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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 4250941, member: 5066"]10- 15 years ago, I paid approximately $600- $700 for that board, today, you would have to double/triple that number easily.</p><p>The other thing you need to realize is, you can't release that kinda wood to any tom, dick, or harry. You have to hire someone who REALLY knows what the hell they are doing wood-wise. The cost of the above board plus someone to mill it into a newly finished top for my QA piece? $2000. 10-15 years ago.</p><p>The old-growth wood business is BIG BUSINESS these days. It's called WOOD PORN and depending on what kinda "porn" that you are interested in or need for your project it's no problem at all to drop 5k-10k on a SINGLE BOARD!</p><p>Here is a video below of one of these old-growth wood dealers who travel the world in search of old-growth timber.</p><p>These guys are like antique dealers, once you start talking to them, you can't shut them up!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>WOOD PORN!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]kdRu41ka8Ys[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 4250941, member: 5066"]10- 15 years ago, I paid approximately $600- $700 for that board, today, you would have to double/triple that number easily. The other thing you need to realize is, you can't release that kinda wood to any tom, dick, or harry. You have to hire someone who REALLY knows what the hell they are doing wood-wise. The cost of the above board plus someone to mill it into a newly finished top for my QA piece? $2000. 10-15 years ago. The old-growth wood business is BIG BUSINESS these days. It's called WOOD PORN and depending on what kinda "porn" that you are interested in or need for your project it's no problem at all to drop 5k-10k on a SINGLE BOARD! Here is a video below of one of these old-growth wood dealers who travel the world in search of old-growth timber. These guys are like antique dealers, once you start talking to them, you can't shut them up!:p WOOD PORN! [MEDIA=youtube]kdRu41ka8Ys[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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