Pine Timber Prices Rise in Southeast

Oct. 20, 2005 - Prices paid Southeastern tree growers for pine pulpwood, which has been deeply depressed in recent years, showed a substantial increase in the third quarter, reports F&W Forestry Services.
Marshall Thomas, president of F&W, said prices for pine pulpwood, the primary source of fiber for pulp and paper mills, rose 16% on average during the three-month period. Prices for pine sawtimber, larger trees used for making lumber, also rose slightly, while prices for pulpwood and lumber-size hardwood trees fell.
These prices are based on sales handled by F&W for private landowners in the core Southeastern states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, the company said.

Third quarter timber prices are typically low due to usually dry late summer and early fall weather, Thomas said.

The fact that pine prices were stable to rising during the period is good news.

But the good news may be short lived. The salvaging of hurricane-damaged timber will likely have a dampening effect on timber prices in all of the Gulf states as well as Georgia and Arkansas, Thomas writes in his firm's newsletter.

Indeed, F&W's Jackson, Miss., office reported that prices paid landowners in the hurricane damaged area of Southern Mississippi plunged an average of 68 percent from pre-Katrina timber sales.
However, Thomas said once the hurricane salvage is completed, the next two to four years could be quite good for Southern timberland owners. The dollar remains weak, housing is strong by historical standards, and interest rates are relatively low, Thomas said. When you add the increased demand due to rebuilding of the Gulf, I think it is reasonable to forecast higher prices ahead for pine chip-and-saw and large saw timber.”

F&W Forestry Services, Inc., provides marketing and other forest management services to private timberland owners across the South. F&W timber prices are based on its own timber sales in behalf of landowner clients and other marketing data drawn from its 13 regional offices in eight states from Virginia to Texas, encompassing the region’s main commercial forested areas.

SOURCE: F&W Forestry Services, Inc.

These two said the only reason they were making counterfeit money was to save a paper mill...

Two men charged with possession of counterfeit money in Port aux Basques have been fined and released, with one of them saying he intends to save the ailing paper mill in Stephenville.



Robert Pero, 49, and Marc Lancaster, 30, were sentenced in court in Stephenville Wednesday.

Marc Lancaster (left) and Robert Pero were fined Wednesday in Stephenville court.

Pero, who was also fined an additional $500 for dangerous driving and $250 for fleeing police, said he and his friend pleaded guilty in order to avoid a lengthy ordeal with the courts.


"I just pleaded guilty to these charges so that everything would be taken care of, and we can get on with what we came here to do," Pero said.


The pair were arrested after residents of Port aux Basques saw money being thrown from a white car.


The money turned out to be counterfeit. So far, police have recovered about $400 in phony cash.


Pero told the court that he was a humanitarian who has dedicated his life to ending hunger in Africa.


Pero, who is from Toronto, told CBC News he had come to Newfoundland to get the Abitibi-Consolidated mill in Stephenville "back up and running again"


"I know I can do that" he said.


"I can put out 30 times the pulp without destroying one more tree, or with any bleach in the process. And I can automatically give all the employees a double increase in income"


Pero later added, however: "My philosophy is don't believe half of what you hear, none of what you see, and even less of what you think you know. Because you really don't know anything."

The Souper Dress (Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Paper Dress)

The Souper Dress Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Paper Dress



So far there have been fourteen people who responded to this picture and most of you want to know where you can get a Souper Dress.

How much are they worth? Does anybody out there want to sell a Souper Dress?

There is one in Ebay right now with a Buy It Now price of $4000. Sounds like a bargain to us.

I see one sold recently in Ebay for $2250. Here is the description:

"This A-line dress is printed with the Campbell's Soup can label design. These dresses were inspired by Andy Warhol and were produced by Campbell's as an advertising campaign when paper dresses were popular in the 1960's. They were a mail-in offer.The label at the back of the neck has "THE SOUPER DRESS No cleaning-no washing It's carefree fire resistant unless washed or cleaned To refreshen, press lightly with warm iron 80% cellulose, 20% cotton". It has never been worn. It was unfolded to photograph. There is some slight yellow aging from vintage condition. There are no tears or rips that I can find. It has been packaged ever since I got it in 1968.

In March of 2007 a dress like this sold through Phillips de Pury for $19,000.00 and I have seen several sell on Ebay for over $3,000.00

Buyer pays $4.60 for shipping and I would suggest insurance which the price varies depending on the selling price. I prefer to be paid with cashiers check.

On Sep-17-07 at 12:00:42 PDT, seller added the following information:

I have added pictures to show the yellowing. The worst is on the back of the left shoulder and carries over to the front. There is also some on that back of the skirt."

Paper Dresses at Philadelphia Museum of Art

For this 1966 paper dress, the textile conservators collaborated with paper conservator Julie Ream shown here using damp blotters over Gore-tex to humidify and flatten the crease...

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