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

[psh at equitc.com]

I have bid on a number of items at the last Bonham auction, and everything 
went extremely well. I won 2 items with the opening bid, way below the 
maximum that I had bid online, and I won one other item while on the phone 
with them, bidding live.
Shipping was handled via a shipping agent that Bonham had recommended. 
Within a day of the auction they picked my items up at the Bonham office, 
packed it up and shipped it with FedEx overnight. It cost a few hundred 
bucks, but for all that it seemed reasonable.
That was my experience anyways.
I am looking forward to the coming auction - looks like they have some good 
stuff lined up again.
All the best...,...
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Patrick
www.pallasite.ca

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From: mckinney trammell <bigpineartifacts at yahoo.com>
To: Timothy Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org>, Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-
list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:11:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.


> 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:

> 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> >  Hello List,

> > 

> >  Does anyone know if any other meteorites are being

> > offered?

> > 

> > 

> >  Tim Heitz

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

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> >  Go to Google News

> >  Rare meteorite goes under hammer

> >  10 hours ago

> > 

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

> > auction in New York this 

> > month.

> > 

> >  Weighing more than 925lbs, the object was

> > discovered eight years ago in

> >  China's Xinjiang Uygar province.

> > 

> >  Its rare olivine crystals endured atmospheric and

> > impact forces as it

> >  crashed down to Earth.

> > 

> >  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."

> > 

> >  Pallasites - meteorites composed of around 50%

> > olivine and peridot crystals

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

> > forming planets.

> > 

> > The Fukang meteorite will go under the hammer at

> > Bonhams on April 30 in New

> >  York.

> > 

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