Thread: Nice Escher, but $475?!

Ok, this is a nice, big (7x2) stone with an intact label, but $475?! Wow. Is there something special about this one, like the color or grade, that I'm not educated about, or is this just buyers going wild for what is obviously a pretty nice hone to begin with? Just wondering. Thanks!

escher water hone for straight razors, razor hone - eBay (item 230455855129 end time Apr-05-10 16:59:17 PDT)

Looks like it was taken off the site. Thanks for posting, I'm sure the seller freaked out if they saw they were called out on ripping people off.

Maybe this link works. (item 230455855129 if all else fails) Wow. I think maybe it went for so much because "yellow-green" Eschers are highly prized as high-end finishers, and this one is just about the yellowy-greeniest in color of any I've ever seen, anyway.

Yep search for this item number:
230455855129

It was a purdy one...

Looking at the bid history, after $172 the same three people were gunning for it until the end. I don't know for sure why it would be so valuable, but it looks like they did!

Check out the question at the bottom of the page. That was mine. Than go to the fifth photo down and you'll see a better representation of the color of the stone IMO. The other photos are distorted by lighting. I have a couple of Y/G eschers as well as a light green and they are gray stones. If you don't have experience with them the colors can be misleading.

That was a beauty though and I was going to go for it. I was stuck doing a tattoo and forgot about it. When I remembered it was too late. OTOH, i would have sniped it in the last few seconds and wouldn't have bid enough so I would have lost it anyway. Great stone though.