General Luger Values

[estevewatson@juno.com]

Although I own several Lugers and have several Luger books (Luger Handbook, Lugers at Random, The Luger Story, The Luger Pistol, etc.), I really don't have a good idea of what some of the Lugers I see offered on the internet auctions are worth and whether or not I should bid. I know many of the members have such knowledge, but is there a publication which might give me some idea of the price range(s) of the various Luger categories? Thanks for any suggestions.

[Pete Ebbink]

Hello Steve,

Each year the folks at Blue Book, Inc. put out a guns value book. It is the "Kelly Blue Book" for gun values, for both new and used
guns. http://www.bluebookinc.com

You can also look at web sites such as Bob Simpson's http://www.simpsonltd.com/lugerrm.htm
or Ralph Shattuck's http://www.worldoflugers.com/index.htm
or Doug Smith's http://fgsinc.8m.com/index.html
or Bob Adam's http://www.adamsguns.com/ to get an idea for what asking prices from dealers are.
{EBT helped a bit}
Most dealers ask more than private party buys (if you can find them...)

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />