Hello Listers I am going to go to Christys on Monday and see if I am able to view the meteorites up for auction. If so Ill take photos of them and make a list.
S Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sculptures from outer space > From: Michael Farmer <m...@meteoriteguy.com> > Date: Fri, November 07, 2014 9:13 pm > To: Shawn Alan <shawna...@meteoritefalls.com> > Cc: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > > > How does one see everything? > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Nov 7, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list > > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > > > Hello Listers > > > > If you have some deep pockets check out some rare meteorites being sold > > next > > week starting on the 11 at Christy's auction house. > > > > Enjoy > > > > > > "Rare, fascinating and beautiful, the meteorites in our upcoming online > > sale are coveted by science and art collectors alike > > > > Meteorites, the solid pieces of debris that fall to earth from comets or > > asteroids, can be over four billion years old. Yet only recently have > > they become hot property at auction. Scarce supply and increasing demand > > for aesthetic iron meteorites have generated a sharp rise in the market > > for sculptures from outer space. Christie’s is marking their > > popularity with a unique auction Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and Other > > Rare Meteorites aimed at both the new buyer and the sophisticated > > collector, and spanning a wide spectrum of substance, size and > > continent. ‘These pieces have transcended their appeal from dedicated > > meteorite followers to the wider art market,’ says James Hyslop, Head > > of Science and Natural History at Christie’s. Here is our pick of > > five of the most beautiful and fascinating of the 30 collectibles being > > sold online at Christie’s between 11 and 25 November." > > > > http://www.christies.com/features/meteorites-5165-1.aspx > > > > > > Shawn Alan > > IMCA 1633 > > ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html > > Website http://meteoritefalls.com > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list