A few answers;
Straw is where it has been fire-blued, this is only done on certain years (pre-1936 or something like that).
You can get a WW2 for "less" than $1500 if you look around.
Here is an answer on Black Widows, not a true variation BTW:
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Q:What is a "Black Widow" Luger?
A:Typically a 41 or a 42 dated chamber Mauser, toggle coded "byf" with black plastic grips (on about 20% of them). This was simply a marketing tactic employed, and the phrase was coined by Ralph Shattuck (he tells me). It really worked. These guns have a black salt blued finish, black grips, and all blued (black color) small parts (trigger, safety lever and take down lever). Some of the 1940 vintage (a very few), and 41/42 Lugerâ??s had them also, but primarily the "byf" with black grips are a "Black Widow". This was an American invention, and had no German basis at all! German collectors say "Huh?" sometimes, when you mention the term! Written by Thor
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FGS never "dipped" any of the guns. This was done by the East Germans and Russians to preserve them.
BUY a collectable gun, so it rises in value, unless you plan on shooting it often, then buy one that is a shooter, reblued, etc, as a rep piece.
Buy luger books, and learn, unless you just have money laying around, $1500 bucks is a bit of money....
Ed