]And professional turners don't appreciate hobby turners undercutting them by failing to include those costs or putting a reasonable value on their time
If there is a turner in your market making as many bowls as you with equal quality and grossly underpricing, a chat over a pint might be helpful. Something along the lines of "you are doing really nice work and it is worth more than you are charging".

I think that Neil your comments are valid and I suspect the difficult nature of 'valuation' tends get most hobby turners to price low for the fear of over pricing. Plus I notice that a lot of folks are interested in the 'utilitarian' type bowl or turned object. These will often be at the bottom of the pricing range. To add further insult to injury we have a wide range of 'third world' goods by their pricing seemed to be dumped on the market, thereby setting the value.

I dont think too many hobby turners would mind a bit advice from a Pro about value, good tip Paul.


As I have mentioned else where the appreciation level is quite low down under for turned art. If this was lifted then we would see values rise as well.