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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Jared Collins, buyer meteorite stones, an American citizen residing in Bali has opened up about the price of the stones, which has been viral and has been reported by national and international media. Collins denied reports that the Tapanuli meteorite fragment was resold by a second collector through an eBay buy and sell site for £ 757 (14.1 million rupees) per gram.
Earlier, Joshua Hutagalung (34) claimed to have received Rs 200 million after selling meteorite stones which fell on his house in Satahi Nauli village, Kolang district, Tapanuli Tengah, North Sumatra.
In a written statement, Collins denied the news that the price of a 1,800 gram stone that Joshua sold could reach almost £ 1.4 million, equivalent to Rp 26 billion.
Collins assures that the prices indicated in the news are completely false and incorrect. In terms of authenticity, the real value is the confidentiality of both parties, both Joshua Hutagalung and the Americans residing abroad, who took over the meteor.
“Based on mutual agreement. But the amount paid or received is not 200 million or an exaggerated price of the 25 billion reported worldwide,” Collins said on Thursday (11/19).
“Currently there are no meteorites of such value and, of course, no collector will pay that price,” he added.
In addition, Collins tells the full chronology of the Tapanuli meteorite transaction. On August 7, 2020, he was contacted by other meteorite enthusiasts who were in the US to help him locate a meteorite that fell in North Sumatra belonging to Josua Hutagalung.
Interested in Joshua’s story and having knowledge and interest in meteorites, Collins agreed to help his colleagues in the United States.
Collins is then tasked with verifying the authenticity of the meteorite Joshua found, protecting the meteorite from potential damage and contamination that can result from improper handling of the meteorite, and transmitting it safely to his American colleagues.
The value of the transaction has been agreed by Joshua and his US counterpart through direct communication previously made by both parties, without involving Collins.
Joshua set a price that the American later agreed to. Collins states that both Joshua and the US citizen agreed that the process was fair and was well received by both parties.
Collins then departed for North Sumatra and met with Joshua to see the authenticity of the meteorite and protect it for safe delivery to his colleagues.
Collins is reimbursed for travel expenses and time spent helping colleague. He claims that he does not own the meteorite or sell it to other parties that own the meteorite at this time.
The ultimate goal of Collins’ involvement as a meteorite enthusiast is claimed to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to personally witness and physically examine this scientifically significant meteorite.
Already previously reported, Jared Collins is a meteorite expert from the United States (USA). He later admitted that he was sent in by a collector named Jay Piatek to secure the meteor and negotiate a price with Joshua.
(from / DAL)
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