Ebony boards - Pricing help?

[Joel Jenkins]

I have two boards of some sort of Asian ebony totalling around 2 bf. They are 3/4" thick and are S2S. What sort of price should I ask for something like these? They are very dense and solid boards.
http://www.charlestonpens.com/Wood/boards.JPG

[James Phillips]

my opinion... Because they are cut offs and mostly sap wood they are not going to demand a premium.. I would say a box maker might give you $20-$25 if you are lucky

[Doug Shepard]

I think $80 B.F. was somewhat the norm the last I looked around. I wouldn't count the sapwood in sizing and pricing it though. If the heartwood is wide and long enough for musical instrument fingerboards, you might be able to get top dollar for them IF you can hook up with the right buyer, otherwise I wouldn't think you could get anywhere near the $80 BF range.

[Mike Henderson]

Last I checked around here, ebony was about $65/bf but you could only get that for the heartwood (the black wood). The sap wood is of little value - maybe a couple of dollars per board foot.

Mike