[Herb]

I watched those two Simsons right up to the last bid. I thought about getting into the bidding but I have a Simson and the bidding got too high. Aarron Davis' book The Luger Handbook places a value of $1975 (1997 time) on one in good condition so both were very good buys, assuming the stripped one was refurbished. From the pictures they both appeared to be original outside, hard to tell if everything inside was also matching, but that is what the three day inspection period is for. I would think they both will undergo total redo's and will hit the market as all original in the future. For reference and future watchout the stripped one was #5298 and the one with about 75-80% blue was #1390. Both are dated 1925.