Meteorite Auction - Macovich Collection HOME l INTRO TO MACOVICH l METEORITES FOR SALE l MEDIA INFO l CONTACT US THE MACOVICH METEORITE AUCTION Sunday February 9, 2003 10:30 A.M. at the InnSuites — Courtyard Terrace 475 North Granada, Tucson (520) 622-3000 Previews & In-person Registration February 1 – February 9 (10:30AM – 6 PM) February 9 (9:30AM – 10:30AM) Room 404 at the InnSuites Hotel AUCTION NOTES You must register to participate. Dimensions of lots are approximate. There is a 12.5% buyer's commission on all lots. Low and high estimates are merely a guideline. Witnessed falls are denoted by an asterisk. A bullet to the left of the lot number indicates that the specimen carries a reserve. Meteorites of a more decorative or sculptural nature are designated by a green box around the lot number. LOT NAME DATE OF WEIGHT & TKW LOCALITY DESCRIPTION ESTIMATE # TYPE FALL/FIND DIMENSIONS CLICK ON METEORITE NAME TO VIEW IMAGE AND DESCRIPTION Naiman* Naiman Cnty, Encrusted fragment of an extremely difficult to obtain meteorite; 12.55 g 1 May/26/1982 1.05 Kg $150 – $250 L6 Mongolia Purple Mountain Observatory provenance 27 x 28 x 14 Kilabo* Complete specimen of Earth's most recent meteorite recovery 83.20 g 2 July/21/2002 ~24 Kg Hadejia, Nigeria $600 – $750 LL6 to date; ~90% fusion crust 48 x 35 x 35 Highly brecciated thin quarter slice of this much sought–after Honolulu* 1.99 g 3 Sep/27/1825 ~3 Kg Oahu, Hawaii meteorite; with fusion crust; Finnish Geological Museum $250 – $350 L5 27 x 21 x 1 provenance Partial slice; the most famous meteorite/auto impact event on Peekskill* 12.57 Westchester 53.90 g $3,750 – • 4 Oct/09/1992 record; one edge crust featuring the Chevy's red paint; three H6 Kg Co., NY 55 x 54 x 7 $4,750 fragments from the shattered rear tail light included Triangular partial slice from one of Europe's most historic early Tabor* Bohemia, 1.85 g 5 Jul/3/1753 ~10 Kg meteorite showers; one edge of fusion crust; museum marking $250 – $450 H5 Czech Republic 17 x 16 x 2 evident on edge Felix* Choice rectangular partial slice of this low tkw CO3; 75% fusion crust 8.19 g $850 – 6 May/15/1900 ~3.2 Kg Perry Co., AL CO3.4 along rim; not readily available; Smithsonian Institution provenance 30 x 18 x 3 $1,150 D'Orbigny 16.55 Buenos Aires, Fragment with one cut and polished face; comprised primarily of 6.02 g $1,800 – 7 1979 Angrite Kg Argentina augite, olivine and anorthite, D'Orbigny is the most appealing angrite 25 x 19 x 11 $2,400 Small cut fragment from the most sought–after Martian meteorite Chassigny* Haute Marne, 0.07 g $700 – 8 Oct/3/1815 4 Kg available to the public; Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) SNC France 3 x 4 x 1 $1,000 provenance Stannern* Moravia, Czech From one Europe's most famous falls; a very fresh fragment with 11.28 g 9 May/22/1808 52 Kg $550 – $850 AEUC Republic fusion crust 34 x 15 x 14 Among the largest specimens from the Stannern meteorite shower; Stannern* Moravia, Czech 175.7 g $10,000 – 10 May/22/1808 52 Kg covered with fusion crust; accompanied by historic labels signed by AEUC Republic 55 x 43 x 40 $12,500 Neumann and Kurat; Natural History Museum Vienna provenance Dhofar 081 0.174 Beautifully prepared partial slice of the Moon; large anorthositic 0.23 g $700 – 11 1999 Sahara Desert LUNAR Kg inclusions with 30% fusion crust 23 x 11 x 1 $1,100 Cut fragment; polished on two sides; from one of the most famous — Willamette ~15,500 Clackamas Co., and most beautiful—meteorites in the world; exceptionally difficult to 9.93 g $1,200 – 12 1902 IIIA Kg OR obtain; a British Museum of Natural History label is affixed to the 24 x 9 x 8 $1,600 sloping edge Trapezoidal partial slice; Eagle Station is perhaps the most prized pallasite as a result of so little material being available and its Eagle Station Carroll County, 3.77 g $800 – 13 1880 36.3 Kg membership in an unusual sub–group comprised of just 650 additional PAL-ANOM Kentucky 20 x 20 x 3 $1,000 grams of two other tiny meteorites; Natural History Museum Vienna provenance Similar to the previous specimen; a chance to acquire a superb Eagle Station Carroll County, 12.36 g $2,000 – • 14 1880 36.3 Kg specimen of a distinguished meteorite; Vienna Natural History PAL-ANOM Kentucky 38 x 27 x 3 $2,700 Museum provenance Vigarano* Emilia-Romagna, Fresh partial slice; one edge fusion crust; the "V" in the CV type; The 7.15 g 15 Jan/22/1910 ~15 Kg $550 – $700 CV3 Italy Natural History Museum (London) provenance 40 x 22 x 3 Barbotan* Partial slice with slight crust; historic; The Natural History Museum 8.21 g $900 – • 16 Jul/24/1790 6.4 Kg Gers, France H5 (London) provenance 21 x 46 x 3 $1,300 A singularly uncharacteristic example of an iron meteorite — in fact, one of the most unusually–shaped iron meteorites known to exist; 6.88 kilos Gibeon ~90,000 Great Namaland, highly decorative and featuring a rich patina, this specimen was on [15 lbs] $17,500 – • 17 1836 IVA Kg Namibia loan to the American Museum of Natural History; a matchless, 9.5 x 9.5 x 3 $25,000 naturally occurring work of art from outer space; Macovich inches Collection provenance file:///H|/_Meteorites%20my%20-%20www/sale/AuctionBlood-2003.htm (1 z 8) [2008-08-12 14:57:45] Meteorite Auction - Macovich Collection Fractured end piece; three sides covered in fusion crust; recovered by Pasamonte* 18.18 g $1,500 – 18 Mar/24/1933 5.1 Kg Union Co., NM Nininger at the Pasamonte Ranch; a superb specimen of a famed and AEUC-P 39 x 18 x 19 $2,000 difficult to obtain American meteorite A large singular endpiece of the most well–known American pallasite; Brenham 4,300 Kiowa County, ~50 kilos $50,000 – 19 1882 easily the centerpiece of any collection, this important specimen has PAL Kg Kansas [110 lbs] $70,000 an American Museum of Natural History provenance Cherokee A noteworthy meteorite detected by the Prarie Photographic Network; Lost City* 11.36 g $1,000 – • 20 Jan/3/1970 17 Kg County, a singular partial slice with two long edges of fusion crust; H5 36 x 19 x 5 $1,500 Oklahoma Smithsonian Institution provenance Mighei* Nikolaev, Prototypal fragment; loaded with CAIs; the "M" in the CM2 class; 4.21 g 21 June/18/1889 ~8 Kg $400 – $550 CM2 Ukraine Academy of Sciences (Moscow) provenance 33 x 16 x 15 Cut partial slice; scientifically and aesthetically, Bencubbin is an Bencubbin Western impressive meteorite; its similarity with the Patwar meteorite resulted 10.78 g $700 – 22 1930 118 Kg CH-BEN Australia in a new classification, bencubbinites, to cover such anomalous 22 x 22 x 20 $1,000 enstatite–olivine stony–irons; a fine representation Barratta New South Thin complete partial slice; dark variegated matrix with 7/8 inch 248.90 g $1,200 – • 23 1845 200 Kg L3.8 Wales, Australia chondrule, armored chondrules scattered throughout 225 x 140 x 2 $1,700 Unusually large complete specimen of the most researched and Allende* ~3,000 Chihuahua, $9,000 – • 24 Feb/8/1969 scientifically investigated meteorite; 70% fusion crust; an extremely 4,500 g CV3 Kg Mexico $12,500 notable offering The result of an asteroidal impact melting and "splashing" the earth's 220 g 25 Tektite Thailand surface, this is a large, rather exotic looking tektite recovered in $75 – $150 85 x 9 x 8 Thailand Mauerkirchen* Ober-Österreich, Partial slice; historic and infrequently available; The Natural History 2.12 g 26 Nov/20/1768 ~19 Kg $250 – $350 L6 Austria Museum (London) provenance 28 x 13 x 2 Complete slice with three edges of fusion crust. Meteorites did not "exist" prior to Siena (within the scientific community), and so Siena Siena* 6.79 g $1,700 – • 27 Jun/16/1794 3.7 Kg Tuscany, Italy will forever be one of the most historic meteorites and one of the most LL5 30 x 28 x 3 $2,200 difficult to obtain — and it's also a gorgeous breccia; The Natural History Museum (London) provenance From one of Europe's most famous meteorite showers; three roundish Pultusk* 25.10 g 28 Jan/30/1868 ~300 Kg Warsaw, Poland complete individuals with an average of 90% crust; each specimen $200 – $300 H5 17 x 16 x 11 averages 8 grams and 15mm in diameter Pultusk* Similar to the previous lot; complete individual; Natural History 369 g $2,000 – 29 Jan/30/1868 ~300 Kg Warsaw, Poland H5 Museum Vienna provenance; catalog number E.590i 89 x 69 x 40 $2,600 Partial slice with one edge of crust and superior translucency; a very Imilac Atacama Desert, 54.8 g $800 – 30 1822 ~920 Kg fine example overall; The Natural History Museum (London) PAL Chile 54 x 67 x 3 $1,100 provenance Visually stunning triangular end piece from the Macovich Collection; four cut and polished faces with obverse covered in crust; from the Imilac Atacama Desert, main mass of Imilac (205 kg) which was, before recently being 1295 g $13,000 – • 31 1822 ~920 Kg PAL Chile sectioned, on display at the former British Museum of Natural History 175 x 89 x 57 $16,000 (now The Natural History Museum); with gleaming highly refractive crystals, a singularly magnificent specimen The crown jewel of this offering.