What would you pay for lumber?
Cooper Suter
>Quick reader survey.
I'm TRYING to put together a tag sale for a shop liquidation for someone. They started to put it together themselves, and chickened out. I've inherited some of their pricing and it's way on the high side.
There is a fair amount of lumber (former boat repair business run by a former patternmaker & carver).
What would you consider fair but enticing BD FT pricing on the following species at a liquidation?
- Red & White Oak
-Walnut
-Ash
-Redwood
-Phillipine Mahogany (Patternmaker Stock)
-Sugar Pine (Patternmaker stock)
-Basswood
-Cypress
Size and surfacing run the gamut.
A fair amount of rough and 2S 6/4 and 8/4 stock, even some 4x stock.
Some sizable carving blanks of Mahogany and Sugar Pine (4" x 8" x 24" or so).
Random widths, with most in the 6" to 10" common range, but enough 16" stuff also.
Left to myself, I'd be putting $1/BD FT on the common native hardwwod like OAK and even be happy blowinr it out at the end for 50�.
Maybe might start the "better" native stuff at $2/BDFT and be willing to go to 75�-1$ at the end.
The only stuff I see having good "bankable" value is maybe the best Carving blanks and sizable planks of the patternmakers pine & mahogany, but even then, it's a liquidation, not a retail shop.
Thanks in advance for your 2� worth, Coop.
PS, If your in the NW Ohio, SE MI area and are curious, give me a ping offline and I'll fill you in. Didn't post above to troll for customers, but woodcentral people are welcome if interested. I can't promise a timely reply for sure, I'm trying to put this sale together for the weekend, and working nights so times kinda tight.
PPS, Other than stationary equipment (Tablesaws, 12" jointer, spindle sander, 32" bandsaw) the tools SUCK. The family kept back everything remotely decent, and stuck me w/the crap to peddle.