From MSNBC.COM:

Meteorites attract art collectors

Space sculptures go up for sale at auction house

NEW YORK - The art world’s interest in meteorites has skyrocketed, with collectors and curators buying up the outer-space rocks for display in museums, galleries or on a cocktail table at home.

Next week, meteorite hunters will get a chance to bid for some of the world’s most coveted extraterrestrial rocks when they go on sale at Bonhams’ New York natural history auction

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