I have purchased Turkish Walnut blanks before, but it seem to me that the prices have increased a lot. Am I mistaken? This is just an observation and I really don't want to debate the prices.
Herb, I just purchased twenty beautiful Turkish Walnut blanks, and had them shipped to my residence from Turkey for $109.00. I was really impressed with the service, and I didn't mind paying that price for what I got. They were offered through the IAP classifieds, not that long ago, the name of the person I dealt with was Onur Celiker, and his site is www.turkishwalnut.net you should check out what he has for sale. Of course, I don't know if that is to high of a price for you, as you didn't clarify what price you thought was to high already.
Len
I've bought from Onur a couple times and have been extremely happy with the service and the incredibly beautiful blanks he sends. I just looked at his site and they seem to be running about the same price as before.