PAXTON GATE

Chen (Ashley)
FSH637-01 Product Sourcing
Hsiang-YU
Director: Sharon Murphy
Final Project
 Paxtons Gate
Paxton Gate oers a curiously mind-expanding mix of
treasures and oddities inspired by the natural world.
Inside youll nd taxidermy, skulls and bones, plants,
framed insects, fossils, minerals, home and personal
goods. Customers see their store as a natural history
museum where everything is for sale.
Vision: Treasures and oddities inspired by the garden
and natural sciences.
Location:
766 & 824 San Valencia St, San Francisco, CA
4204 N. Mississippi Avenue, Portland, OR

 Taxidermy specimens 
Price range: $45~$6000
Wholesale price: $22~$3000
Sourced from ethical vendors and
artists.
According to an article from
website Portland Monthly, they
also have collectors whose passion
it is to go out and find this stuff, and
they will provide specimens.
Reason why it work:
o You wont find the same
product from anywhere,
because it is real.
o Every one is unique.
o Source in California, easy to
pick up and ship.
o Multiple price depending on
different animal.
 Artist : Le Heart Design

Mouse taxidermy designer
San Francisco, California
Retail Price: $450~$550
 Artist : Denise Kendig
Mouse taxidermy designer
Martinez, California
Retail Price: $250
 Skulls-bones 
Retail price: $3~$700
Wholesale price : $1.5~$350
Source from Tucson Gem Show.
Denver mineral show
According to an article from website
Portland Monthly, they also have
collectors whose passion it is to go out
and nd this stu.
Reason why it work:
o Multiple cost from low to high.
o Species diversity
o Size from small to medium, and easy
to carry and ship.
Alligator Skull $200 Partial Cave Bear Skull $1000 Grouper Skull $800

Six Sided Bone Die $1.5 Moose Antler $575 Articulated Cat Skeleton $155
 Artist : Jason Borders

o Portland, OR
o He is a skull art designer. He carve pattern on skull, and all is carved by
hand.
o Retail Price: $700
Entomology 
Retail Price: $7.5~$100
Wholesale price : $1.5~$350
Sourced from ethical vendor. Some
are made by Kylea Borges, and she
also teach entomology at Paxtons
Gate workshop.
Reason why it work:
o Easy to carry and ship.
o Lower cost.
o Could be decoration hanging
on wall.
o Species diversity
 Framed Morpho Framed Horned
Framed Tarantula $72 Bujery Collection $175 Rhinoceros Beetle $65

Framed Laos Framed Morpho Mother of Pearl Bujery $28

Forest Scorpion $50 sulkowski Bujery $48
Fossils-minerals 
Retail Price: $6~$1750
Wholesale price : $3~$875
Source from Tucson Gem Show.
Denver mineral show.
Reason why it work:
o Size from small to medium, easy to
carry and ship.
o Most products are lower cost.
o Species diversity
Amethyst Clusters $22 Celestite Egg $490 Cyathocrinites Multibrachiatus
Crinoid Specimen $480

Dendrite crystal formation Odontochile Trilobite Trilobite Ceratunorus

in sand stone $10 Fossil $995 fossil $1750
 Plants 
Retail Price: $5~$60
Wholesale Price: $2.5~$30
Source from greenhouse wholesaler.
Reason why it work:
o Easy to carry and ship.
o Easy to care.
o Lower cost.
o Species diversity
Jewelry 
Retail Price: $18~$650
Wholesale Price: $9~$325
Source from RCF & SKUE trade
show
Reason why it work:
o Easy to carry and ship.
o Price from low to high.
o Unique style
o Hand made
o Lauren Wolf Jewelry
Price: $38~$260
Oakland, CA





o Anne Arden Mcdonald
Price: $100
Brooklyn, New York
 Morgaine Faye
o Designer: Morgaine Faye
o Price: $86~98
o Portland, OR


S.RijerNYC
o Price: $350~$650
o Designer: Susan Rijer
o New York


OctopusMe
o Price: $298~$398
o Designer: Deana Fukatsu
o San Francisco, California

 Home decorations
Retail Price: $440~2200
Wholesale Price: $220~$1100
Source from artists in SKUE &
RCF trade shows.
Reason why it work:
o Unique style
o Source from trade show
Evan Chambers Objects
Designer: Evan Chambers
Price: $850~$2200
Los Angeles, CA
 Tightrope
Price: $440~$595
Founded in 2013 by Quang Hong and Victoria Young,
Handmade Furniture and Lighting Design Created in Brooklyn,
NY
 Trade Show List:
l Tucson Gem Show l SKUE tradeshow - KTF
WAREHOUSE
January 17~Feb12 &
September 7~10. July, 2016
Tucson Jan 29 ~ Feb 1, 2017
2310 Fourth Street, Berkeley,
CA 94710
l Denver mineral show

September 16~18, 2016 l Renegade Craft Fair (RCF) trade
September 6~17, 2017 show
April 29 ~ May1, 2016
451 East, 58 Ave, Denver, Fort Mason Center
Colorado 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco,
CA 94123
 Stop Carrying
Bath & Body products
Retail Price: $7~$56
Source from RCF & SKUE
trade show
Reason:
Paxton Gates main products
are taxidermy, skulls, fossils,
minerals and plants. The bath
& body products are not
suitable to their store style.
Easy to buy from other stores
and online.
 New Product Line 
Peter Gronquist
o Studio located in Portland.
o Price range: $500~$10000
o Portland based Painter and
Sculptor. Using taxidermy and
dierent materials to create his
artworks.
 Jessica Joslin
Base in Chicago, but also has 
gallery in
Las Vegas.
Price range: $2500~$8000
Jessica Joslin use skull, bone, bullet
casings, old brass bujons, and musical
instrument parts to create her
artworks.
New Product Line Artist
work
 this two artist work:
Reason why they should carry
o Taxidermy combine with art.
o They use dierent materials to design taxidermy.
o Artworks are handmade.
o Innovation and high value.
o Famous in specimen and art eld.
Time Calendar

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