Dear Alvin
For sure the Commemorative Mauser Parabellum pistols are a rare variation, in general only 250 for each single model were made although there are some exceptions.
The price from the auction you refer to is quite fair, the previous owner was for sure really inspired when bought the pistols; he asked for Bulgarian and Russian commemorative with the same sn as well as Navy commemoratives with consecutive sn; this is very interesting indeed and I fully understand that the pistols were sold on pair.
However, quite often happens that rare Mauser Parabellum go for small money simply because people doesn't appreciate the rarity of the models.
Something very evident, the Mauser Parabellum 9mm production is three times the production of the .30 Luger model (around 5000 .30Luger standard model were made). So the .30 Luger is quite rare when compared with the most common 9mm, despite this you can have both at the same price simply because the dealers don't know about this.
I do believe is still possible to buy NIB Mauser Parabellum for a fair price and I am sure in the future the price will increase.
Cheers,
Mauro
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