Thor: Check Luger FS Classified (EOM) (EOM)

tom · 10-16-2001, 12:49 PM

Thor · 10-16-2001, 02:42 PM

Are you SURE that rework mark is no forged? lol Thanks for the warning Tom! ~Thor~

Dok · 10-16-2001, 02:46 PM

by use of the phrase "something with collector value". It's my understanding that a rework has no "collector value" in the eyes of true collectors. Just a thought for what's worth... I would change that phrase.

Dok

Hugh · 10-16-2001, 04:07 PM

Hugh · 10-16-2001, 04:09 PM

BILL · 10-16-2001, 05:03 PM

Anyone who has seen Ralph Shattuck's Luger lists will find that the Morgan restorations (and these are Lugers that have been cleaned up, welded, smoothed out and reblued) command big bucks. There is a niche market for 'original, untouched, as they were found' Lugers. There is a niche market for mismatched 'Shooter' Lugers and there is also a niche market for 98%+ all original Lugers. All of these (and many more) little segments make up the overall market for Lugers. Collectable has come to imply that they won't be shot but we all know that is not an absolute. I know that I am planning on adding a Ted Green restoration to my collection soon.

Dok · 10-16-2001, 05:13 PM

10-16-2001, 12:49 PM	#1
tom User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 269 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Thor: Check Luger FS Classified (EOM) (EOM)

10-16-2001, 02:42 PM	#2
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Re: Well Tom......There's Goes the Neighborhood Are you SURE that rework mark is no forged? lol Thanks for the warning Tom! ~Thor~

10-16-2001, 02:46 PM	#3
Dok RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bermuda (Eat Your Heart Out) Posts: 1,626 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Tom, you are asking to be flamed... by use of the phrase "something with collector value". It's my understanding that a rework has no "collector value" in the eyes of true collectors. Just a thought for what's worth... I would change that phrase. Dok

10-16-2001, 04:07 PM	#4
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Howabout: "something with FUTURE collector value"?

10-16-2001, 04:09 PM	#5
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	BUT DOK, Tom didn't make that claim, the seller did!

10-16-2001, 05:03 PM	#6
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Well Tom......There's Goes the Neighborhood Anyone who has seen Ralph Shattuck's Luger lists will find that the Morgan restorations (and these are Lugers that have been cleaned up, welded, smoothed out and reblued) command big bucks. There is a niche market for 'original, untouched, as they were found' Lugers. There is a niche market for mismatched 'Shooter' Lugers and there is also a niche market for 98%+ all original Lugers. All of these (and many more) little segments make up the overall market for Lugers. Collectable has come to imply that they won't be shot but we all know that is not an absolute. I know that I am planning on adding a Ted Green restoration to my collection soon.

10-16-2001, 05:13 PM	#7
Dok RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bermuda (Eat Your Heart Out) Posts: 1,626 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I'd accept "something with great historical value"