[Rockhounds] Bonhams meteorite auction / Comet Holmes

[Alan Goldstein]

There was an article in our paper today about it. Also an article about a 
stargazing community in Georgia, similar to the one in Arizona.

Got to look at Comet Holmes this evening. Very bright, easy to find about 20 
degrees below (east) of the "W" of stars in Cassiopeia. Weirdest comet I've 
seen in 30 years of star gazing! I think it was clobbered by an asteroid 
since it's orbit is within the asteroid belt. Kind of like the "Deep Impact" 
probe from a couple of years ago, but much more massive.

Alan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pmodreski at aol.com>
To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 4:43 PM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Bonhams meteorite auction


>
> I've meant to write back to the List and thank _________ (well, darn, I 
> can't find his post any more, maybe I deleted it or I'm not looking under 
> the correct heading), but to thank him for mentioning the Oct. 28 auction 
> of "Historic Meteorites and Related Americana" by Bonhams in NYC on 
> October 28.
>
> Their online catalog of the 53 items in this auction is really worth 
> viewing, because many of the items are truly remarkable, unique, and 
> historic.? It's at
> http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=Catalogue&iSaleNo=15648
> If you're at all interested in meteorites and have not followed up this 
> post to look at this catalog, I'd encourage you to do so.? It really has a 
> wealth of information,?with excellent photographs and good descriptions of 
> all the items.? The projected two most expensive items for sale are Steve 
> Arnold's 1410-pound "main mass" of the Brenham, Kansas pallasite, and the 
> 29.5-pound piece sawn off the Williamette meteorite, otherwise on display 
> at the American Museum of Natural History and subject of much 
> controversy.? There are many other very interesting meteorite samples, as 
> well as the mailbox smashed by a meteorite fall in Georgia...
>
> In fact, I went ahead and called to order a copy of the printed catalog 
> ($30), not because I am bidding on anything, but because I think this will 
> be a useful and informative book to keep for future reference.
>
> Pete Modreski
>
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