In the last week, I have bought an Oriental Rug, a DVD and a Carbide
Forstner Bit on EBay - pretty cool way to shop!

I took about an hour and scrolled through the listings for "turning" under
crafts and was thoroughly dismayed. It seems that the turning section is
only for pen blanks, small chunks of exotics and the occaisional turned
item.

I took another hour and went through the listings for "sculpture and
carvings" - saw some wooden art pieces, but did not take note of anything
turned except for a cracked and repaired Ray Key bowl that was listed for
$49. (I am sure Ray Key would not like to see that) How sad!

Then I thumbed through the listings for "pottery and glass" and saw many
many (less than spectacular) thrown and blown objects that were commanding
some prety good prices with bid counts up to 20 bid at the $200 - $500
range. There were over 300,000 pieces listed in this category! The cool
thing is that people were actually bidding on these items! Wow!

I know that none of you want to buy the work of other turners, that is not
my reason for posting this message. I certainly do not want to buy other
turners work, I have enough of my own! However, I know that there is a
market for the stuff we make - there has to be - there are galleries that
are devoted to wood, museums that have collections and plenty of Interrior
Designers out there who seek unique pieces for their client installations.

Is a market on EBay calling out that there is an opportunity for wood art or
am I experiencing wishful thinking?!
What has the general experience of the group been with respect to EBay?

Ray Sandusky
Brentwood, TN