at 
> around USD $250.00/gram, especially when a Pallasite that normally sells 
> for around $5.00/gram realized over USD $300.00/gram  if the auction 
> results are not in error and the sale is completed.
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> Perhaps prospective buyers were not educated properly to the importance of 
> some of these pieces or the venue was improper.  In any case, the results 
> were very surprising and unexpected to me since I have sold much more than 
> the entire auction amount over the years on eBay.
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> Adam
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> On Apr 20, 2016, at 12:08 AM, Anne Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Thank you Darryl.
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>> But how do we see the hammer price on all those pieces?
>> Will Christie publish those prices?   and where?
>> Thanks.
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>> Anne M. Black
>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Darryl Pitt via Meteorite-list 
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 4:25 pm
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] REMINDER:  Christie's Auction Tomorrow
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>> Hi,
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>> CHRISTIE'S Auction Tomorrow in London.  2.30p / (GMT+1)  Catalog – 
>> http://bit.ly/23DlL8D
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>> It's worth noting...
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>> — Several lots have no reserve;
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>> — There is a benefit to those paying in US dollars.  Due to currency 
>> fluctuations, CHRISTIE'S current USD auction estimates are about 8% lower 
>> than those printed in the catalogue.  To track the current exchange 
>> estimates, go to the CHRISTIE'S website http://bit.ly/1qp6Osq and look at 
>> the “grid view” where the real-time dollar amounts can be compared with 
>> those in the downloadable e-catalogue—which, again, can be seen here: 
>> http://bit.ly/23DlL8D
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>> Best of luck,
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>> Darryl
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