Denver show info
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
(970) 874-1487
Dear Collectors,
Here is the info for next week’s Denver Show that I am sadly far behind in preparing for right now:
I will (should) be leaving Tuesday the 3rd and should be getting back home around the 17th.
I’ll be at my “new” regular location – The Crowne Plaza DIA (apparently, there is another Crowne Plaza in downtown Denver and I know a couple people that have accidentally ended up with reservations there by simply going with “Crowne Plaza, Denver”. Don’t make this mistake). This is at I-70 and Chambers Road. This is on the north side of I-70 and a little bit east of Chambers road. The address is 15500 E. 40th Ave. I will be in my usual spot on the WEST-side of the actual convention center (near the hotel itself). If you park near the hotel and come through the sliding doors that have the “Convention Center” sign near them (I think this is just left of the doors) and turn right immediately after going through those doors, you will be looking in the door of my room (the “Frisco” meeting room).
I had hoped to be open by mid/ late Thursday but, as far behind as I am at the moment, it is quite likely that I will not be able to get out of here as early as I had planned. If so, I will be a good half-day behind where I had hoped to be and will likely not be able to open until the official show opening time Friday morning. For the bulk of the show (starting Friday) I will certainly be open by 10am. However, I have found that there are folks (often ones going to the big ballroom where the biggest portion of the show is) that want to stop by earlier. I won’t make any firm guarantees, but I will try to be open sometime not long after 9am each morning. As I have my own room and can stay open as late as I want (the main ballroom closes at 6) I do plan to be open well into the evening. Most nights, I will likely close up at around 9pm if folks are not visiting. IF YOU PLAN TO COME “AFTER HOURS” be aware the sliding doors just outside my room get locked not long after “closing” (probably around 6:30 to 7pm). So, if you come later, you will need to go in the hotel lobby entrance, turn left once you pass through the check-in area, turn left again when you come to the “restaurant” (it will be on your right) and then walk 100 feet or so to my room (which will be on the left). Aside from this, we can sometimes hear people pounding on the door (not easy, they are double doors with an atrium between them) and left folks in. However, we often don’t hear this (and security kind of looks down on us manually opening the doors) so please don’t count on that method working (do the through the lobby thing if we aren’t responding). On the final day (Saturday the 14th) I’ll be closing early – I think 5pm is the scheduled time. I had a bunch of people (that I really did want to visit with) show up right at that time last year. They were thinking (not surprisingly) that I’d be open Sunday as well (so Saturday would be one of my “late” nights). However, it seems that this convention center is a hot spot (even if my particular spot in it not) so they need us (and all of our crap) cleared out by Sunday afternoon so the next batch of folks (whatever they are selling/ talking about) can move in Sunday evening and Monday (I kind of asked if I, our at least my stuff, could stay in the Frisco room all day Sunday and was told “No!”).
So, I am behind schedule severely, hence the late posting of this note, but if any of you who plan to attend the show have any special requests of things for me to bring PLEASE LET ME KNOW (soon).
Thanks, and I look forward to seeing some/ many of you at the show!
Blaine.
Saturday, 31 August 2019
Monday, 12 August 2019
Blaine Reed Meteorites for Sale- List 229 AGUAS ZARCAS CM2
Blaine Reed Meteorites for Sale- List 229
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
LIST 229
August 12, 2019
I am sending this out a day early as I will be tied up with stuff outside (in near 100 degree heat) quite a bit tomorrow (but I will still try to check phone messages and e-mails fairly often those times I am inside). I apologize if this comes through a bit hard to read, I seem to be having trouble, once again, formatting this post. This seems to be a pretty common problem with Yahoo these days.
AGUAS ZARCAS, Costa Rica: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2). Fell April 23, 2019. Tkw = about 27 kilograms.
Well, I haven’t been down to the area yet (I do plan to visit in mid/ late November) but I managed to get some reasonably priced pieces none the less. In fact, even if I had gone the area I am not certain that I could sell anything I might have picked up at prices as low as these (particularly considering travel expenses). The few contacts I’ve had from locals in the fall area trying to sell material have had prices of around $65/g (large/ ugly pieces) to as much as $130/g (nicer, smaller pieces). Anyway, most of you know the story on this already but here it is just in case you missed it. A little after 9pm local time a fireball traveling from the WNW to the ESE was recorder by cameras on top of the Poas and Turrialba volcanoes (I have been on top of both of these. Turrialba was belching dark clods of gas when I visited the site a few years ago. It has since erupted a number of times). Soon after, a kilogram sized meteorite fell through the roof of a house, damaging the rafters and a folding table stored below (I have access to this meteorite and associated artifacts. However, the owners of this have suddenly turned super greedy and want $1million US for this material. I was thinking it would probably, realistically be worth closer to $50 or $60k). Since that event was reported in local newspapers, many pieces have been found. However, rain came to the area soon after (not surprising considering the area) so most specimens have seen a bit of rain before their recovery. To be fully honest, all of my pieces are some of these. However, they showed very little effects and what was present was very easily cleaned off with a light baking soda air blast. I have three types of specimens: complete (and really nice) individuals, fragments that show at least some fusion crust (the largest is close to 50% crusted) and slices.
1) Complete individuals:
a) .49 grams – 8mm x 8mm x 6mm - $65 – oriented!
b) 1.7 grams – 17mm x 10mm x 8mm - $200
c) 3.4 grams – 17mm x 16mm x 10mm - $400 – oriented!
2) Fragments: most have some crust.
a) .52 grams – 9mm x 7mm x 5mm - $47
b) 1.0 grams – 13mm x 10mm x 5mm - $90
c) 2.2 grams – 20mm x 8mm x 8mm - $195
d) 6.4 grams – 22mm x 15mm x 14mm - $560
e) 12.8 grams – 24mm x 20mm x 18mm - $1080
3) Slices:
a) .25 grams – 8mm x 7mm x 1.5mm - $30
b) .36 grams – 10mm x 10mm x 1.5mm - $43
c) .68 grams – 18mm x 10mm x 1.5mm - $82
d) .94 grams – 20mm x 13mm x 1.5mm - $112
e) 1.52 grams – 23mm x 20mm x 1.5mm – $180
f) 2.47 grams – 27mm x 25mm x 1.5mm - $290
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
LIST 229
August 12, 2019
I am sending this out a day early as I will be tied up with stuff outside (in near 100 degree heat) quite a bit tomorrow (but I will still try to check phone messages and e-mails fairly often those times I am inside). I apologize if this comes through a bit hard to read, I seem to be having trouble, once again, formatting this post. This seems to be a pretty common problem with Yahoo these days.
AGUAS ZARCAS, Costa Rica: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2). Fell April 23, 2019. Tkw = about 27 kilograms.
Well, I haven’t been down to the area yet (I do plan to visit in mid/ late November) but I managed to get some reasonably priced pieces none the less. In fact, even if I had gone the area I am not certain that I could sell anything I might have picked up at prices as low as these (particularly considering travel expenses). The few contacts I’ve had from locals in the fall area trying to sell material have had prices of around $65/g (large/ ugly pieces) to as much as $130/g (nicer, smaller pieces). Anyway, most of you know the story on this already but here it is just in case you missed it. A little after 9pm local time a fireball traveling from the WNW to the ESE was recorder by cameras on top of the Poas and Turrialba volcanoes (I have been on top of both of these. Turrialba was belching dark clods of gas when I visited the site a few years ago. It has since erupted a number of times). Soon after, a kilogram sized meteorite fell through the roof of a house, damaging the rafters and a folding table stored below (I have access to this meteorite and associated artifacts. However, the owners of this have suddenly turned super greedy and want $1million US for this material. I was thinking it would probably, realistically be worth closer to $50 or $60k). Since that event was reported in local newspapers, many pieces have been found. However, rain came to the area soon after (not surprising considering the area) so most specimens have seen a bit of rain before their recovery. To be fully honest, all of my pieces are some of these. However, they showed very little effects and what was present was very easily cleaned off with a light baking soda air blast. I have three types of specimens: complete (and really nice) individuals, fragments that show at least some fusion crust (the largest is close to 50% crusted) and slices.
1) Complete individuals:
a) .49 grams – 8mm x 8mm x 6mm - $65 – oriented!
b) 1.7 grams – 17mm x 10mm x 8mm - $200
c) 3.4 grams – 17mm x 16mm x 10mm - $400 – oriented!
2) Fragments: most have some crust.
a) .52 grams – 9mm x 7mm x 5mm - $47
b) 1.0 grams – 13mm x 10mm x 5mm - $90
c) 2.2 grams – 20mm x 8mm x 8mm - $195
d) 6.4 grams – 22mm x 15mm x 14mm - $560
e) 12.8 grams – 24mm x 20mm x 18mm - $1080
3) Slices:
a) .25 grams – 8mm x 7mm x 1.5mm - $30
b) .36 grams – 10mm x 10mm x 1.5mm - $43
c) .68 grams – 18mm x 10mm x 1.5mm - $82
d) .94 grams – 20mm x 13mm x 1.5mm - $112
e) 1.52 grams – 23mm x 20mm x 1.5mm – $180
f) 2.47 grams – 27mm x 25mm x 1.5mm - $290
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