Hi John, Burr Oak here commands extremely good prices, we get paid by the hoppus foot probably a british measurement but if its a good butt covered in burr we can get between 20 and 50 ££ per cubic foot and if you get a decent sized butt with maybe 100 ft its a payer, but few and far between here, same applies to burr elm. Fiddleback sycamore is also known as Ripple where the grain runs across and when planked it has a sort of 3d effect, have a look at the casings on a violin if you get the chance, its fairly common but commands excellent prices in winter , worth sweet f all in summer, my kitchen is made of ripple from summer felled butts but to be honest i'd have been cheaper getting a factory made kiitchen from a kitchen company, it cost a fortune to saw dry and have made , but looks good, see if any of you guys can put a pic of a burr oak on, and i'll do the same here, difficult to do with the sycamore as it wouldnt show up, anyway thanks for that info Cheers Graham