Dakota Slim Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Dog kennel hit by meteorite sells at auction Amazing. The dog house sold for more than the meteorite. A Christie's auction of rare meteorites Wednesday sold a rock from space that narrowly missed a German Shepherd when it smashed into his kennel in Costa Rica. But the offer of the third-largest piece of Mars on Earth failed to make an impact at the auction house's annual sale of unusual meteorites. The buyer paid $21,420 for the three-by-1.5 inch (eight-by-four centimeter) carbonaceous chondrite stone that landed in the garden of dog Roky's owner's home in Aguas Zarcas in April 2019. The wood and tin doghouse itself, complete with a seven-inch hole marking where the meteorite punctured the roof, sold separately for $44,100, Christie's said. That was much less than the pre-sale estimate of between $200,000 and $300,000. A bidder paid $189,000 for a chunk of lunar rock that was discovered in Morocco in 2007, below pre-sale estimates of up to $300,000. Another slice of the Moon—found in the Sahara desert in Mauritania—fetched $69,300 during the two-week online sale that ended Wednesday. It was a disappointing auction for Mars, though. The 20-pound (9.1 kg) Martian rock had been priced at between $500,000 and $800,000 but failed to find a buyer. https://phys.org/news/2022-02-dog-kennel-meteorite-auction.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B. Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Hi All Mike Farmer and Jim Stroup were hoping for a killing on the sale of their dog house purchase. I'm not sure who the other two partners were? But I'm certain the auction estimate had them all drooling. I just hope they didn't loose money after the purchase price, shipping and auction fees. Knowing them they came out ok. Happy Huntin John B. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, John B. said: Hi All Mike Farmer and Jim Stroup were hoping for a killing on the sale of their dog house purchase. I'm not sure who the other two partners were? But I'm certain the auction estimate had them all drooling. I just hope they didn't loose money after the purchase price, shipping and auction fees. Knowing them they came out ok. Happy Huntin John B. Hi John B. I resisted saying anything about the dog house buyers but the price of everything has gone thru the roof lately. Maybe I should make some dog houses and haul them out to Franconia and Gold Basin to see if I can get lucky! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 It’s a lucky and very safe dog house for worried neurotic pet owners because the chances of it ever being hit by a meteorite again are astronomical! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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