[meteorite-list] Lots of Gold and Meteorites on Heritage Auctions

[Luther Jackson]

What’s your involvement in this auction Bob, just to be clear?

Luther
UK

> On 2 Nov 2017, at 00:07, Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> What's up with the rust blooms on that endcut of Sericho? You can
> clearly see them in the catalog photo. I don't imagine that Heritage
> has anybody inspect these pieces before they promote them? It would be
> a bit disappointing to buy a major auction house specimen and have it
> disintegrate into a pile of shale of olivines later.
> 
> Just my two cents. Actual worth may vary.
> 
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> On 11/1/17, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> There is a Eucrite in this auction that may look familiar, and I don't mean
>> because it looks like Bierschinken.  It is NWA 7496 --
>> and here is where you have seen it before:
>> 
>> http://meteorites.wustl.edu/mugshots/nwa_7496_polymict_eucrite.htm
>> All photos by Randy L. Korotev
>> 
>> And it made an appearance in the textbook titled, "Asteroids":
>> http://bit.ly/2hvLJuD   -- as well as, here:  http://bit.ly/2ioeRn5
>> 
>> And here, as well:  http://meteorites.superforum.fr/t6532p25-bonjour-a-tous
>> 
>> Although this "pin-up girl" of a Eucrite is a numbered NWA, it has published
>> GPS coordinates that show it was found in the country of Western Sahara.
>> 
>> Enjoy,
>> Bob V.
>> 
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>> On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎October‎ ‎24‎, ‎2017‎ ‎06‎:‎49‎:‎48‎ ‎PM, Robert Verish
>> <bolidechaser at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I just received my copies of the Heritage Nature & Science Auction
>> catalog.  The photography is stunning.  There are so many items and the
>> images are so large, they had to make two separate catalogs:  one catalog
>> for all of the gold nuggets, gemstones, and fine minerals -- and in the
>> other, are the many meteorites.
>> 
>> Unlike most of the more recent auctions in which the Lunar and Martian
>> specimens are slices, there are some sizeable whole stones of planetary
>> material here.
>> 
>> You may want to add this to your calendar:
>> 
>> 2017 November 4 Nature & Science Signature Auction - Dallas  #5324
>> https://fineart.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=5324
>> 
>> Although it pales in comparison to the hardcopy catalogue, there is an
>> online-version for your convenience at this link:
>> 
>> https://fineart.ha.com/c/ecatalog.zx?saleNo=5324&ic5=CatalogHome-AucType-PrintedCatalogViewer-071515
>> 
>> I found it to be an educational read.  I hope you find it to be enjoyable.
>> 
>> Bob V.
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