Hi Matt, Ash Creek for $20/gram? I'll start saving my nickels now and in a few weeks, I'll take a 2-gram piece for $40. :)
Best regards, MikeG On 7/1/10, m...@mhmeteorites.com <m...@mhmeteorites.com> wrote: > I don't see any difference between WI and Ash Creek. Ash Creek was over > 100/g right after the fall, and can now be had for 20/g. The laws of > economics never change. > Matt > ------------------------ > Matt Morgan > Mile High Meteorites > http://www.mhmeteorites.com > P.O. Box 151293 > Lakewood, CO 80215 > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritem...@gmail.com> > Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:25:34 > To: Shawn Alan<photoph...@yahoo.com> > Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Trends with WI Fall and alike for July > > Hi Shawn and List, > > Perhaps I am off-base here, but I think we are witnessing (in part) a > dynamic of collecting meteorites. > > New collectors are steadily entering this field/hobby and those who > stay will mature and learn. Their knowledge of meteoritics, > collecting, and the market will increase with their experience. What > we saw with Ash Creek is different than what we are seeing now with > Wisconsin because the greater collector market is maturing. Perhaps > now we are in-between the influx crowds of newbies and the majority of > current collectors are becoming more savvy in their purchases. One of > the first lessons about falls that newbies learn is patience. It's > the same with most things - the first person on the block to have a > thing, pays much more for that thing. So the rest of the people sit > back and wait for the price to come down - which it usually does. > Those who wanted to be the first on the block to own Wisconsin now > have it, and now the rest of us are waiting to get a better price. > The new and inexperienced will rush out to pay top dollar for a common > chondrite because it is exciting to them, regardless of the petrologic > type or circumstances of the fall. Perhaps the "Class of Ash Creek" > has graduated and now we are seeing the benefits of patience, rational > assessment, and experience. > > Of course, this could change in a moment when the second season of > Meteorite Men starts and a new flock of eager beginners discovers > meteorites. Or when the next brilliant fireball goes viral on > YouTube. > > I still don't own a sizeable specimen of Ash Creek, Whetstone > Mountains, Daule, or Wisconsin and I won't until the right price comes > along. Those falls just don't fit into my collecting scheme - because > they are ordinary chondrites that fell under ordinary circumstances > (for the most part). Despite the marketing hype, there is little > special about any of them beyond the significance the buyer attaches > to them. Do any of the above have the makings of a truly "historical" > fall - maybe, maybe not. Are they rare types? No. I'm not trying to > downplay any of these falls, but I think few would argue that these > falls were well worth the prices they were introduced at. > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > On 7/1/10, Shawn Alan <photoph...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hello Listers, >> >> I have noticed with the Livingston WI meteorite Fall in April that the >> prices were at a good high, well over $100 a gram for the first month >> being >> sold on eBay and alike. And then a rush happened over night with a few >> sellers on eBay and the meteorite market and it was mayhem. However, in >> the >> past few weeks I have noticed prices dropping low, and I mean low. >> Tonight >> on eBay a WI slice weighing at 3.8 sold at $78 and another slice at 9.66g >> sold at $285. >> >> With other recent falls they tend to stay high for the first year from >> what >> I have seen with sales and research, but with the WI fall this isn't the >> case. I am left to wondering why is it with this fall that it had a great >> led in sales in the first month and dropped so low in less then 2 months, >> not to mention the lack of WI meteorites found in the field? Is it that >> majority of the WI fall meteorites are being sold at a recorded high >> weight, >> dealers selling the big boys all at once? >> >> I see that this coming month that sales with historic falls will keep >> going >> up and the exchange of rare and special meteorite falls will be revisited >> for the fact of the rich history they command in the market and with >> collectors alike. Also not to mention, the new NWAs that keep popping up >> will bring a new twist to the collecting world. All I can say is history >> repeats its self and history can out weigh anything through and through >> again while trends come and go. Hold on and lets see what July brings for >> the hot summer month to cool our needs for meteorites. >> >> Shawn Alan >> IMCA 1633 >> eBaystore >> http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites > http://www.galactic-stone.com > http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ 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