I have also made a nice live edge rack for my system. All together cost on two that I've made average around $500 for materials. I know time is money but what are you adding that make you think they are worth 10k? There are established mfgs. building some pretty high-quality pieces with some advertised acoustic benefits. What materials and swag are you providing to come up with your price? I too am a craftsman in my own way, I paint houses for a living. I know what it takes and if you are good, it would seem you would be too busy selling these high-end pieces to provide them for free to buddies and family.
Trading ??? For equipment.
We all want money for our equipment and or time, but what if trades were introduced, giving another option and opportunity for a win, win.
I’m a retired firefighter but active artist with decades of craftsmanship under my belt. I build live-edge stereo entertainment centers and anything you can think of, but I donate it all to family or sell to a small circle of friends because like our hobby, normal people want to pay fifty dollars for Krell monoblocks. What I build, no one can afford in the small circle of my contacts, so I keep it of give to my family. A table that I build should sell for $10,000, but like my Krell monoblocks, people think it’s only worth fifty dollars… which is like pigs and pearls.
Anyhow, just a thought.