I guess this is a kind of a gloat. Picked up some slabs from Craig's list this weekend:
These are 8/4 air-dried cherry, 8 1/2 feet long, widths of 16" to 24" each--book-matched, and from the same tree. Actually, my wife and I were talking about a table for the kitchen. She wanted a round, expandable table. I said: "What about a slab table instead". She went to Craig's list and found the slabs. I figure I'll make two tables, one for us. One for sale.