[meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News

[Raremeteorites]

It is too bad the article is full of errors.  The original mold casting 
system was created in 2007, not 2014.  I displayed it in Anne Blacks room at 
Tucson in January of 2008.  The original Hupe Collection was started by me 
in the late 1990's not 1990.  Greg did not come onboard until much later.

These castings are in clear violation of my copyright, artistic and 
intellectual rights since I never authorized any castings made on my mold 
released for public resale. Greg was given permission to create one replica 
from my casting system, that I put over 200 hours into to make it perfect, 
for promotional purposes only. These unauthorized copies put an immense 
amount of  wear and tear on my molding system by mass producing them.  There 
is only a very limited number of replicas that can be produced on the 
original casting system before they start degrading and loose definition.

I wanted to make this statement public for the record.

Adam

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Hupe via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 12:38 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News


> Dear List Members,
>
> Very happy to announce the Public Display of the main mass of NWA 5000 at 
> the Yale Peabody Museum with special Babylonian Tablet with human 'Moon' 
> association! I am amazed and thrilled by the professionalism and style my 
> friends at Yale Peabody & ALL involved who have afforded me and OUR 
> project. Without them I could not be part of this! Thank you!!
>
> I hope everyone and anyone interested in seeing a World-Class meteorite at 
> THE World-Class Yale Peabody Museum, please do so and hope to see you 
> there! Share photos!!! ;-)
>
> In continued support and appreciation, I am giving all props to my local 
> Florida artist friend, Judy, for her fine work on a separate, yet parallel 
> project: 
> http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/NWA5000-ReplicaArticle.jpeg
>
> Here is a repeat of last week's announcement of the NWA 5000 Replicas I 
> have available:
>
>
> Now that I am back from the two France shows and the Fourth of July 
> holiday
> weekend has wrapped up I would like to 'Officially' offer my NWA 5000
> replicas. Since these are a Limited Edition, and I mean "Extremely 
> Limited",
> there are just a couple available. I sold the one I took to the Ensisheim
> Show and it is destined for a World Class museum on the other side of the
> globe from me. How cool is that?!
>
> As mentioned in a post here June 14th, I interviewed and chose a
> professional artist in the town where I live and she did a fantastic job 
> on
> these 'One-of-a-Kind' works of art. Thank you Judy! These were two years 
> in
> the making of my own personal time and great financial expense, not to
> mention the dozens of hours of labor over a nine month period of time by 
> my
> artist.
>
> Of the 'Limited' number of replicas I made of NWA 5000, most will be given
> 'Free of Charge' as a personal gift by me to my customers who purchased a
> full slice or be kept in my personal collection (and of course the one I
> gave to the Yale Peabody Museum!). My only hopes in making a couple of 
> these
> available for purchase is to recoup my great 'financial' expense in
> producing them. I am sure my friends/clients will all appreciate my 
> efforts
> and gifts, a couple who have been patiently waiting for two years to 
> receive
> this compliment to their collections!
>
> When I considered pricing these I kept in mind many things, first and
> foremost was to keep them affordable and realistic. Considering all of the
> financial and labor considerations, and the fact that these are all
> 'One-of-a-Kind' artworks, I believe I've priced these incredibly well and
> affordable!
>
> Please find below the link to my Nature's Vault web site where the images
> are located. Be sure to click on the first replica image to see eight more
> views of these dimensionally full-sized replicas. The weight is
> approximately 40% of the original before cutting:
> http://www.naturesvault.net/meteorites/nwa5000.html
>
> Here is an image of my artist, Judy, who did a fantastic job:
> http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/Judy_NWA5000.jpg
>
> Here are a couple images from the Ensisheim Show where one of the replicas
> was appreciated by many:
> 1) http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/EnsiShow1.jpg
> 2) http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/EnsiShow2.jpg
>
> Thank you for looking, and for those who appreciate our efforts or would
> like to purchase, please reply! :)
>
> Best Regards,
> Greg
>
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