I went up into the shop this morning and rooted around in my resaw stash and found some king wood I resawed in year 2000. I brought it down and scrapped the surface to reveal fresh wood and took some pictures. The wood ha not been subjected to sunlight (or much kind of any light for that matter) so that may have helped it hold its color.
The piece of wood I resawed was 4/4 heavy (rough) and I got 5 useable slices from it. It was 6"X3 ft. long (1.5 bd ft.) @$15/bd. ft. it cost $22.50 and has yielded enough wood for a small parlor guitar, an octave mandolin and probably a couple of head plates. I miss those days!
Also posted is a photo of kingwood veneer under finish showing what a sandthrough looks like when you restack and laminate with west system matched veneers in the same order they were cut.