1 rh#1
96 Clear Membrane Boxes
39 x 39 x 17.8 mm ea
(Contents in photo not included)
Sell for $ 153.60 + shipping + 8.5%
tax if in CA
No Minimum
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2 FO#1
Ensisheim Woodblock Print on hand
Made paper with
Meteorite Based
Watercoloring by Fred Olson.
No Minimum
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3 DB#1
20LB Lot of Trinitite
No Minimum
4 DB#2
Ash Creek
32.7g Oriented Stone
No Minimum
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5 ETw#1
Moss
1.5g Pt. Slice with FC top Edge
No Minimum
6 ETw#2
Gujba (Bencubinite)
7.3g Full Slice with very large chondrule
No Minimum
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7 ETw #3
Udai Station (Silicated Iron)
16.3g Slice
No Minimum
8 MJ #1
Carbonado Diamond
150.41ct
No Minimum
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9 BV #1
Los Angeles "LA001" (Martian, shergottite)
2.5g Slice
NO MINIMUM
10 BV #2
Los Angeles "LA002" (Martian, shergottite)
1.8g Slice
NO MINIMUM
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11 GH#1
NWA 3151, Brachinite
TKW 1500g
688mg Part Slice
25mm X 14mm X 1mm
688mg
NO MINIMUM
12 GH #2
NWA 3161, LL3.7 TKW 2,648g Complete
9.8g Full
Slice 59mm X 3omm X 2mm
NO MINIMUM
13GH #3
NWA 4301 Ungrouped Enstatite
TKW 685g
1.32g Part Slice (Polished two sides)
28mm X 8mm X 2mm
NO MINIMUM
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14 GH #4
NWA 4468 Primitive Shergottite
TKW 675g
148mg Part Slice 9mm X 4mm X 1.5mm
NO MINIMUM
15GH #5 Description:
NWA 4478 Brecciated Lodranite
TKW 444g
11.4g End Cut: 36mm X 30mm X 5mm
NO MINIMUM
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16 GH #6 Description:
NWA 4590 “Tamassint” Angrite
TKW 212.8g
896mg Fragment: 10mm X 10mm X 5mm
NO MINIMUM
17 GH #7 Description:
NWA 4800 CK5
TKW 151.7g
7.5g End Cut: 43mm X 16mm X 5mm
No Minimum
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18GH #8 Description:
NWA 4883 Maskelynite-rich Eucrite
TKW 610g
14.2g Part Slice: 48mm X 45mm X 2mm
NO MINIMUM
19 GH #9 Description:
NWA 4884 Basaltic Lunar
TKW 42g
340mg Part Slice: 11mm X 9mm X 2mm
NO MINIMUM
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20 GH #10 Description:
NWA 5406 Lunar Impact Melt Breccia
TKW 281.1g
416mg Part Slice: 14mm X 9mm X 1.5mm
NO MINIMUM
21 GF #1
Park Forest
14g Full Slice with FC Edge
shows the dual lithologies of unaltered &
shock melted regions Besides the shock
veining, piece also features metal veining -
rivulets of iron flowing through the stone,
and this slice.
NO MINIMUM
22 GF 3
NWA 4657 (CK4)
29.63g full slice 68 x 48 x 3mm
Ted Bunch was quoted as stating that this specimen
was one of the freshest CK stones he had seen.
NO MINIMUM
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23 AH-1
Claxton - Dealer Lot
Weight: 1.4 grams - Part Slices and Fragments in Bottle 25mm X 10mm
Value Range: $500.00 – $700.00
NO MINIMUM
24 AH-2
Dhofar 700 (Diogenite)
Weight: 30.9 g
65mm X 60mm X 3.5mm Complete Slice – Mirror Finish
Value Range: $800.00 – $1,200.00
NO MINIMUM
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25 AH-3
NWA 1068 Martian Shergottite
1.202 grams Part Slice – Polished Both Sides
10mm X 12mm X 3mm
Value Range: $700.00 – $1,100.00
No Minimum
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26 AH-4
NWA 2626 Martian Shergottite
Very Low TKW of Only 31 Grams
Weight: .248 grams Part Slice – Polished Both Sides
8mm X 5mm X 3mm
Value Range: $600.00 – $900.00
No Minimum
27 AH-5
NWA 2999 Angrite
Famous The Case for Mercury Meteorite
Weight: 1.25 grams Complete Slice – Polished Both Sides
10mm X 15mm X 1.5mm
Value Range: $250.00 – $400.00
No Minimum
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28 AH-6
NWA 4473 Polymict Diogenite
Weight: 11.4 grams
40mm X 30mm X 3mm Part Slice – Polished Both Sides
No Minimum
29 AH-7
NWA 5000 Lunar Meteorite
Weight: 1.152 grams
10mm X 8mm X 6mm Part Slice – Polished Both Sides
Value Range: $1,200.00 – $1,600.00
No Minimum
30 AH-8 NWA
5000 Lunar Meteorite
Weight: 2.456 g
21mm X 10mm X 2.71mm
Awesome Thin-cut Part Slice – Polished Both Sides
Value Range: $3,000.00 – $4,000.00
No Minimum
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31 GH #11 Description:
NWA 3163, Lunar Feldspathic Granulite,
TKW 1634g
786mg Part Slice 18mm X 15mm X 1.5mm
No Minimum
31
GH #12
NWA 4587, Ungrouped Achondrite, TKW 530g
Paired to the now Famous NWA 011
1.768g Part Slice 13mm X 11mm X 4mm
No Minimum
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32 GH #13 Description:
NWA 4799 Aubrite
4.298g 26mm X 15mm X 8mm TKW 365g
No Minimum
33 GH #14 Description:
NWA 4801 Angrite, TKW 252g
1.100g End Cut 16mm X 9mm X 5mm Weight: 1.100g Provenance: The Hupe Collection Reserve: None
No Minimum
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34 GH #15 Description:
Dhofar 911, Lunar Impact Melt Breccia, TKW 194g
1.200g Complete Slice 29mm X 13mm X 1.5mm
No Minimum
35 AE 1
Brenham (PAL), Kansas
11.1g polished part slice
hand-picked from the Monnig Collection
NO MINIMUM
36 AE 2
Hat Creek (H4), Wyoming
5.2g cut fragment
hand-picked from the Monnig Collection
NO MINIMUM
37 AE 3
Ourique (H4), Portugal
1.1g fragment
hand-picked from the Monnig Collection
NO MINIMUM
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38 AE 4
Queretaro (H4), Mexico
1.4g cut fragment
hand-picked from the Monnig Collection
NO MINIMUM
39 AE 5
Round Top B (H4), Texas
7.7g part slice
hand-picked from the Monnig Collection
NO MINIMUM
40 AE 6
Tulia D (H6), Texas
13.1g part slice
hand-picked from the Monnig Collection
NO MINIMUM
41 GF #2
Park Forest
18g Full Slice with Fusion Crusted edge
dark shock melt regions & veining throughout the piece
iron-nickel inclusion surrounded by troilite (FeS)
in the middle of the slice.
NO MINIMUM
42 AB 3 Allende, Mexico (CV3.2)
5.45g slice,
NO MINIMUM
43 AB 4 Bassikounou, Mauritania, H5
5.50g Whole Stone
NO MINIMUM
44 AB 5 Bendego, Brazil, Coarse Octahedrite
9.20g Fragment
NO MINIMUM
45 AB 6
DAG 0262, Libya, lunar
0.02g Fragment
NO MINIMUM
46 AB 7
DAG 0400, Libya, lunar
0.02g Fragment
NO MINIMUM
47 AB 8
Etter, Texas, L5
7.80g Partslice
NO MINIMUM
48 AB 9
Faucett, Missouri, H5
0.84g Slice
NO MINIMUM
49 AB 10
Garabato, Argentina, H5
0.80g Part Slice
NO MINIMUM
50 AB11
Gibeon, Namibia, fine Octahedrite
15.70g Whole Specimen
NO MINIMUM
51 AB 12
Gold Basin, Arizona, L4
2 halves, 8.25g
NO MINIMUM
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52 AB 13
Gold Basin, Arizona, L4
Thin-Section, Ret: $ 60.00
NO MINIMUM
53 AB 14
Juancheng, China, H5
Thin-Section, Ret: $ 60.00
NO MINIMUM
54 AB 15
Korra Korrabes, Namibia, H3
Thin-Section Ret: $ 75.00
NO MINIMUM
55 AB 16
Long Island, Kansas, L6
3.30g Slice
NO MINIMUM
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56 AB 17
Milly Milly, Australia, Med. Octahedrite
0.70g Part Slice
NO MINIMUM
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57 AB 18
Monze, Zambia, L6
5.70g Full Slice
NO MINIMUM
58 AB 19
Mt. Egerton, Australia, Aubrite
2 fragments, 2.00g
NO MINIMUM
59 AB 20
Nuevo Mercurio, Mexico, H5
2.50g Endpiece
NO MINIMUM
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60 AB 21
NWA 0482, Sahara, lunar
0.04g Fragment
NO MINIMUM
61 AB 22
NWA uncl., Sahara, uncl.
Thin-Section, Ret: $ 60.00
NO MINIMUM
62 AB 23
Ragland, New Mexico, LL3.4
0.19g Partslice
NO MINIMUM
63 AB 24
Tafassasset, Niger, Metachondrite
2.20g Partslice
NO MINIMUM
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64 AB 25
Tagish Lake, Canada, CI2
0.05g Fragment
NO MINIMUM
65 AB 26
Vaca Muerta, Chile, Olivine Xl
1.57g STUNNING Sliced Crystal
NO MINIMUM
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66 AB 27
Wellman F, Texas, H3.5
4.40g Partslice
NO MINIMUM
67 MAC 1
Governador Valadares (SNC) nakhlite
2 x 3 x 1mm and 0.004 grams
The Macovich Collection acquired the
main mass of Governador Valadares--
one of the holy grails for the meteorite collector--and
not so much more than this frag remain.
NO MINIMUM
68 MAC 2
NWA 5790 (SNC) nakhlite
9 x 5 x 4mm and 0.247g
Value Range: $300-350
NO MINIMUM
69 MAC 3
NWA 5717 Chondrite (UNGR) Subtype 3.05
48 x 29 x 3mm and 9.097g
From a previously unknown parent body, 5717
consists of two lithologies... neither of which have
ever previously been seen and both of which are
subtype 3.05--- a set of characteristics
never before documented.
W1/2 - S2 This specimen exhibits both lithologies
and a rim of crust except where cut.
Value Range: $850-1000
NO MINIMUM
70 MAC 4
Marjalahti - (PAL)
Witnessed Fall
17.53g - 54 x 31 x 3mm and 17.53g
Value Range: $500-700
NO MINIMUM
71 MG1
Chicxulub Tektite In Display Box
NO MINIMUM
72 MG2
NWA998 in Retro Art Martian Meteorite Display Box
NO MINIMUM
73 MG3
Trinitite in Atomic Blond Display Box
NO MINIMUM
74 MG4
NWA 4734 In RetroMoonDisplay Box
NO MINIMUM
75 MG5
Meteorite Frag in Retro Comet Display Box
NO MINIMUM
76 DG 1
Whetstone Mountain
* Signed and numbered by Jack Schrader
* Complimentary micro and COA from Jack Schrader
* Complimentary copy of Foote's Holbrook monograph
The limited edition offering sold out in well under a day.
Three copies from the limited edition offering.
The first was listed on eBay and it sold for over $100.
The second was auctioned at the last Meteorite Association
of Georgia meeting (proceeds benefiting MAG) for $115.
The third final copy was reserved for this auction to benefit the IMCA.
NO MINIMUM
77 RL 1
Oriented Sikhote-Aline Shrapnel
6,500g (14.3 LBs)
Spectacular Specimen with stand
Note: This specimen will be in my upcoming book
NO MINIMUM
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ABSENTEE BIDS:
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 is NOT an option). Fee for absentee bids is the 7.5% standard
buyer's premium, + the 5% creditcard or PayPal fee an additional 7.5% for
processing (only if you win the bid) Additionally, absentee buyers must pay actual cost
of shipment 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). This gives you
the same advantage as being there. (On no minimum items, I generally start the bidding
at 1/3rd to 1/2 the price I estimate the selling price to be).
Circumstances sometimes result in the item selling at the highest level of the absentee
bidder, but placed by a live bidder.
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." If I do not confirm within 24 hrs, please email me again.
Please place all absentee bids by January 28th 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
of the
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:
Contact me as soon as possible. Items will only be accepted
which are deemed to hold appeal to the collecting community
and which have no or a modest 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 in recent years and increase yearly. I was faced with several options:
A) Stop doing auctions (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 &
buyers.
So, I set up the following criteria:
Buyers' Premium is still a modest 7.5 %. (standard in auctions all now charge between 15% and 25% buyers' premium!)
1) JPGs and descriptions received before Nov. 15 are still only 10%
(all sellers must bring their pieces to the auction between 5:30 PM
and 6:30 PM the day of the auction)
2) Those who get the list and photos by Nov. 30 pay 15%
3) Those who get the list and photos to me by Dec. 15 pay 20%
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 an additional 5%
7) Those who bring their item to the auction after 7:15 pay yet another 5%
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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
40%. 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 will negotiate
the fee on said item.
IN FACT, the entire consignment fee structure MAY be negotiable depending on the factors
involved with specific entries.
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 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: (For GPS navigational download go to:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/24678 - Thanks to Richard Kowalski)
VFW Hall (Post # 549) 1150 N. Beverly Ave., Tucson, AZ
FROM INN SUITES:
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Take Speedway east from Inn Suites about 5.2 mi
- Left on Beverly which is a few blocks past the
major intersection of Swan and Speedway and two blocks
before the major intersection of Craycroft and Speedway.
(If you get to Craycroft, you went two blocks too far).
- Turn left onto N. Beverly Ave. from Speedway and pull
into the ample VFW parking lot at 1150 N. Beverly Ave.
There is plenty of parking and a no host bar attached
to the hall with burgers, fries, sandwiches, etc. available.
Please drink responsibly or have a designated driver.
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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, there will be TWO people cashing out everyone at the end 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 (or PayPal by absentee bidders)
- 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 .
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)
