I have a question about the exceedingly rare meteorites in question. Why does Bonhams devalue these meteorites by stripping them of their provenance and chain of ownership history? Why are they being sold without the supporting information of where they originated from? It does not seem to be in the best interest of the buyer....
Best Regards, John Higgins IMCA#9822 www.fusioncrust.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Darryl Pitt <dar...@dof3.com> To: Shawn Alan <photoph...@yahoo.com> Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, April 13, 2011 6:46:32 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bonhams Auction Zagami LOT in question and others May 17th 2011 NYC. 100% not Zagami. Images and Descriptions became shuffled. On Apr 13, 2011, at 3:12 AM, Shawn Alan wrote: > Hello Listers > > In NYC on May 17th 2011 Bohams is having a Natural History auction and there >are some nice meteorites up for auction. However, I was viewing the LOTS and I >noticed that a 5.6g Zagami slice does not look like a Zagami from what I have >seen and what I have owned. Here is a link to that lot > http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3168/ take a look and see if you >agree with me or not. Also, I noticed other LOTS where the images do not match >up with what they are auctioning off. > > Nakhla > http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3172/ > > Here is a Nakhla image from the Smithsonian > http://nhb-acsmith1.si.edu/emuwebmsweb/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=1001071 > > Dar alGani 400 > > http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3177/ > > The matrix is darker then what I have seen. From what I can tell, it should > be >a neutral gray and white clasts. > > Now I am not sure if I am correct or incorrect but I am wondering if they > have >mixed up the images of the LOTS or I am blind. But at any rate, take a look >and >see what I mean by some of the LOTS. > > > Shawn Alan > IMCA 1633 > eBaystore > http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html > > ______________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________ 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