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Yea, even the prices are still mostly in the $300's per thousand.
A recent experience with Colonial
On Friday two weeks ago, I stopped in Lafayette, IN to source a brick for a repair job. Unfortunately we could not come up with a great replacement color that matched.
I also asked about a brick from Colonial that is still in production today. The distributer price for the particular brick from Colonial was $510 per thousand plus tax and delivery.
I then drove to Colonial and tried to source a match for the repair job. Dan, the manager/owner ? said they didn't stock a brick similar to my sample, but he said they could make one from scratch and get pretty close for about $300 per thousand. I couldn't believe he would do it that cheap, but he said they were looking for any business they could get. I told him I only needed 3,000 or so, and he said it didn't matter. (Dan also offered to make them standard length which is 8" long so they would match up to the existing brick which were laid in 1972)
This made me think about the other brick I priced earlier that day at Lafayette, so I asked about this other brick. $260/ thousand plus tax, picked up at the plant. Exactly half the price I was quoted just 2 hours before.
If I ever have to match an older brick again, which I will, the first place I am going is Colonial Brick, since they seem to understand the restoration business and are willing to work with smaller numbers. I just hope they can hold out through the down cycle.
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The maintenance schedule for brick
1. Stand back and say "man that looks nice!" 
2. Repeat as often as needed.
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