Hi Heydrich,
NO! I defined the pistol as being in mint condition and well worth the money Tom asked for it. Unfortunately, I don't make the rules. I am a newcomer to Luger collecting.
It is the Luger Collecting Community which determined that the absence of one tiny insignificant part knocks a third or more off the value of an otherwise mint-condition Luger. At that point it was out of my hands whether or not I wanted it. Minty 1939 42 are still available, you just have to pay the going rate.
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