So many sell material that is self paired its not funny. It comes down to WHO is selling it in my opinion as to how much fuss is raised. How many of the NWA martians are out there with solid documentation as to actual scientific pairing? about 20% maybe, if that much? In my opinion an NWA xxxx martian is just as valuable as NWA pick your number. I have never purchased a meteorite with actual testing information, so by the opinion of some, its not official as not documentation came with it.
I think more dealers need to get the people testing to provide them with actual paperwork to go with the material. For putting out 20% they should provide more. Even if its only from type sample testing, more documentation is better then an ID card on BC paper. Greg C. --- On Tue, 1/19/10, Greg Stanley <stanleygr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Greg Stanley <stanleygr...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Impact on Value Being Unclassified > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 12:06 PM > > List: > > This brings up a question: If a meteorite in unclassified, > how does it affect the value? I would think considerably, as > most collectors desire documentation for their pieces, as > any collector does. However, others may not care if they > can get (a martian or lunar) for less money; but with higher > risk. I would think that most dealers would want to get > everything classified, as they could get more money. I can > certainly understand that the nomads want to keep their > locations secret, but the dealer should still get the finds > classified, and find out if certain pieces were found > together. I think over time, the unclassified stones will > lose value, while the classified stones will increase in > value. I think it's a shame that so many stones get > unclassified, it's like have old paintings or works of are > unsigned. > > Just my Thoughts, > > Greg S. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM > protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/ > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
