Personally ,"just the tail" i'd feel $250 is a good price .Now the rest of the bird is way more work than the tail, so probably in the thousands would be my call for this museum quality bird.The intarsia's I've done and kept track of my time ,it boiled down to $5.00 a piece for all the work involved ,which is a lot work for each piece.Anyone not familiar with doing intarsia should try a small one ,maybe 5 pieces and see just how long it takes to get it right