On 6/20/2018 6:19 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
writes:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:26:22 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 6/20/2018 12:50 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:08:49 -0700 (PDT), Michael
wrote:
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Crikey ! Do people actually pay those prices ?

I can maybe see such high prices on more time-consuming styles
of furniture that have carving or inlay ... or exotic wood ..
I don't really see it .. even doing hand-cut joinery.
John T.

You have to see and feel one of his pieces to fully appreciate; pictures
don't do justice to the "fit and feel".

And, say he has a busy year and builds 30 pieces at an average of $4,000
each -- that still only grosses $120,000/yr and in ME to heat the shop
over the winter will take half that!


I don't doubt that it's very nice hand-made furniture ..
I just don't move in the social circles where anyone knows anyone
who would pay $ 6 grand US almost $ 8 grand Canadian
for that "computer table " ..

There is a market for it, see for example:

https://www.thosmoser.com/

Pretty stuff, but pricey.

We generally have a view of the early colonial furniture makers as being
"one-off" craftsmen turning out every piece lovingly ... reality was
"not so much"

https://www.colonialsociety.org/publications/3297/boston-and-its-furnituremakers-1650-1860

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