Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Mark Kauder
TDaniel
>Folks, our own Mark Kauder did good at the AAW. Mark does excellent work with his segmented turnings and a superb lacquer finish and the proof was in the bidding Sat nite at the AAW auction. I heard that Mark's donated vessel sold for $800. When you consider that the piece was made on a $200 lathe you have to be impressed. Remember, I told you a couple of months ago that if you wanted a Mark K. piece you had better buy it before he was discovered. Too late now.
TD
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Mark Kauder
>Thanks TD.
Yeah, I was very lucky. I was able to sell all three of my Instant Gallery pieces, and was very proud of the fact that the donation piece brought $850. More than that, I was proud of the comments that Auctioneer John Hill and Phil Brennon made about the piece and the finish.
I actually sold one of the pieces twice - I made a deal over the phone with a young man for my Walnut piece (had already sold the ebonized Walnut piece) Saturday night, and he met me and paid me Sunday morning. Shortly thereafter, I was in the first rotation of Sunday morning, and got a call from John Hill - AAW Boardmember/Auctioneer from the night before. Said that he was standing in front of my work in the Instant Gallery and wanted to buy one of my pieces. I went and met him. Unfortunately, he was holding the piece that I had sold earlier in the morning - I had failed to mark it as sold.
Fortuately, I have a similar one in the works, and he wants to see it when I am done, and may buy it.
I sure enjoyed myself, and once I get myself back in the office this week, I will post about my experiences.
Thanks again, TD for the support.
Mark
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RonZ
>Way to go Mark! You surely earned it.
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Ron in Drums PA
>Congrulations Mark! Well Done!