nice, but shipping seems ridiculous. you can send a car from FL to CA for $500

I'd check with a long haul mover to see what they'd charge to bring it to you when they are next near your city/town. It's gorgeous!

I'm not familiar with EBTH, but if it is an auction site, the seller seemgs to be using the shipping to ensure a minimum net -- a minimum bid of sorts.

I'd take a photo to a woodworker -- or go to custom made (website) to find someone who could make one for you. You can limit your search to local folks or search nation wide. For $2500, I'd make it myself. The tapering is the only thing to that, and there are ways to control that.

Ha! I didn't even think about having to make the bed...! Good point!

It IS an auction site, with no bids. If I wasn't in Colorado, and the bed wasn't in Virginia, I would definitely bid on it. I'm not sure if this site is relatively new and people in some areas haven't heard about it, but some of the sales have items that go for a song - I'm not seeing a reserve. But there are other items, like diamond rings, that are going for $10k and up. It's interesting!

dfaup, that is a lovely bed, by the way.

It's beautiful but you'd have to lift the mattress up to make the bed.