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Turkish Air Force Luger

After I saw what this Luger fetched I decided to stop chasing dreams :soapbox:

perhaps it had just a bit to do with its most recent owner! :cheers:

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ULTRA RARE TURKISH AIR FORCE LUGER. SN 9014v. 4" 9mm bbl. "TC" with crescent moon Turkish crest on chamber. Mauser banner on center toggle link. "Hava ordusuna / mahsustur" (“Air Army Property”) on right side of receiver. Crown/Crown/U proofs on toggle and left side of receiver. Proper "v" range serial number. Plain aluminum bottom magazine. All numbered parts are matching including the checkered walnut grips. This gun is featured in Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess' The Borchardt & Luger Automatic Pistols on pp. 540, 785, 786, and 827. This gun is also featured in Third Reich Lugers by Jan C. Still on p. 196. With documentary provenance of issue to Turkish Air Force FW190 pilot Mustapha Tunca (KIA 1944) that include copies of correspondence, Turkish ownership permits, original documents, and a signed testamentary photograph of the gun. This is the only correct Turkish Airforce issued example known of this exact configuration. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess. CONDITION: Excellent condition retaining 95% original blue and about 80% original straw with light corrosion on the safety lever. Bore is bright and sharp. Grips are lightly worn. Magazine is excellent. Mechanics are excellent.

Collecting is a process. It's not easy to jump from DWM 1923 directly to this one. Initially, I played guns which cost me a few hundred dollars. The first $1750 pistol came from Simpson LTD, felt it's too luxury to buy such a tiny thing for so much money. Anyway, it's a good basic model, far away from top if I looked back, but learned many things from that instance. As time passes by, I noticed a dangerous trend in this hobby -- what being played cost me more and more.... need to be cautious on not over-doing this, that's true. But who knows, as time passes, collector could do something not in original scope.

your right Alvin.. need to keep focused :evilgrin: need more coffee :cheers:

It would be interesting to know how much the Turkish Police Rig sold for http://www.phoenixinvestmentarms.com/1490turk34r.htm

The one in this posting fetched $43K, not including BP, Shipping, etc, that would push it north of $50K :eek:

For me, collecting is all about horse trading (buying and selling to preferably trade up). The fear I would have to buy such a Luger is can it ever be resold to recoup the cost? And how long would it take to find a buyer?

- Geo

People who can afford this level of pistol generally could not care less about the resale potential. They own it and it would be their estate's problem to try and recoup the investment.