Sturgess had a few C96s for sale in that session. The gem was a 6-shot conehammer in March. I bet quite a few people hand checked that gun, and love it. So it went high. His collection is not totally gone yet, there will be more coming in October.
Another great buy from Sturgess was a 3-digit s/n 20-shot conehammer last year (former Visser collection). Price is also very good.
He had many nice & rare C96 pistols, but best of best, so far, are those two. The 3rd best one was a Turkish conehammer. Best condition, so it went high.
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