Hello Listers Came across this article that talkes about rare and expensive meteorites, the IMCA, Denver and Tuscon show and Bonhams auction house.
Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBay Store http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? http://www.meteoritefalls.com/ You can pick up a tiny meteorite for $10 or so, or a large chunk for more than $1 million. Size and weight matter, as do aesthetics, but a better indicator of value is the source. Grape-size fragments from a famous 1947 iron meteorite shower in Russia called Sikhote-Alin are relatively common, but those originating from the moon are in greater demand. The former sell for $10 while a lunar specimen of the same weight is worth $5000. Meteorites from Mars are even more valuable on a cost-per-weight basis. A one-gram piece is worth about $1000 and their value is expected to rise, given the latest Mars rover landing. In October 2007, a $1 million meteorite was offered for sale through Bonhams New York. This controversial item was a fragment of the Willamette meteorite, the largest found in the US and the ninth-largest in the world. Discovered in 1902, the Willamette was donated to the American Museum of Natural History. It weighed more than 16 tonnes, or did until a considerable chunk was removed in the 1990s and sold to a private collector in New York. To read more click click on link below http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/out-of-this-world-20120828-24x3o.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
