"George" wrote in message
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On the other hand, you can always sell a salad bowl or two to get a new
tool, while some things have limited appeal to buyers. Had a couple of
"thin" pieces that I had to weight at one show with the wind off the lake
which are a turner's tour de force, but nobody did anything more than
remark on the lightness and translucence. Couldn't figure a good use for
them, I guess. Same with some undercut natural edge pieces. Other
turners and I had some good chats on how to do them, but the buyers
weren't there. Didn't take long to earn my new Bosch 18V cordless
assortment selling salad bowls, though!

An interesting point. I've sold only a few items so far, noticing that the
unsophisticated buyer tends to equate weight with quality. My segmented
pieces assembled from purpleheart, lignum vitae, and zircote seem to sell
first and occasionally are the only pieces that sell. Similar pieces of
thin cherry, maple, and stained holly, which I find more attractive than the
exotics, quite often go home with me. (sigh)

Max