I have a few shows this summer and I decided to add a few new items. Although I have made these boxes before, I decided to make a couple of jewelry boxes out of these. One is sapele and maple and the other is ambrosia maple and sapele. The dark bodied sapele box does have an upper tray but is not shown. The inside and trays are flocked. For some reason the lighting made it look like the flocking is thin but it really isn't. Now to establish a price.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great looking boxes Ron. Pricing is the hard part, I have done shows that price were bno object and some that it was a major detriment. All depends on the venue I guess.

Beautiful! Hope they sell well, Ron

Me too Lew. I have way too much time in them though. If they don't sell then mama will have new boxes.

 

nice boxes Ron. when it comes to pricing do not de-value your work. you put a lot of work and skill into them so be sure to ask a price that reflects that.

Now how many shows are a few??? as I do 45 a year

 

I have 3 scheduled John. Too many more than that and my hobby becomes a job. There's great wisdom in your pricing comment.  I have had items that would not sell. I raised the price and they flew off the table. Go figure.

 

Beautiful box, Ron. Didja cove the sides on the TS?

 

Don't under price it. John's absolutely correct.

 

No Gene. The sides were cut with a raised panel bit, flipped 180 and glued. A bit tricky but doable. The hardest part of the process is getting the thickness of the accent stripe just right so you don't have to sand forever and a day.

I know this is an old topic @Ron Dudelston, been moving archives up to our live forums and came across this one, did this box sell?

On 3/26/2014 at 6:28 PM, Wayne said:

Great looking boxes Ron. Pricing is the hard part, I have done shows that price were bno object and some that it was a major detriment. All depends on the venue I guess.

I think that's right   I"ve been to shows with a lot of yard crap ("Pukey Ducks") and those with artisan works and the price & quality competition can be a key to what sells and what doesn't

It's funny you ask John.  I sold that at a Christmas show in 2015 but I did a show yesterday and a lady asked about it.  Looks like I'll be building a couple more for a November show.  

Beautiful boxes Ron! I think you build a few more to sell as well. Those are quite elegant.