[meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart.

[John.L.Cabassi]

G'Day List
Fascinating post Jerry. You're very creative with your humor. But besides 
that, I would not think anything less of Anne; she's a great person, full of 
humor and a big heart and willing to help anybody regardless.

Cheers
Johnno

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry A. Wallace" <jwal2000 at swbell.net>
To: "MeteoriteCentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 1:33 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A dealer with a heart.



> Dear Meteorite Flavored Folks,

>

> I write this as a testimonial to one of the most caring and esteemed 

> dealers in our

> meteorite community.

>

> Here is a lady whose heart is as generous and grand as the great state of 

> Colorado,

> where she resides. She has a heart filled with caring and compassion for 

> her customers,

> as well as her fellow man. She is a rarity in these times of economic 

> uncertainty and

> personal financial concerns. She is one who gives without being asked.

>

> My wife Kathy and I made a major (for us) purchase from this fine lady 

> some

> months back. I briefly mentioned that we would be on a diet of bologna and

> stale, dry bread for many months to come in order to afford the rare 

> specimen

> that we were purchasing.

>

> Then, as luck would have it, Dr. Ehlmann released yet another fine and 

> precious

> specimen from that most wondrous of collections of Texas meteorites, the 

> Monnig

> Collection.

>

> Having learned my lesson several years back about rare specimens not 

> lasting

> long on the open market, I (with Kathy's gracious permission and in 

> collusion)

> decided to bite the bullet and acquire that next expensive rarity for our 

> Texas

> collection.

>

> Again, I mentioned to our favorite dealer that we would probably have to 

> go on

> "half rations" of our bologna and dry bread diet in order to survive our 

> decision

> to keep our Texas Collection as our foremost consideration. (The kids 

> starved

> years ago early in our collection process. Still feel bad about that, but 

> we must let

> bygones be bygones. Water under the bridge, as it were.)

>

> Imagine our surprise when the specimen arrived and in the box were not 

> only

> the rare meteorite and its documentation but also a huge stack of current 

> food

> coupons. Now we can have cheese and mayonnaise on our bologna sandwiches.

> And there were coupons for burritos, for Pillsbury dinner rolls, for 

> Pillsbury frozen

> cookies, for Red Baron French Bread Paninis, for Chef Boyardee ravioli and

> beefaroni as well as a variety of "Forkables", coupons for juices, 

> potpies, and

> Ball Park Franks. And the list could go on and on. We'll eat like kings 

> and queens

> this winter and have our meteorites, too. What more could poor folks ask?

>

> Now I ask you, is there a finer, more generous meteorite dealer on this 

> planet, or

> any other planet that we know about? I think not. Without mentioning 

> specific names,

> can you even in your wildest dreams imagine a Farmer, a Blood, or a 

> Cottingham

> helping to feed their hungry customers in these dire times? (I lied about 

> not mentioning

> names.) Again, not damned likely.

>

> And so, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, I nominate Ms. Anne Black as 

> the most

> humane and thoughtful of existing Meteorite Dealers. I ask that the powers 

> that be

> (Mr. Bostick, et al, if memory serves) initiate and produce an award to be 

> presented

> at the Tucson Auction/ Awards Ceremony this coming year for "The Most 

> Generous

> and Caring Meteorite Dealer Known to Mankind".

>

> Best regards to all,

>

> Jerry Wallace

> Odessa, Texas

>

>

> P.S. to Mr. Mike Farmer... Please read and understand the above letter in 

> the spirit

> in which it was written, an attempt at humor, and don't get all warped out 

> of shape

> just because I mentioned your name. You, Mr. Blood and Mr. Cottingham are 

> all

> fine dealers deserving of recognition as well. I have been a customer of 

> all of you

> over the years but none of you have ever helped feed me when I made 

> extravagant

> purchases from you. Thanks, jw.

>

>

>

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