Thread: Escher questions

curious about eschers. been hunting them on ebay but they just skyrocket so fast i can’t justify it on my salary… every once and a while i hit estate sales and wow low and behold i foumd this green box at the last of of the day. it was ending at 2pm and i got into this gated community about 145 and saw an old standard barber hone in a box above the green box and it was frozen into the box almost water logged and i couldnt get it out. so i handed it to the girls selling and asked them to pull it out but they couldnt. in the meanwhile i picked up this hefty sob and when i opened the lid and saw the slurry stone my hart sank when i flipped it over and saw the escher logo my heart rate probably doubled especially with the 16$ tag on the box. ive been hunting for them and curious do they ever pit or deteriorate like other old hones do? i just picked this one up and im fairly sure its not an escher but wanted to know what to look for when they are not marked? ive seen them with and without slurry stones. with and without the slate looking scratch patterns on the face and milling scratches in the sides. with wooden boxes no slurry and then the cardboard ones. i think the cardboard always see, to have the staple in the corners at the miter but not 100 percent. do they have multiple box colors i think ive seen red of course…. i tried to do some searching on here for the pitting and that but with no luck. looking forward to everyones expertise!!