Price of Lugers, 3 years ago, 10 years, 20 years...

Frank H. · 06-29-2004, 06:52 AM

I'm a late bloomer, though I'm 48 yrs old I've only just in the last 6 weeks started buying Lugers (can you say, "re-financed the house" LOL).

I'm playing catch-up here with what has been a life-long desire, to afford some great Lugers (and with any good luck my on-going actual business will allow me to keep acquiring nice examples).

I've been lurking a bit here and have read many great posts from all of you from over the recent year or so (and I was a member on the old forum as well, mostly just reading and learning).

Looking at Luger prices, re: "what the price was to get what you wanted", clearly we all either know or "have heard" that great Lugers used to be available for $100 or less, even for great collectible Lugers, going back enough years... But that was years gone by, and today is today.

Here's my question:

If one was to roughly size up the price levels on nice and attractive / collectible Lugers, how have the price levels gone, say from 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago, 2 years ago, and today?

I know some items in particular have "gone through the roof", but let's take say a 1900 AE in original very good condition, also for example a 1906 Navy, a 1936 in original condition, generally and roughly how has pricing gone, have there been big spikes or big downtrends at all in the prices one would have to pay looking through those years?

With that general span of years, say compared to what an average new car cost 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years or 3 years ago, has the price to acquire nice Lugers in general kind of followed that aspect of inflation so to speak, or were there "great grab them up years" within the last 20 years; how would you describe the pricing history?

Going out on a limb maybe, what do you see for the next 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, considering that we keep the "world turmoil" in line etc, what are your thoughts, past present and future re: pricing?

Frank H.

06-29-2004, 06:52 AM	#1
Frank H. User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon, south of Portland Posts: 84 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Price of Lugers, 3 years ago, 10 years, 20 years... I'm a late bloomer, though I'm 48 yrs old I've only just in the last 6 weeks started buying Lugers (can you say, "re-financed the house" LOL). I'm playing catch-up here with what has been a life-long desire, to afford some great Lugers (and with any good luck my on-going actual business will allow me to keep acquiring nice examples). I've been lurking a bit here and have read many great posts from all of you from over the recent year or so (and I was a member on the old forum as well, mostly just reading and learning). Looking at Luger prices, re: "what the price was to get what you wanted", clearly we all either know or "have heard" that great Lugers used to be available for $100 or less, even for great collectible Lugers, going back enough years... But that was years gone by, and today is today. Here's my question: If one was to roughly size up the price levels on nice and attractive / collectible Lugers, how have the price levels gone, say from 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago, 2 years ago, and today? I know some items in particular have "gone through the roof", but let's take say a 1900 AE in original very good condition, also for example a 1906 Navy, a 1936 in original condition, generally and roughly how has pricing gone, have there been big spikes or big downtrends at all in the prices one would have to pay looking through those years? With that general span of years, say compared to what an average new car cost 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years or 3 years ago, has the price to acquire nice Lugers in general kind of followed that aspect of inflation so to speak, or were there "great grab them up years" within the last 20 years; how would you describe the pricing history? Going out on a limb maybe, what do you see for the next 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, considering that we keep the "world turmoil" in line etc, what are your thoughts, past present and future re: pricing? Frank H.