Worth of German Luger P08 - never been fired, all matching serial #s.

Gary H · 09-22-2010, 12:03 AM

I inherited my grandfather’s artillery Luger. I remember him showing it to me when I was a young child and I was fascinated by it. When I would go to visit my grandparent’s house I would sometimes convince him to get it out of its hiding place in the bookcase and tell me all about it. When he was young (1930’s) he purchased it from a man for a mere $25. Unfortunately that former owner had removed the stock lug due some misunderstanding of the law that he had. There is also a small chip by the safety lever. The gun is in otherwise in good condition, all matching, and the serial number is a little below what is thought to be the range for serial numbers for that year. It is a great and interesting gun. But it didn’t take long in looking at this site and speaking to the knowledgeable people in this community to realize that my gun was a “shooter”. I then didn’t bother to ask the specific value. I was disappointed but even if someone now offered me $10,000 for it I wouldn’t sell it. I’ll keep it forever.
That being said, I’m a little surprised about the low value estimate with the import mark on such an otherwise nice looking Luger. But I’m not an expert and I guess that I just learned something. I’m curious about what the value would be without the Interarms marking on it. A friend of mine recently purchased a beautiful 95%+ S/42 from a local shop but he didn’t notice the former owner’s name engraved on the interior of the wooden grips or initials on the non-matching magazine. I noticed it all as I was showing him how to break it down. He was disappointed at first but his attitude is, “they’re not making any more of them.”

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09-22-2010, 12:03 AM	#37
Gary H User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 31 Thanks: 22 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I inherited my grandfather’s artillery Luger. I remember him showing it to me when I was a young child and I was fascinated by it. When I would go to visit my grandparent’s house I would sometimes convince him to get it out of its hiding place in the bookcase and tell me all about it. When he was young (1930’s) he purchased it from a man for a mere $25. Unfortunately that former owner had removed the stock lug due some misunderstanding of the law that he had. There is also a small chip by the safety lever. The gun is in otherwise in good condition, all matching, and the serial number is a little below what is thought to be the range for serial numbers for that year. It is a great and interesting gun. But it didn’t take long in looking at this site and speaking to the knowledgeable people in this community to realize that my gun was a “shooter”. I then didn’t bother to ask the specific value. I was disappointed but even if someone now offered me $10,000 for it I wouldn’t sell it. I’ll keep it forever. That being said, I’m a little surprised about the low value estimate with the import mark on such an otherwise nice looking Luger. But I’m not an expert and I guess that I just learned something. I’m curious about what the value would be without the Interarms marking on it. A friend of mine recently purchased a beautiful 95%+ S/42 from a local shop but he didn’t notice the former owner’s name engraved on the interior of the wooden grips or initials on the non-matching magazine. I noticed it all as I was showing him how to break it down. He was disappointed at first but his attitude is, “they’re not making any more of them.”