UPDATE: My friend has absolutely no business whatsoever in his Israel tourist shop. He told me the whole of Israels economy is basically shut down so he has asked to lower price to his cost.- original message: I have a friend from Israel who owns a high end tourist shop has said the economy is absolutely non existent. He sent me the hand carved olive wood Lion (9 inches high by 11 inches wide) and asked me if I could sell it for him. It is brand new hand carved out of beautiful olive wood. It came directly out of his inventory. He was asking $675 but now lowered it to $375. I do have it at my house and so there would be no shipping cost from Israel. Again I would not normally do this but he is pretty desperate. I am not making any money on this and I can have you contact him directly to verify this. I will provide his direct email if you ask.