No, buyers' premium was 20% and California sales tax (without a resale number) is 8%. ...So add 28% Jason
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 4:49 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OMG - should have bid. > Do these include the buyers premium? > Matt > Matt Morgan > Mile High Meteorites > http://www.mhmeteorites.com > P.O. Box 151293 > Lakewood, CO 80215 USA > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Jason Utas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 16:17:18 > To: Meteorite-list<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Bonhams Auction Results > > > Hello All, > I read through the legal print in the front of the catalog, and it > looks like it's ok to post the results publicly. > > 1086 - 315g Gibeon Sphere - $475 > 1087 - 140g Gibeon Egg - $190 > 1088 - 490g Gibeon Slice - $375 > 1089 - 321g Gibeon Slice - Pass > 1090 - 2 Gibeon Slices (281 + 262g) - $325 > 1091 - Gibeon Part-Slice $475 > 1092 - 552g Gibeon Slice - $400 > 1093 - 2.6kg Gibeon Cut Block - $1,700 > 1094 - 7,150g Gibeon Slice - $3.250 - Pass > 1095 - 1,361g Muonionalusta End - $500 > 1096 - 136g Chinga Slice - $120 > 1097 - 494g Seymchan Slice - $425 > 1098 - 121g Udei Station End - $200 (!) > 1099 - 276g New NWA Iron (silicated) slice - $600 > 1100 - "7lb" Sikhote Shrapnel - listed as "oriented" - $1,500 > 1101 - 1,304g Sikhote Individual - $2,900 (!) > 1102 - 8kg Corroded Sikhote (*no* remaining fusion crust) - $6,500 - Pass > 1103 - 334g Fukang Part-Slice (shattered crystals) - $3,750 > 1104 - 520g Esquel Part-Slice - $12,000 > 1105 - Pair of Campo Ends (206g and 430g, one silicated) - ~$400 - > Pass (Passed at $400 for 600g of Campo....right)\ > 1106 - 1,886g Campo Indiv (nice) - $300 > 1107 - 3,146g Canyon Diablo (fairly nondescript) - $1,300 > 1108 - 42.5lb Campo (good shape, no glypts - corroded) - missed price > 1109 - 1,220 lb butt-ugly Campo - $19,000 > 1110 - 127 lb Canyon Diablo - Special Note > This iron looks great in the auction photo. It's not. The back of it > was...ruined somehow. It looks like the owner sandblasted the back > down to a quasi-3D widmanstatten surface, and then coated it in some > sort of plastic/sealant that tinged it all (only the backside, but the > entire backside) a nasty light-green hue, and gave it a smooth, shiny, > plastic-ey look and feel. I don't know what the hell s/he did to it, > but we decided ahead of time that we didn't want it, no matter the > cost. > That said - $18,000 > 1111 - 385g Slice of NWA 1941 L6 (the "blue" one Michael Farmer's been > selling) - $950 (!) > 1112 - 34mm diameter NWA XXX Sphere (no weight given, listed as NWA > 869, but not NWA 869) - $350 > 1113 - 1,994g NWA XXX Sphere (4in diameter, again listed as NWA 869, > but a different meteorite) - $1,800 > 1114 - 2.0g Murchison frag, no crust - $400 (!) > 1115 - Arroyo Malo 75.1g - $500 (slightly less than $50/g) > 1116 - Arroyo Malo 202.5g - $850 (again, somewhat less than $50/g) > 1117 - Libyan Glass Pair (183g light + 77g dark) - missed the number, > at least $400 > 1118 - 1,451g Libyan Glass (numerous large chips) - $1,400 > 1119 - Collection of Six Lunar and Martian Meteorites - 0.05g to > 0.054g in weight - $1,800 (...I estimate its value, based on the > specimens, their weights, and current market prices, at no more than > $300) > 1120 - Set of Five Medals w/ Meteorites (Campo/869/482/2995/2986) - $275 > 1121 - 1.85g DaG 476 Slice - $950 > 1122 - 2.718g NWA 4880 Sherg. Indiv. (broken) - $4,500 (!) > 1123 - 5.85g of LA002 - $9,000 (!) > 1124 - 90.5g Shergottite Indiv - Special Note > This stone had a chip not pictured - just above and to the left of > what would be visible in the photographs posted in the auction.It was > a fresh chip - looked as though a curious nomad had knocked the corner > (unfortunately the leading edge) off of it. Go figure. My only > question regarding the stone was that the edge of the chip was painted > black. It was definitely some sort of paint; not only was it less > glossy and darker in colour than the rest of the stone, but...it > rubbed off. The only possible explanation we could come up with was > that it had been put on the stone so as to hide the edge of the chip > in the auction photograph. It is visible in the photograph just to > the left of the top of the stone as a thin edge of grey of a different > hue (slightly) than the rest of the stone, running about half-way down > that top-left side. It looks like a result of the lighting in the > photo, but it's definitely not that... > Very odd. - $30,000 - Pass > 1125 - 1.3308g Dhofar 1428 Slice (Feldspathic IMB) - $1,600 > 1126 - 1.0064g DaG 400 Part-Slice (Anorthositic Breccia) - $1,400 > > So...nothing -too- surprising. The low end was the Udei, at $1.67/g, > and the high-end, well - a good few things. The bidders who went over > market tended not to be meteorite enthusiasts; I heard a phone-bidder > assuring her client that the $950 purchase of the $385g slice of NWA > 1941 (L6) was a "very good deal." Granted, it was a nice slice, but > if you take the 20% commission and 8% tax into account for it (and all > other items), well...that Sikhote was nothing special, and it cost the > buyer close to $4/g... > > It looked like the buyers generally went with what looked flashier or > more interesting. The Murchison was listed as a piece of a comet, and > the NWA 1941 was listed as the "Blue Galaxy Meteorite" - something > like that. The better the listing made things sound, the more they > fetched. Something like Udei, which looked particularly bad in their > case, which, in all fairness, didn't have adequate lighting for such a > specimen, attracted little-to-no attention from...anyone. > > Regards, > Jason > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
