I can only speak to the LP-08 question. Is it a DWM or an Erfurt? Erfurt Artilleries are usually seen $300 or so less than corresponding condition DWMs. That being said, 1914 DWM LP-08 are rare birds, estimated production only 5,000 pieces, and would bring a premium.
LP-08 prices are all over the place and going up. I have personally seen a 1917 Artillery in about 80% go for $1,200; a 1914 Erfurt in about 90% for $1,350; and a really nice, 95%+ 1917 DWM go for $1,700. These were all-matching guns. Its impossible to assess the Luger you are considering without much more information and pictures.
As far as the magazines are concerned, there is a huge cottage industry in counterfeiting magazines to match up with Lugers. One matching magazine is uncommon, but is known to happen. There are Lugers with two authentic matching magazines, but they are extremely rare and open to question. Unlesss there is steel-tight, authenticated documentation proving that the three magazines indeed match the gun, you should view them with extreme scepticism.
Never apologise for the questions, they are one of the things which makes this forum fun.
If you have more info about this Luger let us know, and keep us informed about its disposition in any case.
--Dwight
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