What Are They Worth?

[Pocono Bill]

Usually when I am making pens I go looking for the wood I want to use. At our woodturning club meeting last night a gentleman I didn't know (I was absent last month and I think he is new) asked me if I turned pens. When I said yes, he said he had some blanks he wanted to get rid of and he showed me five spalted maple and one maple burl blanks. I think he said that some of the spalted blanks had burl qualities.

I told him I would be interested but he didn't have an asking price and I had no clue what to offer him. He will bring them to next month's club meeting. I looked on-line today without success.

I am looking for suggestions on what to offer him or where I might look to get a price that would be fair to both of us.

 

[mredburn]

Tough call, Maple in itself is not that High dollar a blank. I have burl blanks that I paid a dollar apiece. but that wouldnt include shipping. A lot depends on the looks of the blanks to you. How much spalting? Mineral stain? Have you checked back through the classified here, and also Ebay?

 

[hunter-27]

I try to keep any maple, spalted/burl to around a buck a blank as there is sooo much available. An exceptional piece, I might go more.

 

[ersRFP]

It really depends on how good it looks. Maple is everywhere. I've sold Maple burl blank from $1-$5. At $5 it had better be something really special and unique.

Can he email you a photo and maybe you could post it on IAP?

 

[GaryMGg]

Maybe he just wants to give them to you.
I've given many blanks away to local club members.