An Inquiring Mind Wants To Know ???

calibrator · 09-14-2025, 12:50 PM

I clicked on your link to your website. Congrats on trying to keep the Luger dream alive.

Over a 2 yr period, I visited Ralph's home here in AZ at least 6 times, about 20 miles from my home. Do you know that he started his gun dealing as a sideline to being a paperboy, delivering newspapers at a young age? He was buying firearm collections from relatives of deceased individuals, many were WWII Vets. Did he get his leads from obituaries??? He told me he had an agreement with some guy who would fly a private plane into a local airport at given intervals, and buy up what he discovered in the mean time.

Ralph told me stories of how upset he was that collectors he had sold numerous high-end pistols to had died and the heirs sold them off for pennies on the dollar of actual value because they had no concept of what Daddy paid for them. Guess he was upset he didn't get there first.

My point is, ... most collectors are getting old. If they are not sharing the value of their collection with heirs, they will more easily get back in circulation, creating a new wave of questions from neophyte collectors.

Most people I know who have had garage sales say that the first thing they are often asked is; "are there any firearms you want gone today". I can see an 80 year old widow being offered a couple hundred $$$ for that "old useless firearm" and gladly taking it.

09-14-2025, 12:50 PM	#11
calibrator User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cave Creek Posts: 340 Thanks: 67 Thanked 272 Times in 109 Posts	I clicked on your link to your website. Congrats on trying to keep the Luger dream alive. Over a 2 yr period, I visited Ralph's home here in AZ at least 6 times, about 20 miles from my home. Do you know that he started his gun dealing as a sideline to being a paperboy, delivering newspapers at a young age? He was buying firearm collections from relatives of deceased individuals, many were WWII Vets. Did he get his leads from obituaries??? He told me he had an agreement with some guy who would fly a private plane into a local airport at given intervals, and buy up what he discovered in the mean time. Ralph told me stories of how upset he was that collectors he had sold numerous high-end pistols to had died and the heirs sold them off for pennies on the dollar of actual value because they had no concept of what Daddy paid for them. Guess he was upset he didn't get there first. My point is, ... most collectors are getting old. If they are not sharing the value of their collection with heirs, they will more easily get back in circulation, creating a new wave of questions from neophyte collectors. Most people I know who have had garage sales say that the first thing they are often asked is; "are there any firearms you want gone today". I can see an 80 year old widow being offered a couple hundred $$$ for that "old useless firearm" and gladly taking it.