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[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by lugersrkewl

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=320127338

did this guy get his pictures switched around or.....?

(1200.00 does sound reasonable though)

Dunno 'bout $1200...
Mismatched, pitted (I think I can see some rust, too.), Military barrel extension (I think the listing's title is misleading, but maybe you gotta call it a 20's commercial because that's what the frame is from.), refinished toggles, at least, and I don't think the grips are even OEM.
If it started out at around $600, then you'd have something. For $1200, it'd have to match and be in exquisite shape, IMHO.
But the market for these Parabellum pistols may be the most crazy of them all. I'm thinking that with millions of them still existing, most that buy and sell and shoot them are not forum members, and thereby deprived of much useful information and advice about what a particular example should look like and sell for, based on authenticity and condition. The result is definitely a free-for-all kind of market based on urban legends, emotional desires, and speculation. So, the more you love the pistol, the greater the potential to suffer when you see Bubba-fied Lugers priced over $3000, according to whatever agenda, at a gun show.