Pricing restoration work

Eric Saperstein (Artisan of the Valley) does awesome work. He might be able to help you. He has a blog right now you can check out.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Thats easy to answer i charge by the job and only in rough estimate as i never know what i’m going to come up againist so i get room for movment on the quote

-- cut it saw it scrap it

I charge by the job. I stay within the range of the surrounding area.

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

I guess anyone can advertise for restoration but not everyone can do true restoration. If you don’t do the restoration properly you can destroy a pieces value and make it impossible to correct what you attempted to do. I’m not addressing you specifically Dan “You ” is meant as the person doing the restoration. Even using the wrong glue makes a big difference.
To answer your question Dan I would suggest contacting antique stores, Pawn shops, music stores. museums.
And a general add in you local paper.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon