[meteorite-list] A David New Story

[Anne Black]

Yes, Greg, that does sound like David New.
But believe it or not, there are still a few of us old-timers around, there is Blaine Reed, and there is me. And I do keep track of what some of my long-time customers like. Some of them are now more Friends than Customers. 
As for David, he is fine and enjoying fully his retirement.  

Anne BlackIMPACTIKA.comimpactika at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: AL Mitterling via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
To: Gregory Shanos <gshanos at yahoo.com>
Cc: Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; meteorite-list-request at meteoritecentral.com <meteorite-list-request at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Jul 20, 2021 5:37 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A David New Story

Greetings,

I did a lot of business with David New and always enjoyed talking with
him. I still have a lot of specimens in my collection and preserved
his info cards. As I go through my collection I will probably thin
down pieces and put David's card back with his specimen and offer
those for sale in the future.

You are right Greg, there use to be a lot of trust between the few
dealers and a limited number of collectors.

I can remember Compuserve and the astronomy forum. I met Joseph
Murakami there and we started perhaps one of the first meteorite
forums. The Sysop allow us a place on the astroforum to talk
meteorites. I think Bernd was also on there as I had downloaded some
information he put out for meteorites. Before this time I did a lot of
letter writing to dealers asking for sales lists as there was so
little information to read about meteorites.

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites

On 7/20/21, Gregory Shanos via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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>                                   A David NewStory
>
>          by Gregory T. Shanos
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> On January 2, 1990 I received a package from noted meteoritedealer David
> New.    I did not rememberordering a  meteorite and proceeded toopen the
> package.  I was immediately elated, screaming and jumpingfor joy!  To my
> surprise it was a 4.6gram fragment with fusion crust of the Murray CM2
> carbonaceous chondrite whichfell on September 20, 1950 in Calloway County,
> Kentucky.   Iimmediately called David New and thanked him for the
> specimen.   I said “the check is in the mail”.   Mr. New laughed and said I
> knew you wouldlike it.   David New stated  “when I obtained the meteorite I
> immediatelythought of you since you have a passion for carbonaceous
> chondrites.   I did not add it to the catalog and instead immediatelymailed
> the specimen out to you.”   Thesewere the days before the internet where
> there was much trust between a dealerand their respective collector.    The
> dealers even knew the specialized typesof meteorites their collectors
> preferred.    This is one of my most prized meteoritessince I never ordered
> it, the meteorite arrived serendipitously!    The Murray CM2 is similar to
> the MurchisonCM2 with respect to organic compounds including
> extraterrestrially produced.amino acids.
>
>
>
>
>  Fragment  4.6gram  measuring 22mm x 19mm x5mm
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>
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