Michael: I agree as I personally know someone who works there, and each time I return to the DC area I visit and get to see the specimens there; last year I saw and held Lorton. It should be on display for everyone to see, as it is one of the very rare falls in the vicinity of DC. And note: the landlord did decide to drop the case. Greg S
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 16, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Michael Farmer <m...@meteoriteguy.com> wrote: > My god Greg, are you trying hard to burn whatever bridges you have left? I > happen to know the people at the Smithsonian pretty well, several trips there > over the last 10 years to view the collection and do exchanges with the > museum, our NATIONAL COLLECTION of meteorites. I hardly think the Smithsonian > had anything to do with a "smear campaign", in fact, I think they handled the > odd situation perfectly, they put the stone in safe storage and waited till > the legal issues were settled. There was no smear campaign, merely one side > presenting it's case and the other theirs. > One side lost. > Greg, I have been accused of lacking tact at times:), but this is bad. I > would suggest an apology to the scientists at the Smithsonian is in order. > Please do it, as a dealer and representative of the collecting private > community, this is an insult to a fine institution and those who work to > unlock the secrets of meteorites, and it is an abolute lie! I saw all the > press releases and the Smithsonian NEVER inserted themselves into the > argument once it began. > I am very happy the Lorton meteorite ended up where it should have, in a > museum for millions of people to see every year. > Michael Farmer >> >>> For the record... >>> >>> The landowners dropped the case because it was a PR >> nightmare for them because the Doctors and the Smithsonian >> pulled bogus and shameful tactics using the media and the >> Haitian Earthquake Crisis against the landowners and merely >> appealed to the public's emotion on the issue simply making >> them out to be the bad guys in the media if they continued >> to fight it. "Oh what bad people these greedy landowners >> must be to try to take away the meteorite from the public, >> and the money from those in need in Haiti." Oh my... >>> >>> They didn't drop the case because "the doctors were >> right". They dropped it because of the negative press and >> smear campaign played out in the media by the Doctors and >> the Smithsonian. Simple as that. >>> >>> This "Case" was never decided on legally in a court. >> Therefore the issue is still open and *unresolved* with >> regard to the legal ownership of meteorites falling on >> private property. >>> >>> Period. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/15/2011 7:41 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: >>>> You find it , it's yours!: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/william--mary-law-school-students-learn-about-property-law,-with-an-asteroid-twist-123.php >> >>>> >>>> >>>> Phil Whitmer >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > ______________________________________________ > 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
