Hello Michael,
Do you know the serial number and/or whether the gun has red plastic grips and magazine bottom or brown or black plastic ? There is a pricing premium for the red variety usually 20% more.
Knowing the serial number could help determine if someone just added (i.e. replaced..) the red plastic or whether the luger left the factory with them.
Also...does the serial number have a P-prefix ? This would indicate a commercial pistol vs. an Ordnance pistol. The P-prefized guns also have a price premium. (Not to confuse a "P" or P-(date)" stamped gun which denotes an Ordnance pistol release for private sale...).
There were ~ 27,000 to 28,000 M06/29 Ordnance lugers and another ~ 1,900 commercial lugers. Most were in 7,65 cal. but some rare ones in 9mm. If I remember correctly, an original 9 mm barreled luger would have the Berner probe stamp and the full serial number of the gun stamped on the shoulder of the barrel near where it screws into the receiver. Those without the barrel shoulder stampings would indicate a barrel replacement, at some point in time...
Red Berns were roughly in the 50001 to 57000 serial number range. Brown Berns in the 57000 to 65000 serial range and Black Berns in the 65000 to 77941 serial range. There is overlap in the serial numbers between the types of plastic used...
7,65 cal minty Red Berns have been going (in the USA) for $ 2000 to 2500, the Brown and Black ones a little less...vg condition M06/29 holsters in the $ 120 to 140 price range...not sure what the premium for factory-original 9 mm chambering is worth...
Regards,
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