[Rockhounds] Bonhams meteorite auction - results

[pmodreski at aol.com]

A friend wrote & mentioned that she'd heard on the news (NPR?) about the results of the big meteorite sale.? I just tried to check online, the results are not yet posted at the Bonhams website, but I found one online news story about it, this one from BBC.? 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7066340.stm
I see with interest that neither of the two "flagship" items up for sale, the Williamette meteorite and the Brenham meteorite, both pegged at expectation prices near $1M, sold.? A few other items that did sell are mentioned.? Once they have had time to post results, one will be able to view all the selling prices plus the orginal catalog descriptions & photos on their auction website, www.bonhams.com or as given below.

Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: pmodreski at aol.com
To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
Sent: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 2:43 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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