1 AH 1
Claxton L6,
GeorgiaDecember 10 th , 1984 - Hit A Mailbox!
.992g Rim Crusted Part Slice (21mm X 20mm X 2mm)
No Minimum
2 AH 2
Dhofar 908 Lunar Meteorite - Rosetta -
1.242g Full Slice (24mm X 16mm X 2mm)
No Minaimum - (est: $2.5K min)
3 AH 3
NWA 2999 Angrite
Famous Paper "The Case For Samples From Mercury"
3.216g FC End Piece (18mm X 15mm X 7mm)
No Minimum
4 AH 4
NWA 4473 Polymict Diogenite
13g Full Slice(70mm X 13mm X ~2.5mm)
No Minimum
5 AH 5
NWA 4880 (Shergottite)
.540g 70% F Crusted Whole Stone (11mm X 9mm X 5mm)
No Minimum
6 AH 6
NWA 4880 (Shergottite)
32.3g 92% FC Oriented Main Mass (35mm X 32mm X 32mm)
Minimum Bid: $12,900.00 (Less Than $400/g)
7 AH 7
Oued el Hadjar (LL6)
Fall March 1986 - "The Wedding Stone"
6.322 g (41mm X 30m X 3mm)
The stone was broken into many pieces, then
sacrificed on an alter during a wedding ceremony.
No Minimum
8 AH 8
NWA 5000, Unique Leucogabbroic Breccia - Lunar Highlands
7.5 g (23mm X 23mm X 5mm)
G3, I0, M3, R1, SF2, WF0
Part Slice, Polished On All Cut Surfaces - One Crusted Surface
Worth well over $14,000
No Minimum
9 EJ 1
PEEKSKILL (H6)
84.9g Slice @ (70 X 70 X 6mm) FC edge
NO MINIMUM
10 EJ 2
BRAHIN (Pal)
Found 1810 Minsk, URSS
201.7g Slice 137x 73x 7mm
NO MINIMUM
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
11 EJ 3
VACA MUERTA (Meso)
Found 1861 Taltal, Atacama, Chile
6.762g Frag
NO MINIMUM
12 EJ 4
VIGARANO (CV3)
FALL January 22, 1910 Ferrara, Italy
0.271g Frag
NO MINIMUM
13 EJ 5
ZAGAMI (Sher)
0.365g Partslice 8x 6x 4mm
NO MINIMUM
14 EJ 6
GAO-GUENIE (H5)
FALL March 5,1960 Upper Volta
210.5g Individual 70% Fusion Crust
NO MINIMUM
15 EJ 7
GAO-GUENIE ORIENTED (H5) FALL March 5,1960 Upper Volta
7.383g Individual ORIENTED 100% FC
NO MINIMUM
16 EJ 8
SIKHOTE-ALIN ORIENTED (IIB)
FALL February 12.1947 URSS
66.1g Individual ORIENTED 55x30x26mm
Weight: 66.1g
Note: 2 photos sent of this specimen
NO MINIMUM
17 EJ 9
NORTON COUNTY (Aubrite)
FALL February 18.1948 Kansas, U.S.A.
10 gram Bag of fragments to 7mm
photo is of one of the bags included
some fragments have FC
No Minimum
18 EJ 10
GIBEON Iron IVA
Find before 1836 Great Nama Land, Namibia
604.2g (78 x 50 x 40mm) Ind.
NO MINIMUM
19 EJ 11
SAHARA 99153
Oriented Chondrite
430.5g 100% FC Whole Stone (77 x 70 x 45mm)
NO MINIMUM
20 EJ 12
SAHARA 99619
Chondrite (Impact Melt Breccia)
46.1g (72 x 55 x 5mm)
NO MINIMUM
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
21 EJ 13
GAO-GUENIE (H5)
91g Slice (82 x 83 x 5mm)
NO MINIMUM
22 EJ 14
GOLD BASIN (L4)
Mohave Co, Arizona, U.S.A.
173.7g Whole Stone (75 x 68 x 35mm)
NO MINIMUM
23 EJ 15
ZAG (H3-5)
FALL 1998, August 4 or 5 Morocco
6.762g Frag mostly FC on one side
NO MINIMUM
24 EJ 16
GARABATO (H5)
Find 1995 Santa Fe province, Argentina
8.7g (40 x 22 x 8mm)
NO MINIMUM
25 RJ 1
Abee
11.48g
No Minimum
26 JS 1
Campo Coin
No Minimum
27 JS 2
NWA 869 Coin
No Minimum
28 JS 3
NWA 482 Lunar Coin
No Minimum
29 JS 4
NWA 2986 Mars Coin
No Minimum
30 JS 5
NWA 2995 Lunar Coin
No Minimum
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
31 ETw 1
22.3g Udei Station
No Minimum
32 ETw 2
9.7g Gujba
No Minimum
33 ETw 3
1.9g Moss
No Minimum
34 BV 1
LA 002 (shergottite)
F-Crusted edges, melt pockets, & Stellate xtals
5.2g slice (35mm X 22mm X 2mm)
Minimum Bid: $5K
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
35 AC 1
Tafassasset, Niger, Chondrite CR or Brachinite, with F C edge
22.1g (25 x 20 x 8mm)
No Minimum
36 AC 2
NWA 047 (Eucrite monomycte)
4.8g slice (28 X 20mm)
No Minimum
37 AC 3
Mount Tazezait, (L5)
fall 21 august 1991 Niger
13.2g (35 x 30mm)
No Minimum
38 AC4
Abu Moharek, Egypte, (H4)
33.4g (35 x 37 x 8 mm)
No Minimum
39 AC 5
Libyan Desert Glass
with brown inclusion "schlieren", very nice shape,
33g (45 x 30 x 30mm)
No Minimum
40 AC 6
Ensisheim (LL6)
trace of the chain that keep this meteorite in the
church during 3 centuries, very rare, exceptional
1.3g (17 x 10 x 2 mm
No Minimum
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
41 CE 1
3.15g Carancas
No Minimum
42 CE 2
5.4g Carancas
No Minimum
43 CE 3
20.3g Carancas Fragment with zebra slickenslides
(Seen on Jan 5 th "Meteorite Picture of the Day")
No Minimum
44 CE 4
32g Carancas Fragment
No Minimum
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45 AK 1
Fukang pallasite slice 8.5 x 9, 880 grams,
Minimum Bid: $6,000
46 AK 2
Quijingue pallasite slice, Bahia, Brazil,
found 1984, one 59 kg. mass
1089 grams (12" x 8.5") slice with stand
Minimum Bid: $6,000
47 AK 3
Fukang pallasite cube with natural edge
2099 grams, (4.25" x 3.25" x 2.15")
Minimum Bid: $8,000
48 AK 4
Fukang pallasite cube
1,206g ( 4.25" x 2" x 1.75")
Minimum Bid: $5,000
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
49 FC 1
Kainsaz CO3.1 Carbonaceous chondrite
Fell 9-13-1937, Tartar Republic, Russia
3.7 g. part slice No Minimum
50 FC2
Kimble County H6 Chondrite
Found 1918, Kimble County, Texas
4.76 g. part slice, large
troilite inclusion
No Minimum
51 FC3
Bishopville (Aubrite )
Fell 3-25-1843, Lee County, South Carolina
0.75 g. fragment
No Minimum
52 FC 4
NWA 482 Lunar Anorthosite Impact Melt Breccia
Found 2001, Northwest Africa
0.421g. crusted part slice
No Minimum
53 FC 5
Nakhla ( Nakhlite)
Fell 6-28-1911, Alexandria, Egypt
0.3 g. sm frags & dust (Ex-King Collection)
No Minimum
54 FC 6
Del Rio Rare IIF Iron
Found 1965, Val Verde County, Texas
1.09 g. cut fragment (x-King Collection)
No Minimum
55 FC 7
Salar de Imilac (H5 Chondrite)
Found June 2000, Atacama Desert, Chile
12.78 g. slice TKW 1,005g
No Minimum
56 FC 8
Lamont, (Meso)
Found 1965, Greenwood County, Kansas
3.0 g. part slice
No Minimum
57 FC 9
Campo del Cielo IA Iron
Found 1576, Chaco Province, Argentina
35g slice of silicate nodule
No Minimum
58 FC 10
Wabar (IIIAB) Iron
Fell 1863, Rub'al Khali, Saudi Arabia
11.0 g. etched part slice
No Minimum
59 FC 11
Juvinas (EUC)
Fell June 15, 1821, Ardeche, France
1.5g frags & dust, King Collection
(2 largest frags. weigh 0.36g. & 0.27g)
No Minimum
60 FC 12
NWA 104 (L6)
Found 2000, Morocco
375g end slice (3.5"X 5")
No Minimum
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
61 AG 1
Boguslavka IIAB HEX
Fall Russia Oct. 18, 1916
23.4g (67 X 27 X 2 mm)
Plenty of Neumann-lines & recrystallised rim
No Minimum
62 AG 2
Wolsey ( IAB Og)
Found Beadle Co. SD USA1980
30.7g (54 X 43 X 2 mm)
Many Cohenite inclusions
No Minimum
63 AG 3
Santa Clara (IVB ATAX)
Found Mexico 1976
Thin slice with Schlierenband
14.4g (45 X 29 X 1.5 mm)
No Minimum
64 AG 4
Wiluna (H5)
Fall Australia 1976 Sept.2
8.65g (22 X 15 X 15mm)
Individual with copy of export permit
No Minimum
65 AB 1
Patos de Minas (Octahedrite)
(formerly Santa Fe) Brazil
Strangest looking iron!
33.72g Partslice
No Minimum
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
66 AB2
Laguna Manantiales:
Rarely seen iron from Argentina.
Beautiful pattern, 25.0g
No Minimum
67 AB 3
Portales Valley Thin-Section:
Highest quality thin-section.
From David New No Minimum
68 AB 4
Estherville Thin-Section:
Highest quality thin-section.
From David New No Minimum
69 MF 1
Puerto Lapice
Fell May 10, 2007 La Mancha, Spain
0.1664g fragment with FC
TKW only ~500g
No Minimum
70 MF 2
Cali Fell July 6, 2007 Cali Colombia
0.2178 gram partslice with FC.
From Cali #009 stone, fell on a house,
landed on a bed. Includes a piece of the rooftop.
used in classification by the Smithsonian
No Minimum
71 MF 3
De Hoek Found 1960 South Africa
VERY RARE
16.906g partslice
No Minimum
72 MF 4
Holbrook
Fell July 19, 1912
1.1372g Whole Stone
No Minimum
73 MF 5
Park Forest Fell March 26, 2003
1.52g partslice from Winslow St house.
Includes a piece from the hole
No Minimum
74 MF 6
Gao impact-melt full slice
Fall March 5, 1960 Burkina Faso
13.382g full slice
No Minimum
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
75 MF 7
Plainview
Found 1917, Texas
8.149g partslice
No Minimum
76 MF 8
Rupota
Fell Feb. 7, 1949 Mtwara, Tanzania
6.586g partslice w/ FC edge
No Minimum
77 MF 9
Brand new Dhofar meteorite find
Jan 6, 2008 OMAN, by Michael Farmer
68g whole stone, field bag & photos
No Minimum
78 MF 10
Toluca
Found 1776 Xixipilco, Mexico
32.12g slice
No Minimum
79 MF 11
Toluca
Found 1776 Xixipilco, Mexico
6,535g individual
No Minimum
80 MF 12
NWA 2910 (Eucrite, impact-melt)
Found 2005, Morocco (bought as lunar)
8.88g endcut/MAIN MASS (Valued well over $1K)
No Minimum
81 MF 13
Thumrayt 001 (PAL)
Found in Oman by Michael Farmer
November, 2006 TKW 2.4Kg Only Oman PAL
2.209g individual with olivine crystal
No Minimum
82 MF 14
NWA 4024 (Winonaite)
Found in Morocco 2005
2.636g complete etched slice
No Minimum
83 MF 15
Nuevo Mercurio (H5)
Fell in Mexico, 1978
33.129g endcut
No Minimum
84 MF 16
NWA 2924 (MESO)
Found in Morocco, 2005
Etched metal nodule.
8.1g endcut
No Minimum
85 MF 17
Dhofar 007 (Eucrite)
Found in Morocco, 1999
6.539g partslice
No Minimum
(Click on any photo to see a greatly enlarged image)
86 MK 1
Dar al Gani 400 (LUNAR)
Found in Libya, 1998
4.77g partslice
$2000 Minimum Bid
87 MK 2
Staunton (IIIE)
Found 1869 Augusta County, Virginia
3.77g partslice
No Minimum
88 MK 3
Orgueil (C2)
Fell May 14, 1864 Montauban, France
0.05g frag
No Minimum
89 MK 4
Cumberland Falls (AUB)
Fell April 9, 1919 Whitley County, Kentucky
1.18g frag
No Minimum
90 MK 5
Dar al Gani 400 (LUNAR)
Found in Libya, 1998
0.37g partslice
No Minimum
91 MK 6
Barwell (L6)
Fell Dec. 24th, 1965 Leicestershire, UK
1.94g endpiece
No Minimum
92 MK 7
Atoka (L6)
Fell Sep 17th, 1945
Atoka County, Oklahoma
0.43g partslice
VERY RARE, only 1.3K TKW
No Minimum
93 MK 8
Brahin (PAL)
Found 1810 Belarus
43.3g partslice cut on wiresaw (thin)
No Minimum
94 SA 1
This is a beautiful slice of the "L.A. Times Brenham."
It came from the specimen featured (and pictured) in
the front page story of the October 27, 2007 issue of the
Los Angeles Times. Found by Steve Arnold, includes a
copy of the LA Times Paper. Exceptional green crystals
480g ( 149 X 100 X 10mm) No Minimum
95 SA 2 Large Brenham Siderite CANCELED
96 GN 1
The Oscar E. Monnig Collection Catalog #1
By Dr. Arthur J. Ehlmann
8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches
194 pages, 32 color plates
60 pages of rare historic documents and photos from the Monnig archive
Numerous never-before-seen photos throughout
Original essays by Dr. Ehlmann and Geoffrey Notkin
Only 1,000 copies have been printed. Of those there is a strictly
limited edition 100 deluxe copies signed and numbered by Dr. Ehlmann,
also with an exclusive photo of Oscar Monnig. This lot is the actual #1 of 100.
Included with this lot is an uncut cover flat signed by designer and
photographer Geoffrey Notkin. The cover flat (front cover + back cover
+ spine) is 23 x 14 1/2 inches with printers' color bars, exactly as
it came off the press and is a frameable work of art. There are only
FOUR of these cover flats in existence. No minimum
NOTE: Click HERE for printer friendly copy of this catalog
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ABSENTEE BIDS: One of the following are required to place an
absentee bid: Visa or Mastercard number and expiration date on file OR a pledge
to make immediate payment from a PayPal account with a current ballance sufficient
to cover all bids you wish to place. (Due to payment to sellers, mailed payment will
NOT be accepted). Fee for absentee bids is 7.5% standard buyer's premium, + an additional 7.5% for
processing credit card or processing PayPal total (only if you win the bid, and handeling.
+ actual cost of Postage and insurance Your maximum bid will NOT be placed, but rather bid up one increment at a time in response to live bidding at the auction. In other words, you will get the item at the lowest bid possible (similar to eBay). (On no minimum items, I generally start the
bidding at 1/3rd to 1/2 the price I estimate the selling price to be). This gives you
the same advantage as being there.
You may phone and leave your Visa or Mastercard number with expiration
date, your address and phone number (if they are not already on file with me)
Be sure you receive an email
response from me confirming your bid(s), as Emails sometimes get "lost."
Please place all absentee bids by January 30th if possible.
NOTE: While I will make every effort to see that all absentee bids are submitted, this is the most complex juggling act during the bidding and requires the use of assistants. Therefore, while most often this element auction goes as planned, I cannot absolutely guarantee your absentee bid will be entered in every instance. It is in my own interest that it does, so, be assured, if such an error occurs, it is accidental.
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People wishing to submit specimens for sale
should contact me as soon as possible. Items will only be accepted
which are deemed to hold appeal to the collecting community
and which have modest reserves/minimums or no minimum.
Photos must be furnished before January 20th at the very latest
just to make
the catalog. However, far more advertising is available
if jpgs and descriptions are submitted as soon as possible.
Please email or call me for full details.
My costs in putting on the auction TRIPPLED last year and increased even
more this year . I was faced with several options:
A) Stop doing auctions (Changing locations would not work, as I left
my original location when they tripled their price. Space during the
Show is VERY expensive).
B) Increase Buyers' Premium (I had been charging 5% for some time)
C) Increase Sellers' commission fees. - or -
D) a combination of B & C.
I decided on D with as minimal as possible impact on both sellers and
buyers.
So, I set up the following criteria:
Buyers' Premium has gone to 7.5 %. This is still FAR below the
national standard in auctions, of which nearly all now charge between
15% and 25% buyers' premium! This increase will help to cover some
of my increased cost. For the remainder:
1) Those who get me their list and photos prior to Jan 15 and bring their
pieces to the auction between 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM will still pay only 12.5%
2) Those who get the list and photos by Sep 15 and have me take the object
to the auction pay 15%
3) Those who get the list and photos to me between Jan 15 & Jan 30 pay
15% if they bring their items to the auction between 5:30 and 6:30 or 20%
if I bringtheir items.
4) Those who bring their item(s) unannounced the day of the auction pay
25% between 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM based on indivudualized calculations.
6) Anyone bringing their item(s) to the auction after 6:30 PM will pay
an additional 5% whatever their category, and those showing up unannounced
after 7PM will pay another additional 5%
7) Those who bring their item to the auction after 7:15
pay yet another 5%
Therefore, those offering items for sale will be paying as little as 10% and
depending when they enter their items a little more to the point that if they
show up unannounced in 10 minutes before the auction, as much as
35%. Hopefully, these prices will allow the majority of sellers to offer items
at the same low commission rate as always, bring down the last minute
insanity making flurry of entries yet generate enough to make up for the
dramatically increased overhead.
NOTE: I may or may not "negotiate" a lower fee for some sellers based
on my perception of the desirability and /or value of (a) given item(s) and whether
or not they are offering them at "NO MINIMUM."
In other words, if someone shows up at the last minute with a fabulous
specimen and is asking no minimum I may be willing to negotiate
the fee on said item. This is entirely at my discression.
ALL entries are at the discretion of the auctioneer and PRIORITY WILL BE
GIVEN TO NO MINIMUM/NO RESERVE ITEMS and to ITEMS OF HIGHEST
QUALITY. I reserve the right to decline acceptance of items I do not believe will
generate a high level of interest among the bidders.
As for "jump bidding" - in the past, a jump bid required the next
Bid to be as large - however, this ended up being unfair to the sellers,
As several people managed to "shut down" bidding with this strategy,
With the result being the seller got far less than the item would otherwise
Have brought. So, you can still "jump bid" but the next bid will be the normal increment for that level.
The seller, not the auctioneer is responsible for all items left until the auctioneer says
"SOLD" on any given item. At that point, the auctioneer is responsible. (I do provide
4 large glass lidded boxes that would make theft very dificult, but you may want to
keep an eye on your own pieces.
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DIRECTIONS:
VFW Hall (Post # 549) 1884 So. Craycroft, Tucson, AZ 85711
FROM INN SUITES:
- NORTH (L) on N GRANADA AVE (toward W ST MARYS RD). and go 0.7 mi
- N GRANADA AVE becomes N MAIN AVE.
- Turn RIGHT onto W SPEEDWAY BLVD.
- Stay on E SPEEDWAY BLVD. for 5.3 miles .
- R on Craycroft (Just 2 blocks past Beverly where the last 3 auctions were held) - go 2.5 mi on Craycroft to 1884 S. Craycroft (at 29th Street)
or from 10 East:
12: Take the ALVERNON WAY exit- EXIT 265. 0.4 miles
13: Turn LEFT onto S ALVERNON WAY. 1.6 miles
14: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto S GOLF LINKS RD. 2.8 miles
15: Turn LEFT onto S CRAYCROFT RD. 0.5 miles
16: End at 1884 S Craycroft Rd
Tucson, AZ 85711-7206, US
Tucson is laid out such that Broadway, Speedway and Grand all run
parallel to one another and are the main arteries roughly East and West,
while many main arteries run roughly North/South, such as Swan and
Craycroft.
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BOOKS:
Geoff Notkin will be offering the just released book, THE OSCAR E. MONNIG METEORITE COLLECTION CATALOG
By Dr. Arthur J. Ehlmann
Curator of the Monnig Collection
Published by Stanegate Press, LLC
8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches
192 pages
32 original color photographs
More than sixty pages of rare historic documents from the Monnig
archives, including letters from H.H. Nininger and secret field
correspondence
Exclusive never-before-seen portraits and field photos
A complete catalog of the collection
New essays by Dr. Arthur Ehlmann and Geoffrey Notkin
Only 1,000 copies have been printed
Of those there is a strictly limited edition of 100 deluxe copies
signed and numbered by Dr. Ehlmann, in a custom white linen slipcase,
accompanied by an exclusive custom print of a vintage portrait photo of
Oscar Monnig
Jim Schwade will again be offering his splendid book, THE SCHWADE
METEORITE COLLECTION
for sale. This is a fabulous book with loads and loads
of spectacular specimen photographs.
Hopefully, Mike and Bill Jensen & Anne Black co-authors of METEORITES A to Z
will be offering their LATEST EDITION, which has vastly more locations
than the 1st edition listed as well as other convenient updates. This is THE
portable and most user friendly reference in meteoritics. I have 2 copies and use
it almost daily. Buy it here, save on postage - AND get it signed!
Unfortunately, noted author, O. Richard Norton and his wife, Dorothy will not be making
the Tucson Show this year. May their adventures be fruitful.
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EVERYONE TAKE NOTE:
- People "cash out" in the order they register for a bid card. ABSOLUTELY
NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO REGISTER FOR ANOTHER BIDDER.
However, I will be attempting to have TWO people cashing out everyone and
one DURING the auction for those who were interested in only one or two
items.
- Buyer's Premium is 7.5%
- There will be a 5% processing fee for use of Visa or Mastercard
- You MUST fill out a card when registering for your bidding number listing your
RESALE NUMBER or stating you are a retailor in Meteorites (Some states
do not have a resale number), OTHERWISE you will pay AZ/Tucson sales tax.
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STILL ROOM TO ENTER ITEMS
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 & at the dinner afterwards we can all Show & Tell - one of the more fun
aspects of collecting, in my book).
I only require 2 things:
1) I ask that everyone just buying arrive between 5:30 & 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 - or, in Rob's case, a warm one.
2) The VFW has a full bar on site. However, please drink responsibly and have a
designated driver.
- 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.
It is my intention to retain the open atmosphere which has characterized
my auctions since the beginning.
This year's auction promises to be the best to date!
(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)
