Claudius Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) I found two of these books for sale on one website for over $300 and three on another website for over $550. Pardon my naïveté, but why is it so expensive? Is this still the best source for 1813, 1870 and 1914 EKs? Aren't there other, more modern publications that have even better, higher-quality photos? Edited October 17, 2020 by Claudius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I think it's because they cater for a niche market, (not everyone is interested in iron crosses or similar) so the print run is limited, cost of production etc has to be spread over a relatively limited sales, add to that antiquated books may well be inflated due to scarcity, my thoughts Regards alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I'm surprised, very surprised by those prices and only paid a fraction for mine, but in my eyes, this is the classical EK reference. It's true the picture quality is obviously 1980s standard, but the shown pieces... I do not know another EK book that doesn't show any (zero!) bullshit crosses. Seems the book became a collectible itself, as do many good, old books when they are out of print. To be honest, this one and Wernitz' 2013 work are the only (printed) references I'm frequently using on Prussian EKs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 used to be a fraction of that, but I think algorithms push prices high on some platforms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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