Collectables

bill m · 04-04-2001, 03:23 PM

Mike, Total Luger production was well over 2 million Lugers, so you should be able to find a decent one once in awhile. True collector grade Lugers are drying up and are becoming very hard to find. The prices of true collector grade Lugers had increased drastically over the last 25 years. Your statement is no true about the values. A collector grade Mauser was worth $300 in 1975 and that same gun is worth over $1000 today easily. Lugers with two matching magazines sold for perhaps $400 or $500 in 1975 and that same gun will bring over $2000 easily today. The same with the holsters. One of the biggest problems with Luger prices is the fact that a lot of collectors have overpaid for their Luger and think that in a 2 or 3 year span that they should be able to make a huge profit on it, which doesn't happen. When you pay $1200 for a refinished gun and expect to sell it for $1400, and someone offers you $600 for it, you get depressed. Sounds like this has happened to you, possibly. --- bill

04-04-2001, 03:23 PM	#13
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Collectables Mike, Total Luger production was well over 2 million Lugers, so you should be able to find a decent one once in awhile. True collector grade Lugers are drying up and are becoming very hard to find. The prices of true collector grade Lugers had increased drastically over the last 25 years. Your statement is no true about the values. A collector grade Mauser was worth $300 in 1975 and that same gun is worth over $1000 today easily. Lugers with two matching magazines sold for perhaps $400 or $500 in 1975 and that same gun will bring over $2000 easily today. The same with the holsters. One of the biggest problems with Luger prices is the fact that a lot of collectors have overpaid for their Luger and think that in a 2 or 3 year span that they should be able to make a huge profit on it, which doesn't happen. When you pay $1200 for a refinished gun and expect to sell it for $1400, and someone offers you $600 for it, you get depressed. Sounds like this has happened to you, possibly. --- bill