Meteorites are the oldest objects offered for sale at Christie’s, with some dated to around 4.5 billion years old. Prized for both their scientific significance and visual appeal, they are viewed by many as rare works of art from outer space.
A SCULPTURAL GIBEON METEORITE
Iron, Fine Octahedrite - IVA; Gibeon, Namibia, (25°23' S, 17°47' E).
A SCULPTURAL GIBEON METEORITE
Iron, Fine Octahedite – IVA; Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia, (25°23' S, 17°47' E).
A SCULPTURAL GIBEON METEORITE
Iron, Fine Octahedite – IVA; Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia, (25°23' S, 17°47' E).
A SCULPTURAL GIBEON METEORITE
Iron, Fine Octahedite – IVA; Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia, (25°23' S, 17°47' E).
LUNAR METEORITE
Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) Sahara Desert, Kidal, Mali (21.325° N, 0.729° E)
A MONOLITHIC SLICE OF THE FUKANG METEORITE
Pallasite - PAL Fukang, Xinjiang Province – (44°26' N, 87°38' E)
MASSIVE SCULPTURE FROM OUTER SPACE — AESTHETIC CAMPO DEL CIELO IRON METEORITE
Iron, coarse octahedrite – IAB-MG Gran Chaco, Argentina (27°28' S, 60°35' W)
THE SECOND LARGEST SLICE OF THE MOON — TISSERLITINE 001
Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) Sahara Desert, Kidal, Mali (21.325° N, 0.729° E)
MATCHLESS CANYON DIABLO METEORITE — NATURAL SCULPTURE FROM OUTER SPACE
Iron — Coarse octahedrite IAB-MG Meteor Crater, Coconino County, Arizona (35°3' N, 111°2' W)
A MATCHLESS CANYON DIABLO METEORITE
Iron — Coarse octahedrite IAB-MG Meteor Crater, Coconino County, Arizona (35°3' N, 111°2' W)
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRYSTAL BALL — TRANSITIONAL SEYMCHAN METEORITE SPHERE
PALLASITE - PMG MAGADAN DISTRICT, RUSSIA
NWA 12691 — THE LUNAR NECKLACE
The Moon – lunar feldspathic breccia; Sahara Desert, Mauritania
AGATOR EL FEROUA 001 — THE SECOND LARGEST LUNAR MARE METEORITE ON EARTH
The Moon – titanium lunar basalt; Gao, Mali (23°52’ N, 3°31’ W)
NWA 5000 — A COMPLETE SLICE OF THE MOON
Moon Rock — lunar feldspathic breccia; Morocco
A MASSIVE DRONINO METEORITE — EXTRATERRESTRIAL TABLETOP SCULPTURE
Iron, ataxite (ungrouped) Ryazan district, Russia (54° 44' N, 41° 25' E)
AN ENORMOUS STONE METEORITE — NWA 8413
H6 Sahara Desert
A NOTEWORTHY OFFERING OF THE MOON — THE ENDPIECE OF NWA 8641 , INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SURFACES REVEALED
Moon – Lunar meteorite feldspathic breccia Sahara Desert, Morocco
END PIECE OF A LUNAR METEORITE NWA 10178
Lunar troctolitic granulite Sahara Desert, North West Africa
RARE ZOOMORPHIC METEORITE FROM THE MACOVICH COLLECTION — WITH A NATURALLY FORMED HOLE, "THE TERRIER FROM OUTER SPACE"
Iron, fine octahedrite Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia
A MASSIVE SEYMCHAN METEORITE — EXTRATERRESTRIAL GEMSTONES IN METALLIC MATRIX
Pallasite – PMG; Magadan District, Russia ( 62° 54 ’ N, 152° 26 ’ E)
EXOTIC DRONINO METEORITE — EXTRATERRESTRIAL MONOLITHIC SCULPTURE
I ron, ataxite (ungrouped) Ryazan district, Russia
Black Beauty - A Martian Meteorite (NWA 7034)
DISCOVERED IN MOROCCO, 2011
A Large Agoudal Meteorite
MEKNÈS-TAFILALET, MOROCCO, 2000
PLAQUE POLIE DE METEORITE SEYMCHAN
MAGADAN, RUSSIE
A LARGE GIBEON IRON METEORITE
Iron, fine octahedrite – IVA Gibeon; Great Nama Land, Namibia (25°23' S, 17°47' E)
NWA 12691 — RARE LUNAR SPHERE
The Moon – lunar feldspathic breccia; Sahara Desert, Mauritania
A MASSIVE DRONINO METEORITE
Iron, ataxite (ungrouped) Ryazan district, Russia (54°44' N, 41°25' E)
NWA 13885 — LARGE SPECIMEN OF MARS
Mars Rock – SNC, olivine-phyric shergottite; Sahara Desert, North West Africa
MARTIAN METEORITE NWA 7034 “BLACK BEAUTY”
Martian, Basaltic Breccia Morocco
A LARGE ADMIRE METEORITE NUGGET
Pallasite — PMG Lyon County, Kansas
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRYSTAL BALL — TRANSITIONAL SEYMCHAN METEORITE SPHERE
Pallasite – PMG; Magadan District, Russia ( 62° 54 ’ N, 152° 26 ’ E)
FUKANG — CUT AND POLISHED END PIECE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXTRATERRESTRIAL SUBSTANCE KNOWN
Pallasite – PMG; Fukang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (44° 26'N, 87° 38'E)
An End-Piece from a Seymchan Meteorite
DISCOVERED IN RUSSIA, 1967; MODERN CUTTING
OLDEST MATTER KNOWN CONTAINED IN VERY LARGE SPECIMEN OF ALLENDE
Carbonaceous – CV3; Chihuahua, Mexico (26°58' N, 105° 19' W)
THE LARGEST PIECE OF THE PORTALES VALLEY METEORITE
Chondrite – H5; Roosevelt County, New Mexico
A ZOOMORPHIC GIBEON METEORITE WITH A NATURAL HOLE
GIBEON, GREAT NAMA LAND, NAMIBIA
END PIECE OF A LARGE SEYMCHAN METEORITE WITH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR REVEALED
PALLASITE – PMG MAGADAN DISTRICT, RUSSIA (62°54’ N, 152°26’ E)
AESTHETIC CAMPO DEL CIELO IRON METEORITE — MASSIVE SCULPTURE FROM OUTER SPACE
IRON, COARSE OCTAHEDRITE – IAB-MG GRAN CHACO, ARGENTINA (27°28' S, 60°35' W)
A COMPLETE SERICHO METEORITE SLICE
Pallasite — PMG Habaswein / Sericho, Kenya
A TRIANGULAR SPECIMEN OF THE MOON — END PIECE REVEALS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF A METEORITE FROM THE NWA 8046 CLAN OF LUNAR METEORITES
Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Sahara Desert, Mauritania
LARGE PARTIAL SLICE OF ESQUEL PALLASITE —EXTRATERRESTRIAL GEMS
Pallasite – PAL Chubut, Argentina
NWA 7034 PAIRING – FROM MARS, THE RENOWNED WATER-RICH “BLACK BEAUTY”
Martian, Polymict Breccia; Sahara Desert, Western Sahara
THE AGUAS ZARCAS DOGHOUSE
Carbonaceous Chondrite – CM2; Alajuela, Costa Rica ( 10°23’29.03"N, 84°20’28.58"W)
THE QUINTESSENCE OF A SUPERIOR GIBEON IRON METEORITE
Iron, fine octahedrite – IVA Gibeon; Great Nama Land, Namibia ( 25°23' S, 17°47' E)
LARGE EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRYSTAL BALL — SEYMCHAN METEORITE SPHERE
Pallasite – PMG; Magadan District, Russia ( 62°54’ N, 152°26’ E)
SIKHOTE ALIN METEORITE WITH NATURALLY FORMED HOLE
Iron, coarsest octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, Siberia, Russia
A Complete Meteorite from the Planet Mars (NWA 7397)
DISCOVERED IN SMARA, MOROCCO, 2012
A Complete Slice of Imilac Meteorite
DISCOVERED IN THE ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE, 1822; MODERN CUTTING
MUONIONALUSTA METEORITE CRYSTAL BALL — DRAMATIZING THE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE IN THREE DIMENSIONS
Iron, fine octahedrite Kiruna, Sweden (67°48’ N, 23°6’ E)
AESTHETIC CAMPO DEL CIELO IRON METEORITE - LARGE SCULPTURE FROM OUTER SPACE
IRON, COARSE OCTAHEDRITE – IAB-MG GRAN CHACO, ARGENTINA (27°28' S, 60°35' W)