A Georgia mailbox that was hit by a meteorite 23 years ago has been auctioned for more than $82,000.
In spirited bidding at a New York auction house, an anonymous bidder bought the mailbox -- a now somewhat mangled loaf of metal that nonetheless still has its red flag firmly in the up position.
The mailbox stood at the home of Wanda Morris in Southeast Georgia's Evans County. In 1984, a burning hot meteorite knocked it 15 feet away in a loud crash. Morris says, her late parents loaned the mailbox to a meteorite expert on the condition it be exhibited at museums.
She says, they got $40 out of the arrangement. "I feel like my parents were cheated," she says. "I feel like we were cheated."
Morris says, her parents got $3,000 for the actual meteorite. A tiny piece of the rock -- less than an ounce -- was auctioned for more than $7,000.
In spirited bidding at a New York auction house, an anonymous bidder bought the mailbox -- a now somewhat mangled loaf of metal that nonetheless still has its red flag firmly in the up position.
The mailbox stood at the home of Wanda Morris in Southeast Georgia's Evans County. In 1984, a burning hot meteorite knocked it 15 feet away in a loud crash. Morris says, her late parents loaned the mailbox to a meteorite expert on the condition it be exhibited at museums.
She says, they got $40 out of the arrangement. "I feel like my parents were cheated," she says. "I feel like we were cheated."
Morris says, her parents got $3,000 for the actual meteorite. A tiny piece of the rock -- less than an ounce -- was auctioned for more than $7,000.
