PYNOGRAPHY- Value... Form Quality, Artisan, Supply & Demand.. Chairs

Like any arts and crafts category, value depends on form, quality, artisan, supply and demand. Chairs, tables, and book shelves can still be found for just a few hundred dollars a piece though exceptional pieces such as a grandfather clock or scratch made cabinet could be worth thousands. Larger cased pieces are difficult to find. They are rare because they were not mass produced in large numbers, often took months and sometimes years to incise, were the most expensive to purchase as blanks from manufacturers, and suffered the ravages of time. Unique forms built and burned from scratch by folk artisans with fine design and in good condition are genuine prizes. Tribal burntwood artworks from Australian Aboriginal, Oceania , African and Native American cultures are receiving greater interest from dealers and collectors as this new category opportunity emerges and reasonable prices still exist..
Patient collectors and savvy dealers will be rewarded by seeking and acquiring good quality, larger sized pieces or unusual smaller pyrography forms including tribal burntwood artworks. If you are lucky enough to find a scarce pyrography catalog by Chicago based Thayer and Chandler Company- one of several turn-of-the-century commercial pyrography suppliers- by all means snap it up...it would make a fine acquisition to round out your collection!