Borchardt 874
 

Sold today at Amoskeag for $16,000.00 + 15%. A high price for a worn gun with accessories gone AWOL.

oh, I like that Auction house, went there once and it was fun.


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....:eek: ...Did I read the wrong auction??? :confused:

serial #874...fine, bright bore...beautiful pistol...retains 95% plus of the original blue finish...checkered wooden grips...are in excellent condition...stock is in fine-near excellent condition...a simply excellent example of Hugo Borchardt's brainchild...

Sounds to me like the find of the century...A Borchardt like no other... :rolleyes:

Compare No. 900 in Hermann Historica's Auction 61, a much better buy in a far higher condition with all accessories, even with reproduction leather, even at 19,000 Euros plus 23%. By contrast, No. 874 is just a nice shooter.

I was just kidding... :D

It's really illuminating to read some of the descriptions on auction sites...One of our members consigned a Persian Artillery Luger to RIAC, and although he seemed to get a good final bid on it, he admitted that RIAC had taken liberties with the description he had provided...

I don't mind factual descriptions and presumed heritage, but overstating its' condition is a bit much... :rolleyes: