Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 30 September 2014 -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On an island in Lake Superior, craftsman Robert Teisberg's Ancientwood Ltd. studio has created an exceptionally rare and unique $100,000 table made from 50,000-year old Ancient Kauri wood - the oldest workable wood in the world. The 42-by-94 inch Kahiko (Ancient One) table is one of the most unique and expensive tables ever created.

The unique grain of this particular piece of wood creates waves that make the surface of the table appear three-dimensional even though it's flat. The wave effect is exceptionally rare in Ancient Kauri and is not found in any other species of wood.

"This table is created from one of the rarest pieces of wood I've ever seen," said Teisberg, who has been creating Ancient Kauri pieces for more than a decade as the sole U.S. distributor of the ancient wood. "The price of the table reflects the unparalleled collector quality of the piece," added Teisberg.

The base of the table is as unique as the wood itself. The compositely engineered wood and carbon fiber base is a sculpted design that "offers" the two book-matched pieces of polished Ancient Kauri to the viewer.

Ancient Kauri is a conifer endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. Preserved in bogs for thousands of years, its size is comparable to Coastal Redwoods and Giant Sequoias. While Kauri species still grow today, only fallen Ancient Kauri trees are removed from prehistoric bogs and used by Ancientwood to create its one-of-a-kind pieces.

Ancientwood's studio is located in La Pointe, WI on Madeline Island, the only inhabited island in the Apostle Island National Lakeshore. Its mainland headquarters is in Ashland, WI. More information is available at www.ancientwood.com.