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Mich. Shaped Meteorite Sells For $20k

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A meteorite resembling Michigan's Lower Peninsula has been sold at auction, but bidders weren't quite as smitten with the mitten as the seller expected.

The 75-pound nickel-and-iron meteorite sold for $20,000 Sunday at Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas. It had been expected to sell for $32,500 to $40,000.

Michigan native Darryl Pitt, the meteorite's owner, says he is disappointed by the low price. He says he thinks the space rock is worth $50,000.

There was more interest in a three-quarter-ton nickel-iron meteorite that resembles the Indian subcontinent. It sold for $90,000.
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"smitten with the mitten..." Now THAT is some really awful reporting right there.
 
I've changed my mind. If TB gets benched this year (and I hope not), I'm spending my vBillion on this scUM rock and blowing it up like the Bonds baseball. That's probably a better use of my vcash than getting vhammered and catching the vClap.
 
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I've dropped some kids off at the pool that look like Michigan, and smell like it too. Then again, they all pretty much fit that description. :biggrin:
 
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That meteorite would be awesome........















.....for me to poop on!
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But can we get a meteor the size of TSUN to land on the state?

And if it's not too much to ask, can it happen on a day when Ntre Ame is playing in AA?
 
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Michigan native Darryl Pitt, the meteorite's owner, says he is disappointed by the low price. He says he thinks the space rock is worth $50,000.
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I'd like to hear his basis for comparison? You can hope someone will buy it for $50,000, but what it is worth is exactly what someone paid for it when you are talking about items with no intrinsic value.....such as meteorites shaped like TSUN and grilled cheese sandwiches imprinted with the image of the Virgin Mary
 
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