The first auction of meteorites has passed in New York. The most expensive sold lot was the iron meteorite which has been found out in Siberia which price has reached 123 thousand US dollars. Among other exhibits sold on auction, there was a mail box from Georgia, USA which in 1984 has been hit by a meteorite. A buyer, which name is dissembled, has paid 83 thousand US dollars for it.
"Killer - meteorite" has been send to the hammer which has become in 1984 the reason of cow’s death in Venezuela. In the catalogue of auction it was noted, that it is unique documented case of a living being death from hit of a meteorite. The price of the rarity has made 1.3 thousand dollars.
However the most rare and expensive lots of the first auction of meteorites on Sunday still have not found their buyers. Among not sold exhibits it has appeared also the main auction’s lot - a part of a meteorite "Willamette" - one of the largest, ever found out in the USA territory. It was supposed to be sold for 1.1 million US dollars, however the buyers, ready to pay such sum, have not been found. Despite of failure with the most important lot, organizers of the auction - Bonhams & Butterfields have declared that action has passed successfully, and they are measured to hold similar auctions on a regular basis.