Talking to an older Luger collector

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Originally Posted by Bullet Bob

He talks about 'souvenir grade shooting Lugers' at that time costing about $50.00, while one of the rare U.S. Eagle M 1900 specimens would cost $200.00 - $250.00.

I find your post especially interesting because you are referencing a discussion of actual prices of that time, not recollections of price.

Using the govt. inflation calculator
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc...972&year2=2016

Converting the 1972 prices to today - the shooter value is $287, the M1900 is $1,435 (using the $250 1972 valuation).

As shooters and M1900 AEs now cost more than $287/$1,425, this is one more piece of data that Lugers appreciate at a rate over the inflation rate. I.e. they have at least some characteristics of an investment.