From: Norm Lehrman<nlehr...@nvbell.net>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged button prices (Was:
Spectacular Tektite on eBay)
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, bernd.pa...@paulinet.de
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 11:02 AM
Sorry, I was typing in the dark and
hit a button that sent the message before I was done.
The one on Ebay is significantly over-priced. For
$1800, I think I can still source a flawless specimen.
With the rim chips, I would not pay $1000, but times are
certainly changing. They haven't made any more of
these for a very long time and the supply is getting very
lean.
I think I told the story on our website, but I traded my
youngest daughter's hand in marriage for one fine flanged
button. We were living in West Aus and spent lots of
time out searching. On the fateful day, Derek (our
great current son in law) came out with us, his first
tektite hunt. Cookie and I had over 1000 finds each to
our credit (australites that is, not a single fully flanged
button) and had a pretty good eye. We know how to tell
them from kangaroo droppings (bite them!).
We were walking a dry stream channel southeast of
Kalgoorlie and finding nothing. My daughter is
American Indian, and I had been kidding Derek that if he
wanted to marry her he was going to have to come up with a
fine bunch of horses and blankets for the father of the
bride. It was hot and dry and swarming with flies and
kangaroo droppings were about as exciting as it got.
Then Derek shouted "hey norm, about those horses and sheep
and stuff---would this do???" He was holding up a
perfect, flawless flanged button. I accepted on the
spot. He has my daughter and a fine family, I have a
fine flanged Australite and some great grandkids.
What's more, we're both happy with the deal.
People sometimes ask what my daughter thinks of being sold
for a flanged button, and I assure them that she understands
their rarity and is honored to command such a premium!
Three years has passed since we moved to Africa and
suspended the Tektite Source. Cookie has now moved
back to the USA and is getting the inventory unpacked; I'm
still wandering Africa at least until the end of the
calendar year. But within a few months we should have
things up and running again. Thanks for waiting.
We have a long list of clients to contact when she finds
everything. If you have items of interest from the
website, let us know and we'll get to you when we can---
I need to visit our own website, but unfortunately I think
we are completely out of good flanged buttons (that are for
sale--there's for sure on that isn't!)
Cheers,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com
--- On Mon, 8/9/10, bernd.pa...@paulinet.de
<bernd.pa...@paulinet.de>
wrote:
From: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de
<bernd.pa...@paulinet.de>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell on flanged
button prices (Was: Spectacular Tektite on eBay)
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 9:05 AM
Hello Brian and List,
Brian wrote: "On this beautiful tektite, I stand
corrected."
On December 3rd, 2000, I asked our late Darryl Futrell
(+
Aug 13, 2001) what
a reasonable price for a perfect Australian button
would be
and the next day he
responded like this:
"A perfect flanged button goes for about $2000 or
more.
Maybe a sandblasted one might turn up for $1000 or
so."
Best wishes from someone
who wishes he had one too
Bernd
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