Import marks... What does that do to the value?

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Originally Posted by beachbaker

As soon as any mark is added to a Luger especially import marks it lost all collector value and becomes what ever the market will bear. As a shooter the value could be $800-$1200 depending on how the gun checks out over all.

Lets just say that I'm not in agreement with the above. Any Luger imported after the 1968 GCA went into effect is importer marked and commercial Lugers prior to that are marked "GERMANY" or "MADE IN GERMANY". That makes my pre-WW1 American Eagle just a "shooter"?

Many Lugers imported after 1968 are uncommon - rare, if you will - and still valued as a collectible even when import marked.

How the import markings are inscribed, their size and location can effect value but each must be judged alone. But to blanket relegate them to "shooter" is wrong.