What someone wants and what they get are different things, asking $4K for a restored elm is absurd and it will be sitting for a while. Nice stoves but not that nice.
Funny you should say that. This is my work. People reguarly pay me those prices to have me personally restore their elms. I restore more Elms than anybody else, and I do a better job than anybody else.
They have a cult following in New England and will absolutly bring top dollar, if they came from a reputable shop, such as mine, which is known to do the highest quaility Elm restorations.
His problem is that he paid to get the stove done, brought it back down to NJ, and is trying to flip
It there, where the market is almost non exsistent that far out of New England, up here in Vermont/NH/Mass, Elms bring this kind of money all day, esp a 36”.
Plus this is a 36” nickel elm, and you do not just find 36”s everywhere. Maybe 1 out of every 20 I do or find is a 36”. More often than not people will pay me to convery their smaller elm to a 36” for them if they need it that big.
You can absolulty find restored ones for cheaper done by the “puff and polish” backyard restoration people. But who wants to pay that kinda money to someone who doesnt do this for a living and have a reputaion and a huge portfolio online to see all the Elms they have done.
So the short answer to your response, is I deal with Quaility, and you are looking for value. Huge difference and know your worth. If you get a value piece of someone, odds are they cut tons of corners and have no expierence in what they are doing