G'day and - Toona Ciliata(Red Cedar) current price request.

**Flingwing** · 24th July 2013, 05:44 PM

Greeting to all.

G'day and thanks for having me

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My reason for joining is so that I might ask a question.
I have some Toona Ciliata in my possession that I would like to sell but I have found the asking price is varies, so I thought I would ask you knowledgeable types to get a consensus.
The wood is at the back of a lot of clutter, but I should be able to get to it next week enabling accurate measurements and take some photos to post. In the mean time, with the following rough measurements would it be possible to get a ball park figure?
The wood was logged around the 1940’s from the Dorrigo region and has been kept dry and elevated in that time. The approximate sizes are as follows,

X2 Slabs – 3000 X 410 X 70 (1 piece has some bark on it)
X3 slabs – 2000 X 250 X 70 (1 piece has a small amount of rot at one end)
X1 Slab - 1300 X 274 X 100

My father was making period furniture from this wood before he passed away. I can post a photo of one of his completed pieces to show its colour when finished, and and another of an unfinished piece.
Thanks in advance for your responses.

**John.G** · 28th July 2013, 09:29 AM

How long is a piece of string?

Red Cedar is one of the worlds most prized cabinet timbers. Supply from Australian sources is almost non existant - it's out there but the reality is that whats mostly offered today is not old growth timber, and it's not available in volumes sufficient to drive a trend anymore. There are plantation thinings becoming available but these are mostly overseas and aren't entering Australia (Hawaii has large areas of plantation Toon). You'd think that the laws of supply and demand meant this made it more expensive but in reality the reverse has occured - as with many of the premium rainforest cabinet species they're worth less then they were 20 years ago in real dollar terms. The high end furniture trade in this country is almost dead, and there's not enough of it around to attract middle market appeal.

Having said that it shouldn't be too hard to sell small, good quality pieces, particularly around this place.

Indicative values would range anywhere from $2000 to $4000 a m3. At $4k a cube that would equate to roughly $10 a BF... which would not be considered overpriced on the world market. On the Australian market you won't get that unless it's exceptional.

Post pictures, it will help.

**corbs** · 28th July 2013, 09:49 AM

I can't help with a price but am in Canberra and might be interested in a slab or two when you figure out price.

**rustynail** · 28th July 2013, 07:41 PM

As johnG said, prices are pretty variable. $3k-$6K per m3 covers it these days. It very much depends on quality, dimensions (wide material fetches a premium) and figure. I would think old growth material from the Dorego should be nice stuff. A few pics would be a good idea and save us guessing.

**Flingwing** · 31st July 2013, 04:57 PM

Here are some photos and dimensions of the Cedar in question.
In the photo showing all the slabs they are from left to right A.B.C.D.E.F.

A – 3115 x 405 X 71 Outer edge of tree.
B – 3137 X 395 X 70 Not a bad piece.
C – 2500 X 254 X 73 Outer edge of tree.
D – 2517 X 275 X 78 Outer edge of tree.
E – 2628 X 236 X 75 Outer edge of tree.
F – 1267 X 270 X 95 A bit of rot at one end. Good for turning.

Thanks for all answers in advance.

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