After paying $44,100 USD for a doghouse, you’d expect it to be encrusted with precious gems, but this one has something even more rare, a roof that was punctured by a meteorite. This event occurred on April 23, 2019 at 9:07pm local time when a German shepherd named Rocky was in a deep slumber, when all of a sudden, a 69-pound space rock barreled through the roof of its kennel, leaving a gaping hole. Read more for a video and additional information.
Meteorite enthusiasts who were tracking it immediately fled to the scene where they were met by Rocky’s owners, Luis Gamboa and Esmeralda Alvarado. They eventually made a deal to purchase both the doghouse and meteorite. Unfortunately, we don’t know how much the married couple sold these one-of-a-kind items for, but combined, the two items sold for $65,520 USD at a recent Christie’s auction.
LEGO Ideas Fender Stratocaster 21329 Building Kit Idea for Guitar Players and Music Lovers (1,079 Pieces)
- Recreate a legendary guitar with this wonderfully detailed LEGO Ideas build-and-display model (21329) of a 1970s Fender Stratocaster guitar and a buildable Fender 65 Princeton Reverb amplifier
- The guitar features a posable whammy bar, pickup switch and tuning pegs, six strings, Fender logo stickers, and a textile strap. The bricks included let you build the guitar in red or black
- The amplifier has removable panels for easy viewing of the motherboard, reverb tank, speaker and otherinterior details, logo stickers, plus connecting rubber cables for the guitar and footswitch
- Includes a foldable display stand for the guitar, model-scale guitar picks in 4 colors, plus a sticker of the Fender logo built from LEGO bricks to put on your real guitar, amp or wherever you want
- Guitar measures over 14 in. (36 cm) long, 4 in. (11 cm) wide and 1 in. (3 cm) deep. This LEGO display model makes a cool gift for guitar players, music lovers and Fender Stratocaster guitar fans
Everyone has an image in mind of how a meteorite ‘should look’ – an extraterrestrial body frictionally heated while punching through Earth’s atmosphere. Rarely do the objects survive this fiery descent look like that shared ideal seen in this meteorite. It is a wonder to behold and an honor to have been entrusted with its sale,” said James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History.
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