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NWA (Sahara) - MICHAEL JACKSON INTEREST
http://www.lyonandturnbull.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=326+++++++40+&refno=++143691&image=1
559g
Estimate £250-350
An African Meteorite (Sahara Desert) (stone) - found 1998:
This stone meteorite flew around the Solar System for four and a half billion years before lining up perfectly with planet Earth for a crash landing on the sands of the Sahara Desert. Several thousand years later, it was picked up by a wandering nomad and sold through a Moroccan trader into the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection.
Many celebrities enjoy owning a little piece of the Universe, including pop legend the late Michael Jackson.
In the Summer of 2002, through his friendship with Uri Geller, Rob supplied a small meteorite gift to Jackson. This must have struck the right chord, as a phone call came through from the Jackson camp, requesting another, larger meteorite, but this time it was required "in the shape of a star".
Sculpting meteorites into star-shapes isn't one of Rob's specialities, so a compromise was reached and the stone meteorite, which had fallen in the Sahara Desert thousands of years earlier, was cut in two. Both halves of the meteorite were then polished to a high lustre, each revealing a myriad of shiny, bright metallic flecks mixed within the dark stony insides of the meteorite. Catch it in the light and these flecks come alive, closely mimicking the bright stars of the Milky Way in the night sky.
One half was sold to Michael Jackson in 2003, while this 559g half remained in Rob's collection until now.
http://www.lyonandturnbull.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=326+++++++40+&refno=++143691&image=1
559g
Estimate £250-350
An African Meteorite (Sahara Desert) (stone) - found 1998:
This stone meteorite flew around the Solar System for four and a half billion years before lining up perfectly with planet Earth for a crash landing on the sands of the Sahara Desert. Several thousand years later, it was picked up by a wandering nomad and sold through a Moroccan trader into the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection.
Many celebrities enjoy owning a little piece of the Universe, including pop legend the late Michael Jackson.
In the Summer of 2002, through his friendship with Uri Geller, Rob supplied a small meteorite gift to Jackson. This must have struck the right chord, as a phone call came through from the Jackson camp, requesting another, larger meteorite, but this time it was required "in the shape of a star".
Sculpting meteorites into star-shapes isn't one of Rob's specialities, so a compromise was reached and the stone meteorite, which had fallen in the Sahara Desert thousands of years earlier, was cut in two. Both halves of the meteorite were then polished to a high lustre, each revealing a myriad of shiny, bright metallic flecks mixed within the dark stony insides of the meteorite. Catch it in the light and these flecks come alive, closely mimicking the bright stars of the Milky Way in the night sky.
One half was sold to Michael Jackson in 2003, while this 559g half remained in Rob's collection until now.
