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Also to know is, where does birdseye maple come from?

Birdseye Maple is a beautiful wood that occurs naturally in less than 1/10th of 1% of all Sugar Maple trees. Its name aptly describes the "eyes" that develop in the tree when it is young. These eyes continue to develop, getting generally larger, as the tree grows. Birdseye maple is like a natural saltwater pearl.

One may also ask, what is birdseye maple worth? The average selling price of a bird's-eye maple log is in the range of $20,000 to $30,000 per 1,000 board feet. To put this in perspective, one double bottom truck fully loaded with the highest quality maple bird's-eye logs would be worth in excess of $700,000.

Secondly, is birdseye maple rare?

Birdseye maple is a rare and mysterious characteristic found in hard maple. Birdseye maple is excellent for custom pool cues, musical instruments, furniture, and small items such as jewelry boxes due to its unique and amazing figure.

What does a birdseye maple tree look like?

Birdseye maple is an irregularly grained cultivar of the maple or Acer species, with an aberrant but beautiful grain pattern. Instead of the regular vertical and more linear grain of maple, birdseye has a rounded, randomly swirling grain that is dotted with dark amber, brown or nearly black spots.