The reason I ask this question is I have had a similar experience. I attended the Reno gun show in April 2004 and Jan was there selling his books ( all were available). I bought Axis pistols from him and had him sign it and noticed he had a single luger for sale and inquired about it.It was a 1914 dwm unit marked 37R.11.4 and at the time I was a new collector and he took the time to explain about unit marking and their rarity. I then wondered around the huge hall looking at other lugers but could not get it out of my head as so many just looked too good and I did not know enough about them to decide. So I went back and handled it again and decided that was the gun for me so I bought it from him for $1850 which seemed like a fair price.
He then turned and signed a Imperial Lugers book and gave it to me as well as a calendar from 1999 in which he had published with it as Miss October. This gun 1914 DWM is 1961a, bohler marked and is on page 43 in Imperial Lugers. The real stunner is the inflated value of the book over the years which he just through in to the deal. This is my most treasured gun although not my most valuable. If I had to sell my collection ever this would be the last to go, Jan is the kindest and most giving of all the experts I have ever met. Sorry if this was overly long winded and I did not want to steal the thread. Curt
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