New Scientist
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Fifteen minutes of fame doesn’t always translate into big bucks. This was spectacularly true of two meteorites which, though exceptional in size, failed to fetch sky-high prices at auction on Sunday. Bidding for both rocks stalled at around one-third of their valuations, and they were withdrawn from sale at Bonhams auction house in New York.
The Brenham meteorite, which was found in Kansas in 2005 and is the largest of its kind, was expected to attract bids of $700,000, while a chunk of the 15.5-tonne Willamette Meteorite, which was found in Oregon in 1902, was valued at $1.3 million. Read more on newscientist.com…
