The Luger appears to be in very good condition and has a very early serial number. Assuming that it is in about 98% condition, if it has the early flat button magazine and unrelieved frame: a)if it is Swiss - approximately $9000-$10000; b) if it is commercial - approximately $10000-$12000. With that as a baseline, you could add anywhere from $2500 to $5000 for its role in a high profile newsworthy event. Working in the P.T. Barnum factor, someone might drop $25,000 into it if they really wanted it. Anything over that is insanity...$2M is somewhere out there on the fringes of the universe.
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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