Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
Gibeon Iron Meteorite, Milled Sphere, John A. Lednicky Estate
- Price realized
- $1,778
- Pre-sale estimate
- $200 – $400
- Hammer price
- $1,400
- Category
- Science & Technology
- Sold
- June 20, 2025
- Sale
- SPECIAL 9AM START - DAY 1 JUNE 2025 ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION
Lot description
GIbeon Iron Meteorite specimen, Nambia, Southwest Africa, now milled into a sphere, .approx. 1.25" diameter, 29lbs (131.70gr), sphere exhibits some rust, comes with a display pedestal signed at the underside ",John A. Lednicky, 1990", total for shipping .60lbs *Provenance: Estate of John A. Lednicky, Oklahoma, Philippines, 1921-2018, U.S. Navy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1944). Lednicky led the recovery of the Bondoc meteorite, the largest meteorite recovered in the Philippines (1955lbs), even participating in manual digging, and directed its shipment to the United States. The Bondoc meteorite is now housed at Arizona State University, Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies. Reference: "Find A Falling Star", Harvey H. Nininger, Paul S. Eriksson, Inc, NY, 1972, pages 227-230 relates the Bondoc-Lednicky-Nininger story ; Online: https://meteorites.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CMS-Newsletter-Issue7.pdf ; and, https://meteoritegallery.com/bondoc-mesosiderite-b4/
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.