[meteorite-list] Collection succession planning

[Pat Brown]

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Hi Dave and the List=2C=20

Excellent article and very timely.=20

I would suggest one more item to add to Step #6:

Namely=2C cultivating a love for meteorites and tektites and related materi=
als in some of your children=2C grandchildren=2C nieces=2C nephews=2C etc.=
=20

Personally=2C I value keeping most of my collection in my family. Sure=2C t=
here are a few items that were specifically purchased as investments=2C but=
 I want the majority of my collection to fuel this passion in my descendant=
s/kin.=20

Towards that end=2C for Christmas each year=2C I prepare a special -additio=
nal- gift for each of my children (23 and 20 yrs old) and my nieces and nep=
hews (15 yrs to 3 yrs old) that is space rock related. I also include a gif=
t certificate to a bookstore to cultivate a love of books and life long lea=
rning.=20

One year I gave each of them a framed in-situ photo and customized topo map=
 printout with each child's name and a small Nevada meteorite that I recove=
red from the field. I used a two sided glass frame with the in-situ photo v=
isible from the front with the meteorite mounted below=3B the back of the f=
rame showed the topo map with the latitude and longitude coordinates and a =
title of "Fred's Meteorite". Nearly every one of these went to grammar scho=
ol 'show and tell'. At least one niece has a meteorite 'shrine' on top of h=
er dresser.

One year=2C I made up some lunar micros potted in epoxy in a hold punched t=
hrough a laminated business card glued down to a piece of sheet metal. This=
 allowed the kids to 'touch the moon'.=20

Another year the kids each got an SNC micro in a riker mount with a customi=
zed laminated collection card in each child's name.=20

There are 10 kids=2C nieces and nephews total in my clan=3B so if I get a 1=
0% yield=2C that cultivates one collector to pass on my collection to. If t=
he yield is>10%=2C then the collection can be logically divided.=20

Each family was given a copy of our own O. Richard Norton's _Rocks from Spa=
ce_=3B which I can highly praise as a great introduction to the subject for=
 scientifically literate children of all ages.=20

Are your young kin scientifically literate? It is literally never too early=
 to start! (pun intended)

Christmas is coming up=3B what am I going to do this year?......

Best Regards=2C=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Pat - scientific lifestyle

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> From: dave at fallingrocks.com

> To: lintonius at earthlink.net

> Date: Fri=2C 30 Oct 2009 20:56:48 -0400

> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning

>

> Linton & All=2C

>

> Thanks for reading the article=2C and I'm glad it may have inspired an id=

ea or

> two. Thanks to the few dozen who sent very nice off list notes about the

> article as well. I'd say all of our collections are humble at the end of

> the day=2C and that it's humbling for us to have them at all.

>

> It's not often that repeatedly hearing things like "your article really

> scared me" is a good thing=2C but it's great to see that some thinking ma=

y

> have been provoked. Simple stuff=2C but oh how often we let the simple st=

uff

> fall right through the cracks of time =3B-)

>

> All the best=2C

>

> Dave

> www.fallingrocks.com

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Linton Rohr [mailto:lintonius at earthlink.net]

> Sent: Thursday=2C October 29=2C 2009 4:28 PM

> To: dave at fallingrocks.com

> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning

>

> Dave=2C

> I enjoyed reading your article again=2C despite having read it in Met Mag

> already.

> I'm in the midst of updating the "recent" acquisitions and sales in my

> humble collection. I'm living on borrowed time already=2C as we all are

> really=2C so it is important to me that my wife is left with more than a =

pile

> of rocks to sort through. Your article gives me some ideas on how I can

> improve my system. And don't worry=2C I'll enjoy life while doing so. =3B=

^)

> Thank you.

> Linton

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Dave Gheesling"=20

> To: "'bill kies'"=20

> Cc:=20

> Sent: Thursday=2C October 29=2C 2009 4:21 AM

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning

>

>

>> Bill & All=2C

>>

>> A couple of notes have come in expressing trouble with the link=2C yours

>> being

>> the second=2C so go to www.fallingrocks.com=2C hit Links & Resources on =

the

>> home

>> page=2C then hit "Temporary Custodians" under the Media header.

>>

>> Interesting to see insight from you re: concern over negative things=2C =

but=2C

>> to keep this positive=2C perhaps you might spend two minutes giving it a

>> read

>> before posting said assumptions? I doubt the notion is one that might

>> drive

>> readers to a monastery or Zoloft. Pretty simple stuff=2C and a real sham=

e

>> when

>> such an easy thing to do is overlooked until it is too late.

>>

>> Dave

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: bill kies [mailto:parkforestmet at hotmail.com]

>> Sent: Thursday=2C October 29=2C 2009 1:07 AM

>> To: dave at fallingrocks.com

>> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

>> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning

>>

>>

>> Are we temporary custodians? That implies we owe the collective in a

>> Jungian

>> way. If you consider all the negative things that could happen to our

>> meteorites/belongings=2C you'll either become a monk or a nervous wreck.

>>

>> Everything should be recorded in case of an accident but life comes befo=

re

>> the provenance of any collection. Time is so short for us.

>>

>> This comment is based on an assumption of what your article was about as

>> the

>> link didn't work for me.

>>

>> Thanks=2C

>> Bill

>>

>>

>>> From: dave at fallingrocks.com

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

>>> Date: Wed=2C 28 Oct 2009 22:19:01 -0400

>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Collection succession planning

>>>

>>> Hi All=2C

>>>

>>> I recently wrote a brief article that Larry ran in the August 2009

>>> issue of Meteorite Magazine entitled "Temporary Custodians=2C" and the

>>> response has been a bit surprising. Somewhere around a couple dozen

>>> readers have taken the time to drop me an email saying things like

>>> "thanks for the heads-up article...[it] made for uneasy reading."

>>> Surely there are collectors on this list who do not yet subscribe to

>>> Meteorite Magazine (and everyone on this list really should!)=2C so=2C

>>> given the topic=2C I'm posting a transcript below.

>>>

>>> The content is by no means comprehensive=2C but I'd really encourage

>>> those of you with meteorite collections to give it a quick read. Most

>>> of us have been guilty at one time or another -- or at all times -- of

>>> leaving loose ends such as those described in the writing. Anyway=2C a

>>> web version of it can be found here:

>> http://www.fallingrocks.com/FRarticle-082009.htm.

>>>

>>> Larry=2C I hope you don't mind my posting it here=2C and thank you agai=

n

>>> for giving the topic coverage in Meteorite!

>>>

>>> All the best=2C

>>>

>>> Dave

>>>

>>> Dave Gheesling

>>> IMCA #5967

>>> www.fallingrocks.com

>>

>

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