[meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.

[Darryl Pitt]

yikes.

while i appreciate your frustration, a few tips:

---if at all possible, you do want to rely on shipping organized by  
an auction house. this is typically subcontracted to bonded art  
shippers (i.e., expensive shippers) or the buyer is provided a list  
of such bonded shippers from which to choose.

---if the value of a purchased lot is predicated and the length of  
the specimen (e.g., shark's tooth),  and the measurement is  
significantly off (and i assure you it's not bonhams which has made  
the error but a misrepresentation on the part of the consignor), you  
have every right to return the specimen as being falsely  
represented.  in some instances, you may even be able to negotiate a  
better deal.

--finally, (and sometimes i have trouble remembering this one) only  
bid an amount at which you will be delighted if your bid is  
successful---even if your success was achieved by your paying the  
full amount of your absentee bid.

all best to my friends in meteorites....

dp



On Apr 7, 2008, at 10:11 AM, mckinney trammell wrote:


> avoid like plague!  i did on of those absentee bids

> and they shilled me right up to the penny. further

> more, the shipping was EXTREME price AND... when i got

> the items (shark teeth) they were SHORT!!! theyb LIED

> about the length!!! i f you can't be there, you are

> setting yourself up for dissaster

> !!!

> --- Timothy Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org> wrote:

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>>  Hello List,

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>>  Does anyone know if any other meteorites are being

>> offered?

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>>  Tim Heitz

>>  Midwest Meteorite - http://www.meteorman.org/

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>>  Go to Google News

>>  Rare meteorite goes under hammer

>>  10 hours ago

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>>  A meteorite is expected to fetch £500,000 at

>> auction in New York this

>> month.

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>>  Weighing more than 925lbs, the object was

>> discovered eight years ago in

>>  China's Xinjiang Uygar province.

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>>  Its rare olivine crystals endured atmospheric and

>> impact forces as it

>>  crashed down to Earth.

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>>  Bonhams' Natural History Department director Thomas

>> Lindgren said: "Less

>>  than 1% of all meteorites are pallasites, the most

>> alluring of all

>>  meteorites due to their aesthetic appeal."

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>>  Pallasites - meteorites composed of around 50%

>> olivine and peridot crystals

>>  and 50% nickel-iron - are thought to be relics of

>> forming planets.

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>> The Fukang meteorite will go under the hammer at

>> Bonhams on April 30 in New

>>  York.

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