Tucson Auction 2009.
Catalog
2009 - back at theLocation we were for about 4 years running:
1150 N. Beverly (Full directions are provided below)
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Auction: Sat. Feb. 7
Submissions & registration for bidders : 5 to 6 PM
Jerry Armstron Lecture: 6 PM
Twink Monrad's Famous Gold Basin Cake: 7 PM
Bidding Begins: 7:30 PM
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Tucson Licence # 1150483
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absentee bids to Michael Blood at: 619-204-4138
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(Registration and Submissions will be accepted up to 7:30 but
making time fore viewing is strongly advised)
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DOORPRIZES By "Rusty"Bill Mason: Meteorite Corrosion Protection Kits: 
Licensed by City of Tucson
Lot 1 ETw1
Moss
1.9g Partslice
No Minimum
Lot 2 ETw2
Udei Station
24.3g Partslice
No Minimum
Lot 3 ETw3
Gujba
17.7g Partslice
No Minimum
Lot 4 MG 1
Trinitite
100g Dealer's Lot
NO MINIMUM
Lot 5 WC1
Carbonado Diamond
1.67ct Whole Ind.
Black Diamonds are
popular in three forms:
- 1. Natural = Carbonado
- 2. Irradiation treated
- 3. Heat-treated under
high temperature
Carbonado Black
Diamonds are the only
naturally occuring black
diamond and, therefore,
the most valued. They
sell for $150 to $250/ct
& up among meteorite
dealers. In the diamond
market even the artificially
produced black diamonds
sell for over $250/ct & up.
NO MINIMUM
Lot 6 WC 2
1.69ct Carbonado
NO MINIMUM
Lot 7 WC 3
2.20ct Carbonado
NO MINIMUM
Lot 8 WC 4
2.80ct Carbonado
NO MINIMUM
Lot 9 WC 5
3.59ct Carbonado
NO MINIMUM
Lot 10 WC 6
4.71ct Carbonado
NO MINIMUM
Lot 11 WC 7
6.15ct Carbonado
NO MINIMUM
Lot 12 WC 8
7.15ct Carbonado
NO MINIMUM
Lot 13 WC 9
8.10ct Carbonado
NO MINIMUM
Lot 14 EJ1
BREHNAM (Pallasite)
2590g Full slice
40.5cm x 29 cm x 8mm
NO MINIMUM
Lot 15 EJ2
RICHFIELD (LL3.7)
676g full slice
34cm x 18cm x 5mm
NO MINIMUM
Lot 16 EJ3
GAO-GUENIE (H5)
13.9g ORIENTED
100% dark FC, lipping
NO MINIMUM
Lot 17 EJ4
VIGARANO (CV3.3R)
0.347g
10 x 10 x 1mm
NO MINIMUM
Lot 18 EJ5
JUANCHENG (H5)
2.62g ORIENTED
90% FC & lipping
NO MINIMUM
Lot 19 EJ6
HOLBROOK (L6)
1.62g 95+% dark FC
NO MINIMUM
Lot 20 AB 1
Bendego, Brazil
Coarse Octah.
26.90g Frag.
( 51 x 26 x 9 )
No Minimum $195 Val
Lot 21 AB 2
Broken Hill
Australia L6
32.300 Full Slice
( 68 x 55mm )
No Min $300 Val
Lot 22 AB 3
Buschhof Latvia L6
Fragments 0.713g
No Min $95 Val
Lot 23 AB 4
Chiang Khan H6
Thailand
.720g End Piece
16 x 7 x 4mm
No Min $175 Val
Lot 24 AB 5
Cook 001 (H5)
Aust 2.828g Frag
20 x 12 x 10mm
No Min $145 Val
Lot 25 AB 6
DAG 0999 (Ureilite-P)
Libya 25 x 13 x 6mm
3.025g End Piece
No Min $175Val
Lot 26 AB 7
Dawn (a) (H6)
11.60g Full Slice
TX
49 x 29mm
No Min $90 Val
Lot 27 AB 8
Dimmitt (H3.7)
26.142g Pt Slice
TX
58 x 30 x 11mm
No Min $125 Val
Lot 28 AB 9
Drake Creek L6
Tennessee
Partslice 1.620g
No Min $115 Val
Lot 29 AB 10
Etter Texas L5
27.600g Pt/ Slice
34 x 33 x 7mm
No Min $115 Val
Lot 30 AB 11
Gao-Guenie H5
2.40g Whole Stn
Oriented 17x15x7mm
No Min $45 Val
Lot 31 AB 12
Ghubar L5
TS Oman
No Min $65 Val
Lot 32 AB 13
Gibeon,Namibia Fn Oct
Whole Individual
46.24g No Min $95 Val
Lot 33 AB 14
Gobabeb,Namibia H4
Part slice 16.100g
No Min $150 Val
Lot 34 AB 15
Goose Lake, CA
Shale Frag 3.20g
No Min $225- Val
Lot 35 AB 16
Gretna Kansas L5
Part-slice 21.020g
No Min $110- Val
Lot 36 AB 17
Hamilton Aust L6
Slice 21.53g 52x44
No Min $200 Val
Lot 37 AB 18
Haxtun CO H/L4
Pt-slice 24.930g 83x35
No Min $250 Val
Lot 38 AB 19
Homestead IO L5
Frag 15.810g
No Min $275 Val
Lot 39 AB 20
Hope Creek Ak LL6
13.100g 49 x 25 x 3
No Min $195 Val
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Lot 40 AB 21
Jilin China H5 TS
No Min $65 Val
Lot 41 AB 22
Juancheng Ch H5
TS No Min$65 Val
Lot 42 AB 23
Kapoeta How
Slice 0.345g
No Min $150 Val
Lot 43 AB 24
Karon TX H5
Pt-slice 69.02g
60 X 66mm
No Min $475 Val
Lot 44 AB 25
La Criolla Argent L6
End-Piece 6.124g
38 X 15 X 7mm
No Min $125 Val
Lot 45 AB 26
Laguna Manantiales
Argentina iron
Pt slice 24.050g
39 x 28 x 3mm
No Min $195 Val
Lot 46 AB 27
Lance Fr CO3.4
2 pt slices .396g
12 x 5 x 3mm
No Min $75 Val
Lot 47 AB 28
LDG Egypt
Frag 74.200g
No Min $225 Val
Lot 48 AB 29
Majuba Nev H4
Pt slice 23.67g
72 x 40 x 4mm
No Min $95 Val
Lot 49 AB 30
Marlow Ok L5
Pt-slice 90.450g
63 x 52 x 9mm
No Min $270 Val
Lot 50 AB 31
NWA1827 Meso-C
Slice 16.000g
No Min $160 Val
Lot 51 AB 32
NWA 3230
Ureilite TS
No Min $175 Val
Lot 52 AB 33
NWA 4436 L4
No Min $95 Val
Lot 53 AB 34
Palo Verde Mine
AZ L6 Pt slice
15.7g 53 4x2mm
No Min $155 Val
Lot 54 AB 35
Renfrow OK L6
Ptslice 17.18g
34 X 31mm
No Min $110 Val
Lot 55 AB 36
Silverton TX H4
Pt-slice 35.0g
64 x 48mm
No Min $350 Val
Lot 56 AB 37
Somervell County
TX Pallasite TCU only
End piece (in plastic)
13.480g 32 x 25 x 8mm
No Min $200 Val
Lot 57AB 38
Tulia A TX H5
No Min $65 Val
Lot 58 AB 39
Willard A NM L6
End Piece 0.500g
No Min $95 Val
Lot 59 AB 40
Yilmia EL5-6
Frag 1.642g
18 x 12 x 4
No Min $125 Val
Lot 60 SB1 TAFASSASSET primitive achondrite 79.10g Endcut
olivine crytals visible with the unaided eye. Minimum Bid $790-
Lot 61 BV1
LA 002
1g End Piece
NO MIN
NO Photo
Lot 62 EO 1
NWA 4502 CV3
74.4 g Endcut
80 x 43 x 10mm
No Minimum
NO Photo
Lot 63 EO 2
Camel Donga EUC
15.83 g Whole St
100% FC No Min
Lot 64 CS 1
S-A
18g Heart shaped
Perfect for St. V's Day
No Minimum
3 Canyon Diablos:
with holes
20 g total
No Minimum
Lot 66 AzK 1
1942 ORIGINAL
w errors, including
upside down photos,
etc. No Minimum
Lot 67 AzK 2
1946 printing,
with 1947 signature
of Nininger on the
inside face sheet
No Minimum
Lot 68 GC 1
181g Basskinou
End P No Min
Lot 69 PS 1
98g Slice Miles
No Minimum
Lot 70 EH 1
DaG998 (COIII)
2.78g slice
50X25mm No Min
Lot 71 EH 2
NWA1665 (CK)
0.92g Slice
No Minimum
Lot 72 EH 2
NWA1665 (CK)
2.34g Slice
No Minimum
Lot 73 EH 3
Saratov L4
10.4g slice
No Minimum
Lot 74 EH 4
Toluca Octa
2,701g Ind
No Minimum
Lot 75 EH 5
Dho 007,
anomalous eucr
from larger
parent body
than Vesta
16.2g slice
50 X 60mm with
2 distinct lithologies
and 1 melt flow
No Min $600 Val
Lot 76 EH 6
DaG 647
56mg Ptslice,
13 X 6mm unique
eucrite (from a
bigger parent body
than Vesta)
No Minimum
Lot 77 EH 7
Friktionite-Koefelsite
Tyrolia, Austria
No Minimum
Lot 78 EH 8
Kilabo (LL6)
July 21,2002 Nigeria
26.44g Whole Stone
Very fresh 95% FC
No Minimum
Lot 79 FO 1
Ensisheim Woodblock
Watercolors from
meteorites
No Minimum
Lot 80 IMCA 1
Long Island, (L6)
Kan 33.7g End Cut
With Monnig
Collection label
No Minimum
Lot 81 IMCA 2
Tulia D (H6) TX
53.7g Full Slice
With Monnig
Collection label
No Minimum
Lot 82 IMCA 3
Round Top B (H4)
TX 68.6g Part Slice
With Monnig
Collection label
No Minimum
Lot 83 DP 1
Imilac
88.3g Full Slice
119 X 91 X 2mm
Min Bid: $1,000-
Lot 84 DP 2
NWA2737
(Chassignite) 1.029g
21 X 14 X 2mm
Min Bid: $1500
Lot 85 DP 3
Efremovka
2.311g
26 X 18 x 2mm
No Minimum
ABSENTEE BIDS will give you an excellent opportunity to
buy as though you were at the auction, even from Europe. You offer
your highest bid and are automatically "bid up" only with the live
bidding, so, you could getit well below your maximum.
Email absentee bids to Michael Blood 619 204-4138 (This # viable only
from Jan 29 through Feb 8.
CALL FOR ENTRIES:
(The rates below are for people who will be bringing their specimen(s)
to the auction between 5PM and 6PM).All minimum bids will be charged
1.5% of the minimum if no bid is placed.
--PHOTOS IN WITH DESCRIPTION--
Jan 1 to 15 at 20%
Jan 15 to Jan.28 at 22.5%
--- Fee for items introduced the day of the auction--
Brought to the auction BEFORE 7 PM = 25%
Brought to the auction after 7 PM = 30%
After the auction starts at 7:30 PM = 35% (if I can get it in at all)
The above rates are for items delivered to the auction between 5PM & 6PM Auctioneer
reserves the right to negotiate terms on specific entries.
ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE SUBJECT TO ACCEPTANCE which will be
Based on no reserve vs. size of any reserve, desirability, estimated value,
market demands, etc. This is solely the determination of the auctioneer
(me). Preferences will be given to past major entrants. Goal is for 100
Quality specimens to be listed in the catalog on line and any entries beyond
That will be accepted only by even higher standards and be limited almost
Entirely to no minimum offerings.
Lecture By Jerry Armstrong:
METEORITES: Where do they come from?
In dealing with the parent bodies of meteorites in the solar
system it is necessary to understand the various types of
objects along with their equally varying orbits, of not only
the small objects but even planets and moons as well.
This
discussion will try to answer some questions as to where
they might originate from and we will explore regions of
the solar system that just a few years ago seemed impossible
to study. We will also dwell into strange worlds recently
revealed by robotic spacecraft as well as large modern telescopes
and try to understand their relationship in meteorite production.
We will begin by literally taking the asteroid belt apart and
learn about families and move directly into the often quoted
dangerous bodies - the Earth Approach Objects. From there
we will move outward and explore objects that aren't so well
known, such as the Trojans, the Centaurs as well as Short Period
Comets. Next we will go to the very limits of the Solar System
and learn about TNO's, Damacloids, the Kuiper Belt and the
Ort Cloud. Finally we return to the inner solar system and will take
a look at the moons and planets themselves. All of these strange
new objects, and along with some old friends like our moon,
have a direct relationship to the meteorites in our collections,
museums and laboratories.
- SPEAKER INTRODUCTION -
Jerry Armstrong is a retired Inspector with over 30 years service in the Fire
Department. During his career as a firefighter, he had the luxury of enjoying
two days off every third day. This enabled him to pursue his lifelong interest in
astronomy and led to several discoveries of which the most notable were the
Supernova in M-51 on April 1, 1994 and Fragment B of Periodic Comet
Machholz 2 on Sep 17, 1994. Currently he is using a 14-inch Meade telescope
and is studying Earth Approach Objects using a large format CCD camera.
It was these objects that eventually sparked an interest in collecting
meteorites.
At present his meteorite collection numbers well over 350 different falls/finds.
7.5% Buyers' Premium
Non resale purchases subject to Tucson City & AZ State Taxes
LOCATION: VFW Post #4903 at 1150 N. Beverly (1 block north of
Speedway and 2 blocks west of Craycroft.
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DIRECTIONS:
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FROM INN SUITES:
1)- Turn L. Leaving Inn Suites onto Granada
2) Turn R. onto Speedway and go 5 miles - go a few blocks past Swan to N Beverly Ave.
3) Turn Left onto N. Beverly Ave. and go 1 block to the VFW parking lot.
4) If you get to Craycroft, YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR - go back 2 blocks!
If you get lost, you can call the Hall at: 520- 326-3436 or call me
at 619 204-4138 (This number is "good" only while I am in Tucson).
This VFW post has plenty of parking and a no host full bar. So, be prepared to see a LOT of specimens & meet lots of people face to face. EVERYONE is invited to attend, bid and/or sell.
The lecture at 6 by Jerry Armstrong will be well worth attending (FREE).
There will be micromounts, macromounts, small specimens, part slices, whole
slices, whole specimens, huge/multi-kilo specimens & RARE thin sections.
All are welcome to enter specimens, whether you are a dealer or modest collector wanting to sell (a) specimen(s) which is/are now upgraded in your collection.
When the list goes over 100, I will begin to pick and choose even more
closely among items offered as to which will be best to include in the auction.
PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO NO MINIMUM/NO RESERVE ITEMS
and to ITEMS OF HIGHEST QUALITY.
This promises to be a FUN time & everyone is invited to sell, buy or just
enjoy the festivities & to go to a late dinner afterwards. This is an
opportune time for many of us on the list who know one another only via
e-mails to meet face to face & get to spend some fun time together. (If
you buy some stuff at the show - bring it to the auction for Show & Tell
- one of the more fun aspects of collecting, in my book).
Most auctions now customarily charge buyers a 10% or 15% "buyers' premium"
which is added on to the winning bid price. Even for this auction, expenses have
increased to the point I must charge a minimal buyers premium of 7.5%. I have
kept this as low as possible to minimize the pinch felt by the buyers, yet allow me
to continue to hold this event in the face of a 300 to 400% increase in expenses in
the last few years.
There will be no fee for failure of items to meet the minimum or reserve
on items with a photo placed prior to November 15th.
I only require 3 things:
1) I ask that everyone just buying arrive between 6:00 & 7:00 to pre-register
to get a bid number & examine specimens that will be offered (& take advantage
to meet “old friends” you only know by e-mail address! and "have a cold one" if
you so choose - This year, even earlier is suggested as Jerry Armstrong's lecture
promises to be a great one (starting at 6 PM)
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2) Those also selling, please have material at the site between 4:30 PM and 6PM - the
earlier, the better. (Late arrivals will be accommodated, if possible, up to 7:30, but
THE EARLIER THE BETTER)The better the specimen and the earlier you arrive to
register, the more sure you can be of getting your pieces in the auction – and an
early arrival allows you to take a close look at the material available
3) The VFW has a full bar on site (as well as burgers, etc.) However, please drink
responsibly and have a designated driver.
ON LINE CATALOG TO PRINT coming soon.
I will be accepting absentee bids prior to the auction & starting now.
I will be accepting PayPal,
Visa/Mastercard payments for said absentee bids.
Çost for shipping will be added to your bid. Please email or call me at
619 286-4837 to place absentee bids. These are "bid
up" (to your maximum, if "action" requires) but often
result in purchases well below your maximum, as in eBay.
- At the auction, cash, personal checks and Visa/Mastercard,
(there will be a 5% processing fee for Cards). Any checks that
bounce will incur a 10% pain in the ass fee. Cash is preferred.
- There will be a uniformed guard to facilitate security .
If you are interested in being paid to help out with the
clerking of the auction,please contact me directly.
Everyone who has ever done it says it was fun and
I provide a cash thank you present.
It is my intention to retain the open atmosphere which has
characterizedmy auctions since the beginning, with a fun social
atmosphere which, I feel,provides a real service to the meteorite
community.
(If you would like to put an exceptional specimen on consignment, please contact me at mlblood@cox.net for a full description of terms and conditions)
While in Tucson ONLY (Jan 29 - Feb 8)
I will have a cell phone: (619) 204-4138
If you are interested in signing up for PayPal and getting $5 free, go to:
https://www.paypal.com/refer/pal=X9U7MWMBUBFVN
| Michael Blood 6106 Kerch St. San Diego, CA 92115-6628 USA |
Ph: (619) 286-4837
E-mail:mlblood@cox.net |
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Michael Blood at
619-204-4138
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