Out of the 122 lots, the main event is NWA 16788, a Martian meteorite that is the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

You can be hoodwinked by unscrupulous meteorite dealers. Worse, you can buy a bona fide meteorite, and, by failing to show it proper care, see it disintegrate into stardust before your very eyes ...

Buy a Meteorite for a Million Dollars. ... “It’s interesting how you price meteorites,” said James Hyslop, a specialist at Christie’s London who’s organized an April 20 sale of 76 ...

From the more than 125 meteorite pieces and related material going up for sale at Heritage Auctions, here are five with the strangest space-rock stories. The only known fatality ...

Cost also depends on the kind of meteorite. There are three basic types: stones, irons, and stoney irons. Stones consist of ordinary chondrites, which sell for between $3 and $10 per gram.