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Old 05-26-2008, 08:30 AM
SKYHIGH SKYHIGH is offline
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Indian Rosewood(EIR) is not rare. They are plentiful...for now. Most vendors now priced their H. Mahogany almost same as EIR. It will only be matter of time IMO that H. Mahogany pass EIR in terms of price.

I don't know if being endangred is the only factor in high price although it certainly helps.
Look at African Blackwood versus Brazillian rosewood for instance. Most builder and vendors know that African Blackwood is rare even in comparison to Brazillian. However Brazillian costs roughly twice as much to African Blackwood if not more.

Now I don't know how endangered H.Mahogany is but I do think that it being in the list of CITES is a factor in it's price.
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