Jans' Advice On Boosted Lugers
 

Taken from Central Powers~

Photos deleted by ADMIN (JMS).

Sorry Eric... a small extract or very old magazine article that is not available anymore is one thing, but complete copyrighted material should not be posted on the forum.

Sorry, I should have known~

The best I can do is page 443~

If you can afford only one Central Powers is it! Jans a Genius!!!!! Its my second bible!

Heres a fine substitute by the NRA~http://www.nramuseum.org/gun-info-research/fake!.aspx

Eric is absolutely right, that bok is one of the most important even for a small collector like me: "Hints to detect boosted Impeial Military Luygers" it's worth reading, although in the end nothing can replace personal experience.


Best.

There is a very good book on this subject;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_the_Faker

It goes into the psychology of people that fake art and collectible objects.

It was published in 1961 in English, and is out of print but often available from used booksellers. I got mine for $15.

There are a number of faking techniques that apply to guns which are, of course, not discussed in an art book. It might be worth a discussion here about:

• Detecting finish and refinish issues
• The difference between stamping and engraving, including characteristic appearance
• The importance of collector books that show specific characteristics of variations of Lugers
• Paths from "donor" Lugers to rare high value variation fakes

Yes the book is a wise investment get one from Jan if he still has them available.

Two hundred on a book is wiser than $2000 on a fake luger!

Heres Jans' Thread in 2005 when his book was published~ http://luger.gunboards.com/showthrea...boosted+lugers

Amazon still has them~ http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A28315...stills&ie=UTF8