EK II marked 800

[Ischak]

Guys, what is the average price for this one ?

mark should be 800

[Steve Campbell]

Is it a CD 800? There is another mark there other than 800. A front shot should tell.

[Ammersee]

Similar examples sell for around $50 on US eBay every day of the week. Ammersee

[Ischak]

50$ ? i will throw into river then sell for such low price.
50 is really low man

[Steve Campbell]

Unless it is something special, 1914 EK2s don't sell for much. I think, depending on condition or the maker mark you could get a little more but not much. I don't think they are underpriced so much as other items, such as the 1939 EK2 are overpriced. Both aformentioned EKs are very common and easy to find but I guess demand or hype shoots the price of a 1939 EK2 to double or more that of it's 1914 counterpart.

In this hobby you find many examples of items selling for more than they should in terms of rarity or construction and vice versa. The main example would be the Third Reich badges. Many of them are as common as stones on the ground but bring much more than they should. Then, there are other badges, often Imperial, that were awarded in much smaller numbers but don't bring much money, such as some of the German States crosses.

[Steve Campbell]

Wow, that was my 5000th post!

[Ischak]

Unless it is something special, 1914 EK2s don't sell for much. I think, depending on condition or the maker mark you could get a little more but not much. I don't think they are underpriced so much as other items, such as the 1939 EK2 are overpriced. Both aformentioned EKs are very common and easy to find but I guess demand or hype shoots the price of a 1939 EK2 to double or more that of it's 1914 counterpart.

In this hobby you find many examples of items selling for more than they should in terms of rarity or construction and vice versa. The main example would be the Third Reich badges. Many of them are as common as stones on the ground but bring much more than they should. Then, there are other badges, often Imperial, that were awarded in much smaller numbers but don't bring much money, such as some of the German States crosses.

I think awards has as high price as collectors are willing to pay. You can not say it is overpriced. I think same it is with cars/milk/oil

[Steve Campbell]

I agree that most awards will sell for what people are willing to pay. That has to be it because some items sell for more than they should based on rarity.

[Christopher]

Similar examples sell for around $50 on US eBay every day of the week. Ammersee

I think from what I've seen here and on the web, Amersee is pretty close to the average selling price. Ebay is subject to high $ pieces and low $ pieces, it all depends on how is bidding. But, with any purchase, a collector could look at for in an original;

- completness
- character
- detail
- maker marked?
- quality
- rarety

When all these this fall into place than I think a collector might pay a higher price if the piece is, in his mind, what he wants.
Since this isn't being sold right now, I feel safe to say that the CD 800 cross, in general, is a very nice cross. Here is a very nice quick pic from the database posted by Amersee....

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I love the 1914 for it's beauty, character, and vast variations!

[ww1czechlegion]

To throw my opinion in for whatever it is worth:

I can buy all the rare or odd maker marked EK II's that I want on eBay.de for anywhere from $55-65 US Dollars, shipping included. If a person is patient, you can find about anything you want on there in the line of odd or tough to find mfg mrkd EK II's. They certainly are plentiful for the time being in Germany.

A "CD 800" marked EK II, althought nice, is certainly not a scarce piece to be found.

Sometimes the U.S. eBay will sell them for more. Recently a very nice Wagner & Sohn (WS) example (which certainly is not rare) sold for a whopping $151.67. A price which I find to be absolutely Staggering!!! My opinion is that someone paid $80 extra because of the original pin on the ribbon, something which I still find to be amazing...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

And then you have your Czech Country's Aukro.CZ online auction website, where prices can be even more astonishing, due to the ever growing amount of Czech's with more spare change in their procket, and the ever shrinking amount of original Imperial & Third Reich militaria being scrounged out of the woodwork in CZ. The classic example of "supply and demand", where prices are driven by demand and market availability. It can be a true "feeding frenzy" sometimes on Aukro.CZ, with the stuggle seen to aquire militaria.

Here in the USA a "CD 800" marked EK II is nothing rare. I have two of them in my collection. And yes, without a ribbon one would probably bring somewhere in the $50-65 range on eBay USA.

So there you have it: the market in a nutshell. I would suggest you list it for sale on aukro.cz, as it will most likely bring the most amount of money there for you. It's possible that someone on Aukro.CZ may be willing to pay $100 for it, who knows until you try it!

All the Best,

Alan Schaefer

[Montgomery Burns]

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[Steve Campbell]

I feel CD800s are some of the nicer EKs out there but they are not rare in either class. In the first class category there are a 3-4 variants where the maker mark is different and I believe there may be a harware variant. I think the cores are all the same. With the EK1 maker mark variants you may get a few dollars more, but the EK2s are all pretty much the same.

[bigdave]

I have got about 7 of these as i collect 800/935 crosses,sorry to say though not rare at all and i have not paid more than £45 for any(got one from detlev for 40 euros)
Shame as they are lovely......

[Christopher]

That reminds me....I need one of these!
This is a early war 800 cross!!

[streptile]

That reminds me....I need one of these!
This is a early war 800 cross!!

Hi Christopher,

What makes you think it is early, out of curiosity?