Need advice on an estimated value.

[Dok]

Hi Mike,


Welcome to the Luger Forum. I'll let the experts venture a guess as to the value, my rough guess would be about $900. You might want to check the serial number again, there should be a small cursive letter after or below the serial number on the front of the frame. This letter is an integral part pf the serial number.


The germans produced Lugers in runs of 10,000. The first run would be 1 to 10000, then they would start over again with 1 followed by the small letter "a" and go to 10000a, then start over agin with the small letter "b" and so on.


If your Luger has no letter then it is indeed an early issue as you suggest. If on the other hand there is a small letter with the serial number that will indicate which month of 1913 the Luger was made.


Sounds like a nice piece, remember "don't fire it" even if that bore looks like glass. Hope this helps.


Dok (Webmeister)