How did it get here?

alvin · 07-16-2017, 01:11 PM

Importer mark is still not clear in certain cases. I visit an auction house last year, they had an excellent Mauser pistol made in 1930s for sale, it's an big ticket item consigned by a collector in Germany. Say, imported in 2016, it should have importer stamp, maybe a high-tech laser one? right? No. I searched the whole gun, no importer stamp. There was "Germany" stamp applied back in 1930s, but there is absolutely no 2016 importer stamp. I asked them, "why there is no importer stamp?" They did not know, so they carried the item to another room consulted an expert, a few minutes later, coming back, told me "it's an antique".

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07-16-2017, 01:11 PM	#14
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Importer mark is still not clear in certain cases. I visit an auction house last year, they had an excellent Mauser pistol made in 1930s for sale, it's an big ticket item consigned by a collector in Germany. Say, imported in 2016, it should have importer stamp, maybe a high-tech laser one? right? No. I searched the whole gun, no importer stamp. There was "Germany" stamp applied back in 1930s, but there is absolutely no 2016 importer stamp. I asked them, "why there is no importer stamp?" They did not know, so they carried the item to another room consulted an expert, a few minutes later, coming back, told me "it's an antique".