This coffee table has a retail price of $1,793.00,

[Packard]

I do wonder what the value of the lumber itself is.  I would guess it is about 6’ long x 3’ wide x 18” tall.  A lot of lumber.

Artistically, I think the concept and execution to be beyond perfection.  [big grin]

Source: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/Anticonsum.../this_bundle_of_planks_being_passed_off_as_a/

 

[Michael Kellough]

Might be a good choice for a research cabin in the Arctic, in case the fuel re-supply ship is late.

 

[MikeGE]

Not quite.  The currency is the Malaysian Ringgit, and the RM1,793 is about US$396.

[attachimg=1]

Is the table really a banded solid stack of wood, or is it made to look like a banded solid stack of wood?

 

[squall_line]

It's made to look that way; on the close-up, you can see that the "band" is easily 1/2" thick and the boards have been relieved to accommodate the rigid "strap" piece.

The steel and the wheels are probably the majority of the price.

 

[Packard]

A little too rustic for my tastes.  I did think it was amusing.

 

[smorgasbord]

All it needs is a glass top.

 

[Sparktrician]

You can put lipstick on a pig...    [huh]

 

[Rick Herrick]

You can put lipstick on a pig...    [huh]

People say that but have you really ever tried?  [big grin]

 

[Sparktrician]

You can put lipstick on a pig...    [huh]

People say that but have you really ever tried?  [big grin]

BA-HAHAHAHA!!!!  [big grin]

 

[mino]

Was it really a strapped pile of wood ... even by metal straps ... as probably the original design envisioned ... one could consider it artistic and the price reasonable*). But then commercial folks came over. Shame.

This way, it is just another fake "raw natural" gadget for the uppper middle class city folks who do not know better.

*)would need processed bio-treated wood, lots of it ...

 

[Worktoplay]

Maybe it was built by Hunter Biden!