Like a lot of collectors, I paid way too much for it several years after the
fall when meteorite collecting was at it peek around 2003. I learned
shortly afterwards not to buy into the hype that centers around new falls
like Park Forest.
Adam
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Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From
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Hi Adam,
I purchased Claxton shortly after it fell. I paid much less than $140 per
gram. When did you buy it?
Thanks,
Peter
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Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones
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That last piece of Claxton I sold only went for $140.00 a gram at a
heavily
advertised, non-eBay auction according to my accurate books. Peekskill is
not moving off of shelves all that quickly these days having seen the same
pieces listed on the same websites for over a decade.
Like most dealers, I do not want material sitting unsold and stuck in
inventory for decades so I am willing to sell at a lose if I paid too much
in the first place.
Adam
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Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village:
Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones
From
Space Rain Down
HI,
With great respect, Adam, your references to Claxton and Peekskill do not
comport with what I've read -- as well was what I've experienced -- and I
don't think I'm going out on a limb here by suggesting I'm not alone here.
All the best / Darryl
On Nov 16, 2015, at 3:39 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
I moved away from collecting new falls when I paid over $600.00 a gram
for Claxton and could only realize less than $140.00 a gram a few
years later when broken down into smaller pieces. Peekskill can be had
for a fraction
of the price it once sold for. The asking is price is way too high on
this new Howardite when the famous Kopoeta Howardite with much more
history and much less total weight only fetches around $100.00 a gram
at auction.
Then there are a few other issues like greedy con artists substituting
fresh NWA material for witnessed falls or a serious decline in
collectors disposable income since 2008 that puts downward price
pressure on all collectables.
A collectable of any sort has to be extremely desirable and very
different to survive as an investment in this very slowly recovering
economy.
Adam
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