US Test Luger Disposition Reference

[Ron Wood]

Clark,
I wish I was comfortable with RIA having pieces left over to dispose of after the Bannerman purchase, but I have my doubts. I suspect that the Ezell account is the result of careless editing and that the "...sold by the Ordnance Department during summer of 1910" and "disposed of about 700 of them at public auction" are one and the same (the Bannerman purchase was in the summer of 1910). The $10 purchase price quoted for both events would tend to underscore this. Auction prices for lots that large would tend to be well below individual sales, particularly since the pieces purchased by Bannerman supposedly were in workable condition or as the alleged sales promo stated "cleaned and repaired, and are now practically as good as new". In the works by Scott Meadows and Mike Reese, there was no mention of sales outside of the Bannerman purchase and those individuals did pretty comprehensive research for their writings.