Steve,
I was at the show Friday and Saturday, I bagged Sunday, regret that I didn't see you.
Y'all may notice that I have not been reporting the Portland gun show for several months now. Frankly, it has gotten to the point where there is almost nothing to report. We are lucky if there are more than two or three Lugers at a show, they are very often the same ones, as Steve has pointed out. The gun he notes--actually a Portuguese M2--has been for sale for at least five years, it is the sole remaining gun in the collection which Jerry Kramer has been selling off.
Most of the "usual suspect" table-holders have sold off their Lugers and no longer participate. There is one old-time regular, Bill de Mander whom some of you may know, who occasionally will come up with a Luger on his table--they usually sell before the end of the show's first day.
The only regular attraction for the show at this point is meeting several area Luger folks who continue to walk through and hang out a Bill's table, and talk Lugers for awhile. I met Don Hallock for the first time Saturday, under just this circumstance. Bob Hogan makes a rare table appearance every so often.
There is a more dedicated club in town, Portland Military Collector's Association, which is focussed much more along the lines of the general interests of this Forum, and has somewhat greater potential for Luger activity.
--Dwight
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