I'm not organized enough to number each of my turnings. I'm lucky if I
inital and date them.

However, it is worth thinking about. I burn my initials, wood and date
into the bottom of everything but I imagine a sharpie could be used for
the numbers.

My SWMBO (the one that decided to sell both my turnings and things she
has collected over time) has final say on all of this.

wrote:
Hi William

William my better half does the pricing and sticker thing as well as
the paper work, she's much better at that than I. :-))

My bowls are always finished and the ones that have an oil finish do
present a problem sometimes, however putting less oil on the foot has
made it less so.

As I number most all of my turnings, that number goes on the sticker
with the price, so if stickers fall off they are not switched to the
wrong turning, also as a backup the gallery has prices and numbers to
alleviate any possible problems.

The stickers themselves are very small and cut from labeling or address
labels, with the # sign and number and the $ sign and price, clearly
handwritten in small letters/numbers.

Some galleries do also need a vendor number, and this is on a separate
little label.

This is the way we are doing it now, and it works just fine, if we find
a better way, we'll adopt that.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

william kossack wrote

I have some turnings that I wanted to try and sell but the problem is
attaching price labels to them.

I'm looking for a way of attaching labels to the bottom of a bowl or a
vase that will stick without damaging the surface. Most bottoms are not
currently finished but are smooth and sanded.