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That is interesting. I have really never seen a time period that I could relate to anything specific that I could associate with more Lugers being for sale. I used to be of the mind that when times were tough financially that people got rid of their collections. Lately I have found the opposite to be true. Many owners of Lugers believe that what they have invested in is equal to it's weight in diamonds and since they are not mass producing the Luger any more then it automatically will soar upwards in value. This philosophy causes a lot of people who need the money worse than the guns to hold out for double their original investment. Like anything, the harder you have your heels dug in the stronger are your convictions. I do believe that if one selects and purchases Lugers wisely they should be able to get their money back out of them. This doesn't usually happen over night, however. For someone to think they can double their investment in a few years is not a reasonable thought. It sounds like maybe there are some reasonable folks parting with some of their collections in Atlanta, GA. There was an interesting time period in the mid seventies when I saw more Luger trading than actually selling and buying. I don't know what spawned it but it was a nice time to remember because it had a tendency to bring the Luger community closer together. Sometimes today it seems like there are a lot of sharks in the pool. It doesn't seem like that long ago when, during a trade, someone would say "Here, I found these two magazines that are correct for that pistol, you might as well have them". Today, if you are lucky, the person you buy a pistol from might offer to sell you the holster, the takedown tool, and the spare clip (but that is going to be equal to the price of the pistol). Maybe it's a simple matter of knowing if you are a collector or a dealer (land owner or developer).