A. Weiss Baby Luger Threads ???

Pete Ebbink · 11-29-2006, 12:15 PM

Howard,

There are many reasons why a collector may not chose to post photos of his collection on the forums and gunboards.

In addition to what your friend stated, other reasons may include :

1. Not wanting to broadcast to the world what is in their collections for security reasons.

2. Not wanting to broadcast to the world what they own and what might be subject to some possible taxation in the future.

3. Not wanting to broadcast to the world and certain officials what might be in their collections, especially in States where a form of gun registration may exist and their guns exist "under the radar screen".

4. Not wanting to let some family members or ex-spouses know what they have in their collections.

5. Their possible fear that they may own boosted lugers purchased from high-profile peddlers in the 1970's, 1980, and even the 1990's; knowing that if they profile such guns, their "investment value" may depreciate as other collectors would see their serial numbers and guns' conditions.

6. Many other reasons...

There are many advanced collectors you meet at gun shows that never participate on the Internet and on gun forums; many do not even own PC's.

There are also many advanced collectors you meet at gun shows that are on the forums all the time in a "voyeur" mode...never posting and would never think to share their collections so openly.

11-29-2006, 12:15 PM	#21
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Howard, There are many reasons why a collector may not chose to post photos of his collection on the forums and gunboards. In addition to what your friend stated, other reasons may include : 1. Not wanting to broadcast to the world what is in their collections for security reasons. 2. Not wanting to broadcast to the world what they own and what might be subject to some possible taxation in the future. 3. Not wanting to broadcast to the world and certain officials what might be in their collections, especially in States where a form of gun registration may exist and their guns exist "under the radar screen". 4. Not wanting to let some family members or ex-spouses know what they have in their collections. 5. Their possible fear that they may own boosted lugers purchased from high-profile peddlers in the 1970's, 1980, and even the 1990's; knowing that if they profile such guns, their "investment value" may depreciate as other collectors would see their serial numbers and guns' conditions. 6. Many other reasons... There are many advanced collectors you meet at gun shows that never participate on the Internet and on gun forums; many do not even own PC's. There are also many advanced collectors you meet at gun shows that are on the forums all the time in a "voyeur" mode...never posting and would never think to share their collections so openly.