I'm trying to use the internet to trade a grain of rice all the way up to a mountain. Get caught up here.

Hoo boy, do I have a trade to share today.

But first, a quick recap on the trades to date.

Trades so far

So far, I’ve made three trades:

• A grain of rice for a paid Trends.VC report

• The Trends.VC report for a grab bag of books

• The grab bag of books for a bunch of collectible items, including fossils and a signed copy of The Selfish Gene

This week’s trade

Ryan Thomas, a Stew’s Letter reader and master woodworker, made an irresistible offer for the dinosaur bone from the last trade.

He has offered design and build a custom coffee table for a Stew's Letter reader.

He can build you something like this (sold for $1,500):

Or this (sold for $1,750):

If you don't need a coffee table, he can build a custom side table instead. His side tables typically sell for anywhere from $300 to $600 (examples: here and here).

At the high end, this trade represents a 7.0x return on the last item and a 60.43 million times return on the grain of rice.

Let’s make a trade

So… who’s next?

Email me at stew@stewfortier.com if you want to swap something for a hand-built, custom coffee or side table.

You'll get to work directly with a master woodworker to build the table of your dreams (assuming you dream about tables).

As a reminder, anybody who offers to help make a trade in any way will be invited to a huge opening party on Rice Mountain.

See ya there.