Just checking!

DonVoigt · 06-27-2018, 12:02 PM

Is everyone on vacation?
Nothing to say.

I won an auction at RIA over the weekend, and in a few weeks will have a consecutive pair of 1900 lugers!

Neil Young · 06-27-2018, 12:43 PM

Sounds like a good catch Don. Congratulations!

Dwight Gruber · 06-27-2018, 03:14 PM

ooOOOOOoooooooo!

--Dwight

Edward Tinker · 06-27-2018, 03:40 PM

Don, were they a consecutive pair you bid on, or did you find one adjacent to your number?

sheepherder · 06-27-2018, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Is everyone on vacation?
Nothing to say.

Congratulations!

I had already stated I was outbid on the auction I bid on even before the auction officially started, so maybe you could disclose just how you managed to snag a 1900 to complete a consecutive set???

Ron Wood · 06-27-2018, 04:48 PM

Congratulations and welcome to the club! Many years ago I lucked into a consecutive pair of 1900s. I bought the first one and less than two months later the second one popped up on Randy Bessler's list. The first one I got a pretty good deal on, the second one not so much so...but couldn't pass it up, particularly since they are Test Trials guns.
Can't wait to see photos of your pair!
Ron

gunnertwo · 06-27-2018, 09:45 PM

Literally "Brothers in Arms", better post pics!

G2

DonVoigt · 06-27-2018, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Don, were they a consecutive pair you bid on, or did you find one adjacent to your number?

I've had the first one for a few years, it is my 1900 shooter,
refinished #7717.

"New" one is original finish, #7718; at least that is what it is supposed to be!

DonVoigt · 06-27-2018, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Congratulations!

I had already stated I was outbid on the auction I bid on even before the auction officially started, so maybe you could disclose just how you managed to snag a 1900 to complete a consecutive set???

Rich,
it was "easy"; I just bid too much!

Seriously, nothing really special about the "new" one, just a nice 1900, fairly early and close to the US trials, # 7718.

Auction pictures didn't show serial, but that is what they "said" it was, so I do hope it is!

DonVoigt · 06-27-2018, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunnertwo

Literally "Brothers in Arms", better post pics!

G2

I'll do a spread when the second one arrives. RIA is not "fast" so it will be a couple weeks or more before I have it in hand.

Here are the auction pictures of the "new" one.

Sergio Natali · 06-28-2018, 09:47 AM

Congratulations indeed!

Edward Tinker · 06-28-2018, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

...

Seriously, nothing really special about the "new" one, just a nice 1900, fairly early and close to the US trials, # 7718.

...

I thought it sounded familiar, but it is not one I owned

I had

7759

My first collector luger from Ralph, "This is an over the range Test Luger"

Ron Wood · 06-28-2018, 12:21 PM

Don,
Didn't have 7717 on my list. Thanks!
Ron

sheepherder · 06-30-2018, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Is everyone on vacation?
Nothing to say.

Must be. It's dead today.

HerrKaiser · 06-30-2018, 07:08 PM

I had my favorite weekend of the month: cleaning/maintenance of all my guns all afternoon (Lugers included)

Eugen · 07-01-2018, 06:26 PM

I bought an M1 30 carbine shooter from a friend. Does that count? Ok, I know that doesn't.

Don, congrats, on your special Luger acquisition.

Lyn Islaub · 07-05-2018, 05:23 PM

Not on vacation, but it's 114 today and the pool is more attractive than sitting on my computer.

sheepherder · 07-14-2018, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyn Islaub

Not on vacation, but it's 114 today and the pool is more attractive than sitting on my computer.

I spent a half-hour cleaning the keys on my IBM PC keyboards, so I don't really want to sit on them...

But I am taking Don's advice on this coming weekend's RIA Online-Only Auction...I bid $50 more than the Luger I looked at in the catalog!

I did win a 1911 clone on GB this week, again going with Don's 'plan'...I bid $84 more and won!!!

I also found out a bug in the GB bid system...The 15 minute rule...If you decide at the last minute [literally] to up your already-winning bid, it kicks the 15 minute extension in...

I did that twice and unwittingly extended the auction a half hour past the posted end time...I gave any wimpy bidders two extra chances to outbid me...

But in the end, I was only bidding against myself...And won...

I hope the RIA auction is as easy...

DonVoigt · 07-14-2018, 08:57 PM

Rich,
congrats on your "wins" and good luck at RIA!

Yes, that pesky 15 min rule does kick in, if I want to raise my bid, I just do it at 16 min.

06-27-2018, 12:02 PM	#1
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,678 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Just checking! Is everyone on vacation? Nothing to say. I won an auction at RIA over the weekend, and in a few weeks will have a consecutive pair of 1900 lugers! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 540 Thanks: 546 Thanked 438 Times in 165 Posts	Sounds like a good catch Don. Congratulations! __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

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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	Congratulations and welcome to the club! Many years ago I lucked into a consecutive pair of 1900s. I bought the first one and less than two months later the second one popped up on Randy Bessler's list. The first one I got a pretty good deal on, the second one not so much so...but couldn't pass it up, particularly since they are Test Trials guns. Can't wait to see photos of your pair! Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction Last edited by Ron Wood; 06-27-2018 at 06:27 PM.

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Congratulations indeed! __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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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	Don, Didn't have 7717 on my list. Thanks! Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,992 Thanked 4,506 Times in 2,080 Posts	Don, were they a consecutive pair you bid on, or did you find one adjacent to your number?

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gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 611 Thanks: 809 Thanked 917 Times in 356 Posts	Literally "Brothers in Arms", better post pics! G2

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Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 768 Thanks: 372 Thanked 603 Times in 320 Posts	I bought an M1 30 carbine shooter from a friend. Does that count? Ok, I know that doesn't. Don, congrats, on your special Luger acquisition. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

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Lyn Islaub Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 435 Thanks: 3 Thanked 152 Times in 72 Posts	Not on vacation, but it's 114 today and the pool is more attractive than sitting on my computer.

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,678 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Rich, congrats on your "wins" and good luck at RIA! Yes, that pesky 15 min rule does kick in, if I want to raise my bid, I just do it at 16 min. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie