Katz & Deyhle...

[Danny70]

Hello All...

It's with thanks to Trevor that I finally managed to find a Katz & Deyhle EK2 packet to add to my '60' cross.
A rare maker and an even rarer packet.

Hope you all like!

Regards - Danny

[J0hnny]

very nice Katz & Deyhle Set

[Snni]

I'm very envy on that marked Katz & Deyhle..

I only have a unmarked example..

[Woolgar]

We like !!!

Congrats Danny

Nick

[Danny70]

Thanks guys!

Sonny -
yes, the marked examples are very hard to find.
I think I have only seen five or six examples here in the past five or so years, and I have been lucky enough to have owned two of those.
I sold my other one to Adrian a couple of years ago.

Thanks again.
Regards - Danny

[mametz]

Thats a great cross i looked for one of these and a 14 for ages, then
happened to look on a site one day and found both with packets
Regards
Mametz

[Danny70]

Thats a great cross i looked for one of these and a 14 for ages, then
happened to look on a site one day and found both with packets
Regards
Mametz

Wow! that doesn't happen very often... I hope you snapped them up.

[streptile]

Looks great -- that's a very nice "60."

To me, a cross with a Packet is ten times nicer than the cross alone.

[Adrian]

Thanks guys!

Sonny -
yes, the marked examples are very hard to find.
I think I have only seen five or six examples here in the past five or so years, and I have been lucky enough to have owned two of those.
I sold my other one to Adrian a couple of years ago.

Thanks again.
Regards - Danny

And it is still one of my favourite crosses Danny! It was also the last numbered PKZ cross I needed to complete my maker marked collection. I've since added another, unmarked, with a packet too.

[Snni]

Thanks guys!

Sonny -
yes, the marked examples are very hard to find.
I think I have only seen five or six examples here in the past five or so years, and I have been lucky enough to have owned two of those.
I sold my other one to Adrian a couple of years ago.

Thanks again.
Regards - Danny

I'll take the next example you find

[Danny70]

I'll take the next example you find

Ahh.. I think if I ever find another I will hold onto it!

What surprises me is that both of the marked ones I have/had, I purchased for a fairly decent price, but judging by the amount that become available, I would consider them far rarer than any of the 'Round 3's or 'Schinkel-forms' which command much higher prices.

Regards - Danny

[streptile]

Ahh.. I think if I ever find another I will hold onto it!

What surprises me is that both of the marked ones I have/had, I purchased for a fairly decent price, but judging by the amount that become available, I would consider them far rarer than any of the 'Round 3's or 'Schinkel-forms' which command much higher prices.

Regards - Danny

That's right -- I think about that all the time. EKs are not always priced for rarity.

Deumer Schinkels are basically as common as many, many maker-marked crosses. Same with Round-3s.

I have thought about doing a little list of EK2s, placed in order of rarity. At the very top would be a marked L/12 or L/18, and the "straight-9" Schinkel. Then the "Prototype" EK2. A marked 60 would be in the top quarter, I would say; so would other crosses like a marked 21 or 125, an Ubergroße "Little Brother," or a Deschler Round-3. Then would come the Meybauer Schinkels and common Round-3s, then the Deumer Schinkels and Ubergroßes, and at the very bottom would be the 65s and 100s, the 55s and S&Ls. I think it would be very interesting to try and rank every known type and variant, marked and unmarked, by rarity alone, and see how the list corresponded to market value.

[rbminis]

Rare or not Danny, it is a very nice set!
Ralph.