[meteorite-list] FOR THE RECORD

[Michael Blood]

Hi Greg,
        You may have something here.
        Please go to Texas and buy all you can at $5/g and
I promise to buy it from you at DOUBLE that the moment
You return!
        Please let me know when you have some!
        Thanks, Michael  (PS: Do not be discouraged if you
Spend a few thousand dollars and take a couple weeks off
Work and walk for 10 to 12 hrs a day and find only one or
Tow specimens of 2 or 3 grams a piece (though some days
You may get NONE) . Just keep your eye on the prize! $10/g
when you get back!
        Best wishes, Michael



> From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>

> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:04:32 -0800 (PST)

> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FOR THE RECORD

> 

> First let em say that I would really like to get a sample of this fall.

> now to the topic at hand...

>  

> I see an agenda from the hunters to set a higher value then the meteorite is

> worth, and I think that may also be leading to some troubles.

> I am reminded of Carancas... it sold at $100 per gram and now can be purchased

> for $20 per gram... I also saw reports of Tishka being small with not alot

> available, now it seems there is a very substatial amount available.

>  

> I think that the way some hunters/dealers are handling this has some to do

> with the current issues.

>  

> I have read reports of secret agreements and such things... that will only

> help to make people sketchy about the issue.

>  

> This seems to be a very big fall of a normal chondrite, far from being worth

> $100 per gram.

>  

> Is part of the issue that a high price dealers are trying to set conflicts

> with what hunters told the land owners the material is worth? perhaps they

> seen or hear $5 per gram then see it being offered and claims of buying it at

> $90-$100 per gram...

> 

> just recently someone posted they paid $90 per gram, only later for someone to

> say they paid considerably less then that. The only prices I have been offered

> is $100 per gram, which again I feel is way over priced and seems to be

> intended to prey on collectors who want a fresh sample of this fall.

>  

> I think this and some of the comments tossed around about the locals may be

> getting back to them and causing hard feelings perhaps, or feelings of being

> taken advantage of.

> People dont like to be ripped off, and honestly, it seems thats what looks to

> be happening.

> Secrets and closed door deals never end up good.

>  

> Just my thoughts from the outside looking in.

> I hope nobody takes this personal, this is simply my thoughts and how it looks

> to me.

>  

> Greg C.

> 

> --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 

> 

> From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FOR THE RECORD

> To: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>

> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 1:03 PM

> 

> 

> First let em say that I would really like to get a sample of this fall.

> now to the topic at hand...

>  

> I see an agenda from the hunters to set a higher value then the meteorite is

> worth, and I think that may also be leading to some troubles.

> I am reminded of Carancas... it sold at $100 per gram and now can be purchased

> for $20 per gram... I also saw reports of Tishka being small with not alot

> available, now it seems there is a very substatial amount available.

>  

> I think that the way some hunters/dealers are handling this has some to do

> with the current issues.

>  

> I have read reports of secret agreements and such things... that will only

> help to make people sketchy about the issue.

>  

> This seems to be a very big fall of a normal chondrite, far from being worth

> $100 per gram.

>  

> Is part of the issue that a high price dealers are trying to set conflicts

> with what hunters told the land owners the material is worth? perhaps they

> seen or hear $5 per gram then see it being offered and claims of buying it at

> $90-$100 per gram...

> 

> just recently someone posted they paid $90 per gram, only later for someone to

> say they paid considerably less then that. The only prices I have been offered

> is $100 per gram, which again I feel is way over priced and seems to be

> intended to prey on collectors who want a fresh sample of this fall.

>  

> I think this and some of the comments tossed around about the locals may be

> getting back to them and causing hard feelings perhaps, or feelings of being

> taken advantage of.

> People dont like to be ripped off, and honestly, it seems thats what looks to

> be happening.

> Secrets and closed door deals never end up good.

>  

> Just my thoughts from the outside looking in.

> I hope nobody takes this personal, this is simply my thoughts and how it looks

> to me.

>  

> Greg C.

>  

> 

> --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:

> 

> 

> From: Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com>

> Subject: [meteorite-list] FOR THE RECORD

> To: "<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral..com>" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:27 AM

> 

> 

> 

> 

> CONFLICTING AGENDAS

> 

> 

> Last night I received a phone call from an understandably distressed Mike

> Farmer.  Mike was bugged by the media coverage of the announced sale of "WEST"

> meteorites at Heritage Auction Galleries---which included a hoped-for figure

> of what a larger specimen could bring.

> 

> Mike indicated that landowners had become squirrelly in recent days and the

> advent of this announcement would result in his inability to gain access to

> private property for continued hunting.  Mike wondered aloud why Heritage felt

> they had to make this announcement months prior to a sale in which these

> consignments would appear.

> 

> Mike was not the only one with such concerns.

> 

> For the record,  I was also exasperated by the decision to announce this

> offering at this time and I strenuously objected to the same.  It was too

> early and could undermine a bigger story in closer proximity to the sale where

> it would certainly have greater impact.  It appeared the publicist's primary

> objective was not what was best for the sale of the meteorites but rather how

> to maximize a corporate branding opportunity. My objections did not fall

> entirely on deaf ears. I convinced David Herskowitz of Heritage to hold-off

> until next week when I could at least provide a picture of the larger

> specimen.

> 

> Late yesterday afternoon David reported that his publicist said the story

> could not be contained and was now on the AP wire.

> 

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