question on painted numbers

Sergio Natali · 04-25-2016, 03:16 AM

In spite of what may be a personal taste "collectibles" are collectibles and should not have their marks and numbers painted if originally they were not,

although some auction houses do it merely for an aesthetic point of view, so in my opinion is not a matter of what we prefer: painted or "au natural".

Anyway personally I love GLOCKs with painted numbers, but I prefer LUGERS, especially collectible ones, only with the GESICHERT painted, as they originally were.

04-25-2016, 03:16 AM	#24
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	In spite of what may be a personal taste "collectibles" are collectibles and should not have their marks and numbers painted if originally they were not, although some auction houses do it merely for an aesthetic point of view, so in my opinion is not a matter of what we prefer: painted or "au natural". Anyway personally I love GLOCKs with painted numbers, but I prefer LUGERS, especially collectible ones, only with the GESICHERT painted, as they originally were. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.