- Auction
17024
The Moon and Beyond: Meteorites from the Stifler Collection
11 July 2019 - 25 July 2019, New York
SALE TOTAL: 460,875 (USD)
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37 Lots for Sale 17024
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Lot 1 COMPLETE IRON METEORITE — CAMPO DEL CIELO Iron coarse octahedrite– IAB-MG Gran Chaco, Argentina 57 x 68 x 38 mm. (2.25 x 2.66 x 1.5 in.) |
estimate $800 - $1,200 price realized $2,250 |
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Lot 2 A MUONIONALUSTA METEORITE SLICE — SHIMMERING CRYSTALLINE... Iron, fine octahedrite, IVA Kiruna, Sweden (67°48’ N, 23°6’ E) 157 x 161 x 2 mm. (6 x 6.33 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $5,625 |
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Lot 3 SIKHOTE ALIN METEORITE — AN ENGAGING PALM-SIZED METEORITE Iron, coarse octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 59 x 75 x 41 mm. (2.33 x 3 x 1.5 in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $5,625 |
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Lot 4 A COMPLETE SLICE OF A PRIMITIVE STONE METEORITE CONTAINING THE RAW... L3 Sahara Desert 188 x 111 x 2 mm. (7.5 x 4.33 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $4,500 price realized $5,625 |
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Lot 5 CAMPO DEL CIELO SPHERE — CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF AN... Iron coarse octahedrite – IAB-MG Gran Chaco, Argentina 55 mm. (2 in.) in diameter. |
estimate $700 - $1,000 price realized $4,750 |
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Lot 6 A PALM-SIZED END PIECE FROM THE SURFACE OF THE ASTEROID VESTA —... HED Eucrite, breccia Sahara Desert 85 x 76 x 23 mm. (3.33 x 3 x 0.75 in.) |
estimate $1,400 - $1,800 price realized $4,000 |
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Lot 7 NWA 12695 — UNUSUAL END PIECE OF A MOON ROCK WITH TWO LITHOLOGIES Lunar meteorite / lunar anorthosite Sahara Desert 97 x 35 x 6 mm. (3.75 x 1.33 x 0.25 in.) |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 8 NWA 10697 — COMPLETE SLICE OF A ROCK FROM THE PLANET MARS Shergottite – Mars Rock, poikilitic Sahara Desert, 44 x 33 x 2 mm. (1.75 x 1.3 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $4,000 price realized $15,000 |
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Lot 9 ESQUEL — SQUARE PARTIAL SLICE OF ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL... Pallasite – PAL Chubut, Argentina (42° 54'S, 71° 80 x 80 x 3 mm. (3 x 3 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $4,375 |
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Lot 10 METEORITE CRYSTAL BALL — CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF AN IRON METEORITE... Iron, fine octahedrite Kiruna, Sweden 100 mm. (3.9 in.) in diameter. |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 11 TEA KETTLE-SHAPED CAMPO DEL CIELO METEORITE Iron, coarse octahedrite – IAB-MG Gran Chaco, 133 x 177 x 79 mm. (5.25 x 7 x 3 in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $6,000 price realized $5,625 |
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Lot 12 NWA 10178 — A SLICE OF A LUNAR METEORITE Lunar troctolitic granulite Sahara Desert 67 x 63 x 2 mm. (2.66 x 2.5 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $4,000 price realized $12,500 |
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Lot 14 NWA 11524 — COMPLETE SLICE OF A RARE LUNAR BASALT BRECCIA Lunar meteorite (basaltic breccia) Sahara Desert, precise location 75 x 35 x 2 mm. (3 x 1.33 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate This lot was withdrawn from the sale |
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Lot 16 SEYMCHAN METEORITE SPHERE — AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRYSTAL BALL Pallasite – PMG Magadan District, Russia 52 mm. (2.0 in.) in diameter. |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $8,750 |
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Lot 18 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF AN IMPACT MELT BRECCIA — A METEORITE TO MELT ONE’S... Agadez, Niger H-melt breccia 95 x 87 x 25 mm. (3.75 x 3.5 x 1 in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $2,000 price realized $1,375 |
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Lot 19 IMPACT MELT FROM AFRICA — WHAT’S IN A NAME? INTERIOR AND... Agadez, Niger H-melt breccia 71 x 48 x 41 mm. (2.75 x 2 x 1.66 in.) |
estimate $800 - $1,200 price realized $1,250 |
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Lot 22 SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE — FROM THE ONE OF THE LARGEST METEORITE... Iron, coarse octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 47 x 79 x 38 mm. (1.75 x 3 x 1.5 in.) |
estimate $1,500 - $2,500 price realized $2,000 |
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Lot 23 PARTIAL SLICE OF THE RUSSIAN METEORITE KUNASHAK L6 Chelyabinsk, USSR 72 x 108 x 4 mm. (2.75 x 4.25 x 0.2 in.) |
estimate $700 - $1,000 price realized $500 |
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Lot 24 NWA 12426 — MAIN MASS OF AN AESTHETIC STONE METEORITE H5 Sahara Desert 254 x 119 x 103 mm. (10 x 4.66 x 4 in.) |
estimate $6,500 - $10,000 price realized $5,000 |
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Lot 25 AESTHETIC TABLETOP CAMPO DEL CIELO METEORITE CAMPO DEL CIELO Iron, coarse octahedrite – IAB-MG Gran Chaco, 235 x 242 x 159 mm. (9.25 x 9.5 x 6.33 in.) |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 price realized $18,750 |
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Lot 26 SPACE GEMS IN NATURAL IRON MATRIX FEATURED IN COMPLETE SLICE OF A... Pallasite – PMG Magadan District, Russia 233 x 171 x 3 mm. (9 x 6.75 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $6,500 - $10,000 price realized $12,500 |
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Lot 27 A LUNAR SPHERE — FROM THE NWA 8046 CLAN OF LUNAR... Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Sahara Desert, 33 mm. (1.25 in.) diameter. |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 price realized $22,500 |
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Lot 28 A TRIANGULAR SPECIMEN OF THE MOON — END PIECE REVEALS INTERIOR... Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Sahara Desert, 199 x 122 x 19 mm. (7.75 x 4.75 x 0.75 in.) |
estimate $50,000 - $75,000 price realized $50,000 |
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Lot 29 SIKHOTE ALIN METEORITE — AESTHETIC EXAMPLE FROM HISTORIC... Iron, coarse octahedrite – IIAB Maritime Territory, 85 x 133 x 42 mm. (3.33 x 5.25 x 1.5 in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $3,250 |
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Lot 30 NWA 12691 — RARE LUNAR SPHERE — FROM THE NWA... Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Sahara Desert, Mauritania 43 mm. (1.66 in.) in diameter. |
estimate $35,000 - $55,000 price realized $35,000 |
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Lot 32 A SELECT COMPLETE SLICE OF AN IMILAC PALLASITE Stony Iron. Pallasite (PAL) Atacama Desert, Chile 222 x 203 x 3 mm. (8.75 x 8 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $11,250 |
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Lot 34 NWA 6932 METEORITE — A COMPLETE SLICE OF AN ANOMALOUS... Iron Meteorite Ungrouped – IR-UNGR Sahara Desert / 117 x 221 x 2 mm. (4.66 x 8.75 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $2,500 |
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Lot 35 A PARTIAL SLICE OF GIBEON METEORITE WITH NATURAL HOLE Iron, fine octahedrite Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia 81 x 49 x 4 mm. (3 x 2 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $1,200 - $1,800 price realized $5,250 |
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Lot 39 NWA 12587 — THE ONLY COMPLETE SLICE FROM THE LARGEST PIECE OF... Achondrite — Eucrite, monomict Sahara Desert 132 x 77 x 6 mm. (5 x 3 x 0.25 in.) |
estimate $3,000 - $4,500 price realized $2,500 |
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Lot 40 A NOTEWORTHY OFFERING OF THE MOON — THE ENDPIECE OF NWA... Moon – Lunar meteorite feldspathic breccia Sahara 188 x 127 x 39 mm. (7.33 x 5 x 1.5 in.) |
estimate $100,000 - $130,000 price realized $106,250 |
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Lot 42 A COMPLETE MOON ROCK — NWA 10495 Lunar meteorite — Feldspathic breccia Sahara Desert, 80 x 69 x 43 mm. (3 x 2.75 x 1.66 in.) |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $22,500 |
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Lot 43 WHILE SPECIMENS OF MARS ARE EXTREMELY RARE, NWA 10416 IS SINGULARLY SO... Mars Rock – Martian Meteorite Sahara Desert, Mali, 102 x 59 x 2 mm. (4 x 2.33 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $30,000 - $45,000 price realized $32,500 |
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Lot 45 ENDPIECE OF A METEORITE FROM THE ASTEROID VESTA, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR... HED — Eucrite (monomict) Sahara Desert, North West Africa 114 x 97 x 32 mm. (4.5 x 3.75 x 1.25 in.) |
estimate $3,500 - $5,500 price realized $3,250 |
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Lot 48 FACETED LIBYAN DESERT GLASS — 60 CARATS Impact Glass The Sahara Desert 20 x 26 x 26 mm. (0.75 x 1 x 1 in.) |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $5,250 |
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Lot 49 NWA 6950 LUNAR METEORITE — MEMBERSHIP IN A GROUP OF... The Moon – lunar gabbro Sahara Desert 51 x 31 x 29 mm. (2 x 1.25 x 1 in.) |
estimate $12,000 - $16,000 price realized $10,000 |
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Lot 50 NWA 8727 — A COMPLETE SLICE OF THE MOON Lunar (olivine gabbro) Sahara Desert, North West Africa 129 x 79 x 2 mm. (5 x 3 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $6,000 - $8,500 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 53 COMPLETE SLICE OF NWA 10154 — AN ANOMALOUS METEORITE FROM THE... ADIO-anom / anomalous diogenite Sahara Desert near the border of 111 x 76 x 3 mm. (4.33 x 3 x 0.1 in.) |
estimate $1,000 - $1,400 price realized $1,500 |
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