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cdmech · 07-14-2012, 10:55 PM

I can't decide if it's worth the extra ten bucks for "excellent condition". (From a June 1951 Rifleman Magazine)
Marc

CavScoutEurope · 07-15-2012, 07:51 PM

If I had only been born a few years earlier! How many of you guys kick yourselves when you see something like this?

MFC · 07-15-2012, 08:53 PM

Left handed Lugers are super rare!!! If only you had known at the time.

cdmech · 07-15-2012, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CavScoutEurope

If I had only been born a few years earlier! How many of you guys kick yourselves when you see something like this?

I compare it today to those Polish Radom P64 pistols that are being sold for around 150-190 bucks.
Actually I just did a search on those and can't find anymore under $200, so I may be to late for those also!

Marc

sheepherder · 07-16-2012, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdmech

I compare it today to those Polish Radom P64 pistols that are being sold for around 150-190 bucks.
Actually I just did a search on those and can't find anymore under $200, so I may be to late for those also!

Marc

Same goes for the Yugo M57's that were being offered at $149 on GB...They've been going at $179, $188, and $194...

Ron Wood · 07-16-2012, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by CavScoutEurope

If I had only been born a few years earlier! How many of you guys kick yourselves when you see something like this?

I was born "a few years earlier" and I don't kick myself at all. In 1951 I made $.75-$1.00 a week mowing lawns. The price of $39.50 was just as prohibitive as $3950.00 is now (probably more so

).

Terry Tiell · 07-16-2012, 12:31 PM

WOO HOO I just ordered 10 of them at that price! I went for the excellent condition ones myself.

John Sabato · 07-16-2012, 12:58 PM

I hope you guys didn't miss that bargain for the P.38's! They are two dollars cheaper!

rhuff · 07-16-2012, 04:38 PM

I agree with Ron. In 1951 I didn't have two nickels to rub together, and that amount was a fortune to me. You could purchase a lot of things, including old used cars for less money than that.

wlyon · 07-16-2012, 04:45 PM

I too agree with Ron. In 1951 I was 15 years old working in the hayfields for $.50 an hour. It would have taken 80 hours of work to buy one. Bill

cdmech · 07-16-2012, 08:22 PM

Got this information from Hemmings Motor News:

1951 Dollars & Cents

Median cost of a new home

$9,550

Average yearly salary

$3,526

Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer

$199.75

Woman's bone girdle

$6

Man's broadcloth shirt

$1.88

Federal hourly minimum wage

$.75

Eggs

$.74/dozen

Salt pork

$.42/pound

Betty Crocker cake mix

$.35

Tums antacid

$.10

First-class stamp

$.03

Average price residential electricity

$.028/kWh

Ron Wood · 07-16-2012, 08:41 PM

Mom used to give me 25 cents to go to the corner store to get a loaf of bread and a quart of milk...and I would come home with change.

Douglas Jr. · 07-17-2012, 09:22 AM

as the old tune says: "memories are made of this... (sweet sweet)"

alvin · 07-17-2012, 03:35 PM

I was not born. But gold was $35 per ounce at that time. $39.50 of 1952 is like $1800 today. There are many $1800 Lugers on market now, we are not kick ourselves for not buying every nice piece that we meet. Let alone $49.50, which is today's $2200-$2300, it is supposed to be a nice pistol, no matter it's then or now.

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It's interesting to notice some Lugers are actually "cheaper" than 1952

07-14-2012, 10:55 PM	#1
cdmech User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 218 Thanks: 87 Thanked 134 Times in 55 Posts	Luger Advertisement I can't decide if it's worth the extra ten bucks for "excellent condition". (From a June 1951 Rifleman Magazine) Marc Attached Thumbnails

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MFC User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 183 Thanked 281 Times in 162 Posts	Left handed Lugers are super rare!!! If only you had known at the time. __________________ Mike C.

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Terry Tiell User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: The Fascist State of Maryland Posts: 224 Thanks: 55 Thanked 26 Times in 14 Posts	WOO HOO I just ordered 10 of them at that price! I went for the excellent condition ones myself. __________________ Trying to redo grand dads Luger the best I can.

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John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	I hope you guys didn't miss that bargain for the P.38's! They are two dollars cheaper! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

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wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,619 Thanks: 3,144 Thanked 2,531 Times in 943 Posts	I too agree with Ron. In 1951 I was 15 years old working in the hayfields for $.50 an hour. It would have taken 80 hours of work to buy one. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

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CavScoutEurope User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 86 Thanks: 102 Thanked 15 Times in 14 Posts	If I had only been born a few years earlier! How many of you guys kick yourselves when you see something like this?

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rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,272 Thanks: 2,692 Thanked 959 Times in 705 Posts	I agree with Ron. In 1951 I didn't have two nickels to rub together, and that amount was a fortune to me. You could purchase a lot of things, including old used cars for less money than that.

07-16-2012, 08:22 PM	#11
cdmech User Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 218 Thanks: 87 Thanked 134 Times in 55 Posts	Got this information from Hemmings Motor News: 1951 Dollars & Cents Median cost of a new home $9,550 Average yearly salary $3,526 Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer $199.75 Woman's bone girdle $6 Man's broadcloth shirt $1.88 Federal hourly minimum wage $.75 Eggs $.74/dozen Salt pork $.42/pound Betty Crocker cake mix $.35 Tums antacid $.10 First-class stamp $.03 Average price residential electricity $.028/kWh

07-16-2012, 08:41 PM	#12
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,988 Thanks: 1,067 Thanked 5,099 Times in 1,676 Posts	Mom used to give me 25 cents to go to the corner store to get a loaf of bread and a quart of milk...and I would come home with change. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	as the old tune says: "memories are made of this... (sweet sweet)"

07-17-2012, 03:35 PM	#14
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I was not born. But gold was $35 per ounce at that time. $39.50 of 1952 is like $1800 today. There are many $1800 Lugers on market now, we are not kick ourselves for not buying every nice piece that we meet. Let alone $49.50, which is today's $2200-$2300, it is supposed to be a nice pistol, no matter it's then or now. ==== It's interesting to notice some Lugers are actually "cheaper" than 1952