[Edward Tinker]

Tom, let me put a stab into this and try to make an educated guess:

1. I would say that one or two autographed items would be the bulk of those kind of items likely to bring that portion of the collection up. So, how much does a former top Nazi autograph bring? I would imagine $500.

2. His photo and autograph, with at least a 50% possibility if not higher that the gun in the photo, IS the same one in your safe, I would think this photo if original and not a copy would bring at least another $500.

3. Documentation of the trial and eyewitness accounts, I imagine would add another $1,000.

4. Assorted papers and such is nice to have, but probably only brings the value up another $500.

5. The gun and rig, is harder for me, a 1909 gun, so it is an early one, its 1944 holster, loading tool and extra magazine, I would venture a guess at $1500 - $1800.

6. The known provenance and subsequent posting prominently in Jan's Weimar Lugers, I would say adds another $4,000 - $6000?

I would say that it should be worth $8,000 - $10,300, of course you might have paid more for it and these are simply guesses on my part, but I think they are fairly educated guesses? Although at an auction of the right collectors, it could be worth up to $15,000, possibly more.

To further add fuel to the fire, it is one of the few Lugers I know of that is documented as belonging to a high party official, his name is known to scholars and history buffs and so that would not surprise me if the valuation should not be much higher.

Ed