Thread: NOS Escher vs Thuringian

Originally Posted by Don

The only way you are finding a NOS Esher is to win the lottery and walk in to a Antique store and see it sitting there. They are not Eshers. tony is right

This issue about Eschers v. Thuringians has gotten confused because we don't all use the same terminology. I don't think there's any serious dispute that other companies – Fox, Droescher, etc. – packaged, labeled, and sold the exact same stone as Escher & Co. It used to be common on SRP to simply call these "eschers," whatever brand they were, saving "Thuringian" for the NOS stones sold by Muller, MST etc. The sands have shifted a bit and now it's more common to call the first sort of stone a "vintage Thuringian," the second a mere "Thuringian."

At least this is how I've always understood it. Or am I wrong – are there people who think Escher-brand eschers are better than Droescher, Fox, Celebrated, etc.? I for one do not think th

Originally Posted by Don

The only way you are finding a NOS Esher is to win the lottery and walk in to a Antique store and see it sitting there. They are not Eshers. tony is right

This issue about Eschers v. Thuringians has gotten confused because we don't all use the same terminology. I don't think there's any serious dispute that other companies – Fox, Droescher, etc. – packaged, labeled, and sold the exact same stone as Escher & Co. It used to be common on SRP to simply call these "eschers," whatever brand they were, saving "Thuringian" for the NOS stones sold by Muller, MST etc. The sands have shifted a bit and now it's more common to call the first sort of stone a "vintage Thuringian," the second a mere "Thuringian."

At least this is how I've always understood it. Or am I wrong – are there people who think Escher-brand eschers are better than Droescher, Fox, Celebrated, etc.? I for one do not think this for a second. In fact I've had six or seven vintage thuringians, and sold off all the Escher & Co ones because they fetch so much on ebay. The one I've kept as my standby is a generic 7x1.5 yellow-green. Again, I'm not talking about the Muller NOS stones.